How I lost 35 lbs of fat in 24 weeks and got ripped.

Steal the stupid-simple plan!

(60-90 minutes of training per week). https://t.co/ChMscYbZHo

This is fat loss. 

I have gained 0 muscle between the two pictures.

When you lose fat you'll see a drastic transformation as long as there's a base of muscle to reveal.

You look like you're getting bigger as you get smaller.

It's an optical illusion.

I went from around 225 lbs to around 190.

I think I dropped from about 22% body fat to 10% body fat.

Here's what I did:

First thing required was a calorie deficit.

Like it or not, without one you're not losing fat.

I also kept protein high and lifted weights to ensure no muscle loss.

Like I said, this was mostly diet, but lifting was essential too.

Without lifting, muscle will be lost.

Lifting was also essential (for years) beforehand to ensure the muscle was there to reveal from the fat loss.

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I have 3 young kids (two at the time of this cut) and my life is very busy.

I have a good home gym setup, but could only really make time for 60-90 minutes per week, with sessions snatched here and there - late at night or early in the morning. https://t.co/yRasIPc2G7

This is obviously not optimal.

But optimal isn't required to still get great results. 

Stop using excuses and just do the best you can.

1 hard set is enough to create a stimulus for your muscles. 

Something is A LOT better than nothing.

To maintain muscle, I had to hit all major muscle groups at least once per week with a hard set to failure.

Studies back this up:
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This study found that 3 training sessions per week resulted in muscle gains over 16 weeks.

After 16 weeks, training was reduced to one third of phase 1 and muscle mass was maintained for 32 weeks following this approach.

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To cover all major muscle groups I picked 1-2 exercises from each of these categories:

- Vertical push
- Vertical pull
- Horizontal push
- Horizontal pull
- Squat
- Hinge

I also sometimes trained abs & calves but it was rare.

These were the actual exercises 👇

- Seated dumbbell shoulder press
- Chinups
- Dumbbell bench press
- Seated row
- Safety bar squat
- Romanian deadlift

I eventually swapped some out towards the end to keep it fresh.

I put in lat pulldowns, barbell back squats and single arm dumbbell rows.

I hit each of these exercises for two work sets, leaving 0-1 reps in reserve.

I arranged this across the week as an upper/lower body split.

I rotated exercises to work whatever muscle group had gone longest without training.

For my diet, I got my macro split by using MacroFactor.

It set my protein at around 1.6g per KG (you can choose low, medium or high).

In general, studies to not find there to be a benefit from going higher than 1.6g/kg.

I logged my food and my weight daily and macrofactor adjusted my macros weekly to keep me on track for my goal - building a picture of my calorie expenditure over time. https://t.co/DRmBa6S0ws

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I took a refeed day once per week near the end to help with energy, social plans and ticking off some cravings without delaying progress.

A refeed is a PLANNED increase in calories to maintenance. It is not a cheat day.

I had a couple of diet breaks along the way too.

This is like an extended refeed. Helps with long term adherence rather than trying to go all in one sprint.

What's easier? Running 15 miles or running 5 miles 3 times?

You can easily follow this same process to get similar results.

With at least 2 years of consistent lifting behind you, you should have a good base of muscle to reveal.

If not, you'll still lose excess fat and be in a great place to start gaining some muscle.

If you need guidance, support and accountability to lose fat, check out my program Shred in 60.

People lose 15-20 lbs in 8 weeks on average.

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