Eli5: How much can a person transform their body like some work out programs claim such as “6 week body transformation”?

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Is it even possible (excluding the fact if someone does nothing but work out or work out for hours every day)?

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It very much depends on where you’re starting out, but 6 weeks of strict dieting and intense workouts could have a pretty striking impact on your body.

If you start out weighing 300lb you’re not going to come out 6 weeks later with 10% bodyfat and a 6 pack, but if you’re a few lb’s overweight and haven’t been doing any sort of workout routine you might end up looking much more athletic.

With something like strength training a lot of the improvement in muscle growth is within the first few weeks (‘newbie gains’) which will start to plateau after a few months. Weight loss is a long term project – even fully fasting, as in eating nothing, it took Angus Barbieri a bit over a year to drop 270lb, from 450 to 180.

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