When it comes to weight loss and muscle building advice, there is a group of people you absolutely must NOT trust.
This group could include your best friend, family members or even trusted on-line fitness personalities.
And while they mean well…their advice can lead you disastrously astray.
This group is known as “The Early Adopters”
Have you ever heard something along the lines of:
Hey Jim, how’s that new workout you are trying?
Oh man, it’s AMAZING, the fat is practically MELTING off of me
If you answered yes, then you have met an Early Adopter.
Early Adopters are people who advise on how ‘awesome’ something is, they are only doing so because it’s something NEW.
You are getting great feedback on the sole basis that the topic is NEW and EXCITING.
Take what they’re saying with a grain of salt (who knows they might just do a total 180 on you in a month from now)
So rule of thumb:
Your friend just started CrossFit and is Raving about it – Ask him again in 6 months time just to be sure.
Your Mom just started Eat Stop Eat and thinks it the BEST DIET EVER
– Great but ask her again in 6 months time just to be sure.
Your little brother swears that he’s packing on muscle because he upped his protein intake –
-Check in on how he looks in 6 months time to be sure.
Early Adopters are almost always the people you find on the net, commenting on blogs and waging wars in forums, but they are not
the best people to take advice from.
When you see ‘too good to be true’ reviews always ask yourself “I wonder if this is just early adopter talk?”
Wait until the polish has warn off then ask them again for their advice or opinions.
Chances are, you may get a slightly more honest response.
BP
(My extra comments in the members section)
