Biggest Loser is back :D

I don't think it has anything to do with stress. I think it has everything to do with the people in her group.
(this doesn't mean I dismiss stress, I just think there are similar stress levels for all the people on this show, and 1/2 an hour of raised cortisol levels doesn't ruin a week of workouts).

I watch this show with a very critical eye. And I notice things about it many people don't. I don't get caught up in the drama simply because...well... EVERYONE has a story, theirs might be sad, true, but it's the same all over, so I kind of tune it out.

What I do see is her group has a lot of "non-athletes". By that I mean, people who never have trained their muscles to do anything but walk. Notice who the big losers always are on this show (not just this year, but in years past), in the beginning it's always the people who were once athletes. Why? My theory is there's 3 reasons for it. 1) their muscles already have experienced the processes that the show is asking of them to a degree, while it might be dormant, these muscles do remember. 2) mentally, athletes know inherently that they can push harder than they think they can, it may be subconscious, or it may be overt, but people who were once athletes push harder out of the gate. and 3) These people probably gained fat later in their life, which means less compression in the fat cells, which less density of the fat cells, which means faster burning of fat stores.

NOW,
does this mean they'll always have bigger losses? NOPE, about 1/2 way through, the numbers start to even out, and when those numbers even out the real challenge begins.

Watch the show closely, notice Daniel in particular, he's never been an athlete, and when you watch him perform challenges, even though he's about the same weight and height as Allen, he's much slower, and less effective in them. It's because he never used his muscles like Allen has, he might be just as strong, but the flexibility isn't there, the ease of movement. This doesn't mean Daniel can't get there, it just means he has a way to go to train his muscles to move fluidly, quickly, and adaptively. There's a lot to be said for the concept of fast twitch muscles. They take a long time to build, but they are THE biggest factor in being able to perform higher intensity activities (along with core). And high intensity is one of the keys to forcing dynamic body changes.

I felt bad when they showed Tracey's kids. I'm sure the girl is in middle school, can you imagine what the other kids are saying about her mom?
She did look great at the end though

Anyone else getting a little tired of Rebecca's "happy dance"? It's is every segment!!

Thank goodness Tracy went home...she was making me not want to watch the show because of her crazyness and all her FAKE crying..but i must say she looked GREAT running that mile at the end...i was happy for her for a min..and then i see her on Leno...why is she on there..i have not seen any other kicked off players on there..i know they have the kicked off people from the week b4 on the today show on tue. She just REALLY bugged me once again on Leno... I am all for Rudy,Rebecca, and Danny..I was sad to see Abby go home..what a STRONG women she is=)

As soon as I saw the commercial that the one going home last night would be on Leno I knew it would be Tracey. Who else would go on Leno to talk about it?