Covert Bailey

Who is this guy? I showed a guy at work my BodyOpus & he thought it was kind of funny. Then he went away to school & he was back this weekend for a shift & said ‘that Covert Bailey stuff is bullshit’ & I said that name sounded vaguely familiar but didn’t know what he was talking about. I told him it was Dan Duchaine & he kept telling me no no Covert Bailey! Anyway who’s Covert Bailey?

Natey: Covert is one of the few “fat-loss/informercial” gurus who actually has some science behind him. (I think he is a biochemist). Anyway, he made his Millions (and continues to do so) with the “Fit or Fat” series of books, videos, lectures, seminars and those cheesy informercials of the 80’s and 90’s full of bad puns.


To his credit, he was one of the first to get people to stop thinking in terms of being overWEIGHT but overFAT. He was one of the first to advocate measuring and/or testing our bodyfat on a regular basis.

Covert bailey wrote a book called “fit or fat”. It’s about how people can train themselves to be “better butter burners”, in his words. Aerobic exercise can increase the amount of fat burning enzymes. This helps you burn fat for fuel even when not exercising.

I guess he’s full of it because he’s never been mentioned on this forum or in any articles? I should listen to Bill, Brock, Cy & John B & NOT Covert Bailey, right?

To quote Samuel Jackson in “Pulp Fiction”:


“Correct-0-MUNdo!” The best info today is from “Testosterone” and “Biotest”. But ALWAYS seek for knowledge, wherever it may be, is one of my credos…