So, what am I talking about?
Body fat.
Don’t get me wrong; I believe that diet and cardio along with consistent weight training are the only ways to burn off body fat.
Unfortunately, many people are only doing 1 or 2 of the 3. And all 3 are mandatory.
If you are only running, you are going to continue to burn off muscle until you look like a waif.
If you are only dieting, you can lose weight, but you won’t have any muscle tone.
Body fat is everything. A light person can have a high body fat percentage and a heavy person can have a low body fat percentage.
You can also become “skinny fat”. A ton of marathon runners are skinny fat. Slender, skinny legs, low on body weight, but they don’t have any ab definition or cuts.
Ripped abs
You need muscle to have cuts. Just being light isn’t enough.
I am JUST about to finish my winter bulk up. I missed my max bench press attempt today, so I will try it one more time next Monday and that is it.
Another week and a half of being over weight and I will start to get cut again.
We had a warm streak in NYC the last several days and I am already daydreaming about getting outside and running some cardio.
This year, while I am still strong, I want to hit some heavy rep sets. I know that once I start losing weight I won’t be able to beat my one-rep max, but I still should be able to complete some heavy sets for reps.
Those heavy sets will help when I get super cut for the summer.
Remember, it’s a combination of weight lifting, cardio and diet. And when you get it right and stop babying yourself, it should look like this:
-John
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