Is it your goal to build a leaner, meaner and more muscular body as quickly as possible? Here is a collection of the five most important no nonsense muscle building and body-fat eliminating tips:
1) Cut down on body fat and bulk up at the same time.
Professional bodybuilders and weight-lifters take a cyclical approach to getting in shape: They go through phases where they concentrate on bulking up and then go through phases where they concentrate on getting rid of their body fat. This is usually called the bulking and cutting cycles. If you want to get in shape quickly, you can’t rely on a system like that. For maximum effectiveness, you need to be building muscle mass while you’re burning body fat.
2) Shorter equals harder.
Taking a shortcut to a more muscular and athletic body is only possible if you’re willing to train harder, push yourself and endure more than most people are capable of pushing themselves. In general, the only way to see quick resluts is to ramp up the intensity of your workouts. That means more sweat and more pain for you…
3) Better than cardio…
Instead of doing the typical steady-state cardio, where you keep going at a fixed rate for a long period of time, do HIIT. HIIT stands for High Intensity Interval Training and it is done by switching between higher and lower intensity in your workout. Here’s an example of HIIT: Get on a bike and do a quick warm-up. Then, give it all you’ve got for up to one minute (high resistance on a stationary bike), followed by two minutes of cycling at a slower rate. Then ramp it up again and go all out for anther minute. Repeat five times or until you black out. This technique works wonders. But be warned: It’s so tough that you’ll hate every second of it.
4) Working the weights.
Whether you use machines, free weights or your body weight, to get in shape quickly, you have to do some kind of resistance training. Make your weight training more intense and more efficient by doing antagonistic supersets, pyramid training or some other kind of high intensity, advanced workout routine.
5) More food, less junk.
What you eat is, of course, also very important if you want to get in shape. Now, you can count calories and nutrients all day long, but if that’s not your thing, here’s the simple, no nonsense guideline: Eat only real food, mainly vegetables and fruit. Do not eat any kind of junk food, deep fried food, artificially refined and sweetened food. Eat enough, but don’t over-eat. Listen to your body, it knows how much food it needs. Stick to this strategy and you’ll be dropping pounds in no time. You’ll also be visiting your doctor less frequently.
Pretty straight-forward, right? If you follow the simple advice given on this page, you’ll be building muscle and losing weight very quickly. All it takes is some willpower.
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