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Quick cutting method?
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Lifterforlife
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Yeah, get the John Basedow tapes, and put on lean muscle and burn lbs. of fat with low impact simple movements! OH yeah!
Seriously, if it were that easy, where you could get ripped in a few weeks, we would all be ripped. In fact, if you ever find it, you can make a million bucks easily!
I am being a fecitious of course, but it takes time and effort, and judging by you post "a few weeks" is not allowing enough time.
Seriously, if it were that easy, where you could get ripped in a few weeks, we would all be ripped. In fact, if you ever find it, you can make a million bucks easily!
I am being a fecitious of course, but it takes time and effort, and judging by you post "a few weeks" is not allowing enough time.
It took time to put on the weight, and it will take time to get rid of the weight. Remember that. Theres no such thing as "quick", "easy" "no-effort" in real-life weight loss. Thats just for those lame info-mercials. Personally for me it was words such as "blood", "sweat", "tears".
Well, you came to the right place but what are you starting with? Are you 6'4 250? 5'9 180? Do you know your Bodyfat?
Do you even workout right now? What specifically do you do diet & training wise?
Are you trying to cut quick for a vacation? Photo Shoot? Comp? (just asking
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Like the others said, alittle bit more effort goes into it
Do you even workout right now? What specifically do you do diet & training wise?
Are you trying to cut quick for a vacation? Photo Shoot? Comp? (just asking
)Like the others said, alittle bit more effort goes into it
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Aries13
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Gee that sounds like such a NICE thought....cutting really easy/quickly. I WISH! LOL
Black03SVTCobra
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I might be wrong, but I doubt it, is this one of those spring break diets? At least he didnt post in the gear forum, but if you really want to get ripped quick just drink winny!!!
I know you were kidding, but after doing some reading out of complete boredom, I find his diet concepts to be pretty accurate for the beginner. I am not sure on how effective these tapes are but I assume he stresses the importance of diet thru out them.Lifterforlife said:
Taken from some interview with Natural Muscle & using 'Eugene' as his example...
"...some nutritional keys I’ve found necessary for opening up the door to a ripped physique.
*KEY #1 – Count Calories But Don’t Starve Yourself Simply put fat gains and losses are mathematical events. You’re not going to look like a sleekly defined racehorse if you eat like a pig. It’s important to eat enough good foods to maintain lean muscle mass but not overindulge to the point of increasing fat storage. Since this line is an easy one to cross I recommend writing down in a small notebook the calorie content and macronutrient breakdown (grams of protein, carbohydrates, and fat) of what I’m eating. This technique also keeps me more focused on my goal. When I’m cutting-up for a photo shoot I try to eat my "Bodyweight X 10" in total daily calories. For example, if I weigh 195 lbs, consuming around 1950-2000 calories a day is a good start to my fat burning program. Since people differ in metabolic rates and exercise levels you might use this formula to begin with and then, after a couple of weeks, adjust it by 200-300 calories/day depending on your results. While I’ve been very successful with this practice I don’t advise staying on a low calorie meal plan for an extended period of time because our bodies are smart and they can adjust to the "starvation condition" they’re facing by lowering metabolism and catabolizing muscle tissue. Since muscle burns fat, losing the precious mass we’ve worked so hard to build would be very detrimental to our fat loss efforts.
*KEY #2 – EAT 5-6 SMALL MEALS A DAY Unlike Eugene’s string of "painfully low calorie days," which puts the body in a fat storing mode since it has no idea when it will be fed next, eating several small meals every 3 hours keeps our muscles in a fat burning mode since they’re receiving a steady but not excessive flow of nutrients. This practice also helps increase our energy levels and fight the hungry feeling that often leads to cheating with fat building between meal snacks. Eating only 2-3 large meals a day like most people do, however, can overwhelm our bodies. Since they can only use a certain amount of food at a time the remainder will usually be stored as fat.
*KEY #3 – DECREASE CARBS/INCREASE PROTEIN If you’re trying to keep fat off and muscle on, increasing protein intake is the way to go. Protein sources, like chicken/turkey breasts, tuna, egg whites, and whey powders, help build muscle and are the least likely macronutrients to be converted to body fat since they’re the most metabolically costly for our bodies to process. Protein has also been shown in scientific studies to be a potent appetite suppressant and it has a mild diuretic effect, causing us to lose some definition-limiting water weight. To get really ripped on a short term fat burning meal plan I raise my protein intake to around 40% of total daily calories. On the flip side of the coin are carbohydrates. They’re notorious for holding water and can interfere with our body's ability to tap into body fat reserves for energy. Diets high in simple and highly processed carbs, like Eugene’s, cause a rapid rise in blood sugar and insulin levels that not only decrease fat burning but even promote fat storage. That’s another reason Eugene has yet to see his abs. Simple sugars also increase our cravings making it harder for us to stop with just one cookie. I’m also very careful of fructose (fruit sugar) when cutting-up. Though fruits may be beneficial healthwise, unlike other sugars, fructose has limited uses in our bodies. It’s not used to fill muscle glycogen reserves and, once liver glycogen reserves are full, excess fructose can be easily stored as fat. From my experience, high fructose diets are second only to high saturated fat diets in ruining definition.
*KEY #4 - KEEP GOOD FATS IN YOUR MEAL PLAN While TV and Eugene tell us "eating fat makes you fat," the reality of the situation is that since the "fat-free" craze began studies are showing Americans continue to get fatter and fatter. While limiting fat intake is a good idea, eliminating it totally is not. Besides being necessary for healthy skin and hair, fat is involved in the production of many hormones, including testosterone. That’s why it’s almost impossible to build muscle mass when on an extremely low fat diet. Fat also lowers the glycemic index of many high carb foods so we don’t get that huge fat-producing insulin surge commonly associated with eating fat-free goodies by themselves. And, most relevant to this article, we need a certain amount of fat to process body fat metabolism. In other words, eating too little fat makes it harder for us to burn fat. To stay toned and defined, I eat good fats in moderation…about 15%-20% of my daily calorie intake. "Good fats" include essential fatty acids, like flaxseed oil, and monounsaturated fats, like all-natural peanut butter, olive oil, and avocados.
*KEY #5 – DRINK WATER Drink water…lots of it. I try to drink a gallon a day with and between my meals. Muscle is comprised of 70% water. A high protein diet and intense exercise require more water since these are dehydrating activities. Water is needed to transport vitamins, minerals, supplements, and even foods throughout our bodies. If our water intake is too low, muscle fullness decreases and a toxic build-up of ammonia, urea, and other waste products can result. Contrary to Eugene’s philosophy, restricting water intake can actually lead to more water retention than providing the body with a steady supply.
*KEY #6 – NO MEALS WITHIN 2 HOURS OF BEDTIME To prevent unwanted fat storage I eat my biggest meals early in the day when I’m most active. I particularly limit my carbohydrate foods in later meals. I’ve found eating too close to bedtime is a good way to lose definition since my body doesn’t burn the same level of calories during the sleeping maintenance mode as it does during the waking hours.
*KEY #7 – SUPPLEMENT WITH A FAT BURNER Once I have the nutritional foundation in place, the addition of a fat burning supplement can increase my definition in record time. The most effective product I’ve come across is Thermogen. I’ve found it to be a fat cells worst nightmare. I particularly like it for reducing those "last-to-leave" fat deposits in trouble-prone areas, like the belly and lower back in men ("spare tire") and the waist, hips, and thighs in women. Thermogen is a powerful thermogenic agent that attacks fat with a variety of weapons, turning calories into heat rather than storing them as fat. By combining Ma Huang, caffeine, naringen, white willow bark, and a few other ingredients in precise ratios to maximize their effects, Thermogen is believed to increase metabolism, reduce lipogenesis (the process by which carbs are converted to fat), and, most importantly, preserve lean muscle mass. Many traditional diet aids lead to as much, if not more, muscle loss as fat loss…and no one wants that."
You will lose most of your fat the first two weeks. Its not uncommon for myself to lose 8+ pounds my first week of serious cutting. But I do crazy cardio - like up to 2 hours of mixed martial arts training some nights.
But for most people I would say do 45mins to an hour and keep that protein high.
But for most people I would say do 45mins to an hour and keep that protein high.
