i think ill quit dieting, and just do massive cardio to get ripped

[Kid Dynamite]

Oh yeah, almost forgot. When you're trying to figure out maintenence cals, try tapering up slowly. I went from eating about 1200-1500 cals a day (I was tryin' to lose fat really quick) to 2000, then 2500, 3000, etc. I found out my maintenence cals are around 4000 - 5000. This was over the holidays last year, and for a time I basically did nothing but eat and lift. Put on a good 10 - 15 lbs. w/minimal fat (any fat I gained I had lost w/in 2 or 3 weeks of lowering carbs) gain. Just taper up your calories until you find your set-point, then if you're goin' to the beach or somethin' you can just drop cals and do some cardio for a few weeks, look good and not feel like shit.

 

[Optimus B]

good luck man, just watch out for shin splints.

 

[CytoMel]

Good points before Nelson.

A few points of my own:

1. What you are EATING (food intake and choices) is MUCH MORE IMPORTANT for losing fat than cardio or supplements. Its not even close.

2. Cardio will make a strong man weak and a weaker man into a shadow of his former self. I am talking about HUGE amounts like 1+ hour a day will burn off more muscle than fat. Sure you will lose some fat but you will look like a weak peice of cardio catastrophy.

3. Look at the cardio users at the gym. They look the exact same now as they did last year in my gym.

4. Weight training fast paced like Poliquins fatloss program or Meltdown Training on www.t-mag.com will burn fat better than any aerobic program.

5. Richard Simmons does aerobics all the time! Look at what will happen to you if you travel 5 miles a day down that road