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By Jonathan Wong
Do you know people who can eat pizza and drink beer every day, yet have a slim physique? Or perhaps they even have "six pack abs" despite a less than ideal lifestyle?
While others have to train and eat healthy almost all the time to get the same result?
We all probably know a few of each kind of person.
So what is my point?
There can be big differences in how we respond to training and nutrition depending a lot on our genes.
Why does a high carbohydrate diet work for some people? While a high protein, low carbohydrate diet works well for others?
While some of it has to do with our activity level, much of it has to do with our genetics.
A person following a lifestyle that is not suited to their genetics would end up with poor results, and a lot of frustration.
At my fitness centre in Singapore, I have a male client who weighs about 75kg, has sub 6 per cent body fat (veins popping out in his thighs and calves and a nice 6-pack of abs), is strong and has a very nice looking physique.
He eats only two meals of unhealthy food per day or sometimes one. He trains with average consistency, and he sleeps only 4-5 hours per night.
Most people who live a lifestyle like this would be 26 per cent body fat (i.e. obese), and have less energy than a person with a bad hangover!
How come he can get away with that? Simple. Genetically, he is more gifted.
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