What personal trainers think of different types of alcohol

People often come into Personal training studios after a heavy night out drinking and are hung over and feel bloated.  They often ask me their personal trainer if drinking gin and slim line tonic the night before would make them put on weight and that they had heard they could drink it all the time as it is low in calories.  The other common question is can I drink 2 glasses of red win a night?  Will that make me fat?  The answer to both these questions is that even alcohol low in calories is not great for the muscles and tend to aid fat creation in the body other than aiding a muscular low fat physique like meat or fish and protein shakes would.  Alcohol is ok in small amounts e.g. one glass of red wine a night or two gin and tonics on the weekend on a night out but any more is not great.  Remember a bottle of red wine has roughly 750 kcal in it so one class is around 200 calories so two glasses is almost like having an extra small meal.  So if you drink like this every night over a week you will be taking in a huge amount of calories and even if you are training hard in the gym three times a week with a personal trainers it will make it hard to shift the weight and get their toned up body you are after.  Read our low calorie alcohol page for more details about which alcohol is the highest in calories.