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How Do Bodybuilders And Fitness Models Get So Lean?

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QUESTION: “Tom, on your www.burnthefat.com website, you wrote: ‘Who better to model than bodybuilders and fitness competitors? No athletes in the world get as lean as quickly as bodybuilders and fitness competitors. The transformations they undergo in 12 weeks prior to competition would boggle your mind! Only ultra-endurance athletes come close in terms of low body fat levels, but endurance athletes like triathletes and marathoners often get lean at the expense of chewing up all their muscle. Some of them are nothing but skin and bone.’”

“There seems to be a contradiction unless I’m missing something. Why do bodybuilders and fitness competitors have to go through a 12 week ‘transformation’ prior to every event instead of staying ‘lean and mean’ all the time? If they practice the secrets exposed in your book, they should be staying in shape all the time instead of having to work at losing fat prior to every competitive event, correct?”

ANSWER: There’s a logical explanation for why bodybuilders and other physique athletes (fitness and figure competitors), don’t remain completely ripped all year round, and it’s the very reason they are able to get so ripped on the day of a contest…

You can’t hold a peak forever or it’s not a “peak”, right? What is the definition of a peak? It’s a high point surrounded by two lower points isn’t it?

Therefore, any shape you can stay in all year round is NOT your “peak” condition.

The intelligent approach to nutrition and training (which almost all bodybuilders and fitness/figure competitors use), is to train and diet in a seasonal or cyclical fashion and build up to a peak, then ease off to a maintenance or growth phase.

I am NOT talking about bulking up and getting fat and out of shape every year, then dieting it all off every year. What I’m talking about is going from good shape to great (peak) shape, then easing back off to good shape…. but never getting “out of shape.” Makes a lot of sense, doesn’t it?

Here’s an example: I have no intentions whatsoever of walking around 365 days a year at 4% body fat like I appear in the photo on my website. Off-season, when I’m not competing, my body fat is usually between 8 – 10%. Mind you, that’s very lean and still single digit body fat. Continue reading How Do Bodybuilders And Fitness Models Get So Lean? →

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Tips on How to Become a Fitness Model

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While 300-pound pro bodybuilders may look massive and intimidating, it’s the well-proportioned fitness models who are picking up all of the hot women and magazine covers. If you’d like to join these lucky guys in babe paradise, pay attention to our top 10 tips on getting built like a fitness model.

In all honesty, one of the biggest reasons why we enjoy bodybuilding is because it gets us attention. After all, what bodybuilder doesn’t enjoy walking into a restaurant or mall, and having everybody gawk at their massive biceps and huge traps? However, most people draw a line at how big they’re willing to get because – while freakish builds like that of Markus Ruhl or Jay Cutler may get you all of the attention in the world – it’s not necessarily going to score you hot women.

Instead, most bodybuilders eventually aspire to develop a ripped, well-proportioned build like that of a male fitness model. It isn’t hard to see why either because it’s usually some model like Sagi Kalev orRob Riches that we see on magazine covers with a perfect 10 draped all over him. And believe it or not, things don’t change much from the magazine covers to real life. So if you’re interested in achieving the insanely-desirable fitness stud look that women love, here are our some tips for how to get built like a fitness model:

Do’s And Don’ts Of Exercising

  • Do not get into a low impact cardio. Professional trainers do not recommend running as it can eat away your muscles. Although running is a good cardio exercise, it does not offer great benefits to your muscles. Instead of running, you can look into the benefits of elliptical and other versions of running.
  • Do not exercise less than 25 minutes or work out more than 60 minutes. The effective zone in getting a fitter, toner body is within 25-to-60 minutes. If you exercise more than that, your body will hit a plateau resulting in hitting a wall. This will then lead to stopping or slowing down your progress. Continue reading Tips on How to Become a Fitness Model →