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Muscle Building, How To Really Get Ripped

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Written by Ricardo Daryans

Friday, 16 May 2008

by RicardoDaryans

Picture this scenario: You've been training your tail off for the past 4 months, trying to pack on as much muscle size as you possibly can. You've bulked up considerably and are quite happy with the size you've been able to achieve. There's just one problem... Along with all of that solid, lean muscle you've gained, you notice that you've also packed on some excess body fat in the process.

And, ok, you are huge, but you don't exactly look like stone. What you got is just a big, soft, smooth and flabby body. There are a lot of myths floating around about what it really takes to get defined muscles. That answer is quite simple. It doesn't involve any type of exercise or any fancy supplement. The only reason your muscles don't show through is because your body fat is too high.

This has always been a widely accepted method of "cutting down" and if you ask most trainers in the gym they'll tell you that "heavy weights bulk up the muscle and lighter weights define the muscle". If someone told you that, and you tried to get ripped in that way, you now know something...that's not true.

It couldn't be farther from the truth. In fact, there is no logical basis for this way of training. No exercise will give you more definition than another. It is physically impossible to target fat loss from a specific area on your body. In other words, no excersice will magically burn fat off of your chest or cause it to appear more defined.

You can use the bench press, squat, standing curl, pull-up, military press, and deadlift to stimulate the most muscle growth. If you train with weights you will build muscle mass, it's really quite simple. Do you want to get ripped? Well, that's another story.

So what's the right way to "define" a muscle? Muscle definition only involves your diet and body fat percentage. Body fat reduction can be achieved in two ways:

1) Modify your diet. Reducing your meals and increasing the frequency of them will keep your metabolism naturally raised at all times and will keep your body in a constant fat burning state. In this way you'll create a slight caloric deficit within your body to stimulate the fat burning process.

2) Perform proper cardio workouts. Let go of the traditional method of moderate intensity cardio in 30-45 minute durations. If you want to maximize your body's fat burning capacity and also minimize the muscle loss that inevitably accompanies a fat burning cycle, focus on shorter, 15-minute cardio workouts performed 3-5 times per week at a high level of intensity.

That's all there is to it, folks. Take the notion of "light weight and higher reps" and throw it right out the window, down the street and around the corner. Following this misguided method will only cause you to lose muscle mass and strength, and will not assist you in burning fat or defining your physique.

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