Statement of Intent: What this is and what this is not

Hello, and welcome. My name is Jacob Johnson, and today I'm going to lay down the basics.

Background: This site was created to fill a sort of a hole I've seen in the fitness industry. You see there are sort of two kinds of people when it comes to "experts" in weight loss:

Person who wants to state their beliefs as fact: These are, by and large, the people you've read/listened to up until this point. They are almost everywhere, at every gym, every forum, every trainer convention saying that a certain diet, supplement or training regimen is going to get you huge, shredded, dense, diced, lean etc etc. These people are to be avoided at all costs, they will continue to glorify their method with no objective research. They have their own sort of logical failings that most people start out with (and will probably be covered in later posts), they just never shed them. Some of these people are actually quite out of shape, but most are in pretty good condition, and that's why a lot of people listen to them. Similarly, If you had to ask one person at the gym for advice on training/nutrition, you would probably ask the person that looks most like your goal. This person could just be genetically gifted and have no idea of what their doing. Instead of asking Johnny Biceps how he got those things you should ask the kid that came into the gym a year ago at an emaciated 100 pounds (or conversely, a rotund 350) and looks great today.

Research Nerds: These individuals are few and far between (they are some of my favorite authors though, links soon). Essentially they use science as their guiding light, sometimes leaving out anecdotal evidence. I should note that I lean very heavily towards this side. The problem with these guys is that sometimes (because they're so smart and maybe a little elitist) its very difficult to understand them or try to apply their techniques in a real world situation. I will include research in this site as I feel it is imperative to use science as a compass of knowledge. But I will try to be very "plain english", and warn you of upcoming technical stuff.

Purpose: To use science and real world feedback to achieve fat loss efficiently and permanently.

Here's the beauty, I am not trying to sell you anything, I just want to clear some misinformation and help you in your fat loss goals.The main site will contain four subcategories: Nutrition, Training, Supplements/Drugs, and Research Review. I think those should be pretty self explanatory. Within the next few days I'll be posting the first real article.