Gain Muscle Or Lose The Fat?

That is a question that has a lot of people stopped in their tracks. Since they believe,  incorrectly by the way,  that you can’t lose fat and gain muscle at the same time, they choose to do nothing!

For the benefit of everyone who has heard what amounts to a fairy tale, Jason Ferruggia has been giving out the straight scoop for ages. Here’s what he has to say about this.

It has often been said that you can’t lose fat and gain muscle simultaneously. That statement is actually incorrect. Beginners can do it. Even guys who have been training for a long time who make drastic changes to their diet and their workout programs can do it. You can’t do it for extended periods of time, but it can be done.

For example, if you are currently doing traditional steady state cardio, switch to sprints. Sprints have an anabolic effect and do not produce cortisol at the same rate that traditional cardio does. Not only that but they burn twice the fat. So you will build muscle and get leaner at the same time.

If you are currently using light weights and high volume workouts, increase the weight and drop the sets and reps. This will help you get stronger, build muscle and avoid unnecessary cortisol production.

If you are currently eating 2500 calories per day, jack it up to 3500 calories per day. This will ignite your metabolism and you will start building muscle and burning fat faster than you have in months. You will notice that your temperature increases and you are hot even in the dead of winter. This is a sure sign that your metabolism is jacked. But be careful because this magical effect will only last for a few days or weeks at most. Then you will have to start employing some nutritional trickery to keep the effect going.

What can’t be achieved on a long term basis is MAXIMAL muscle gain and MAXIMAL fat loss AT THE SAME TIME. You can do both simultaneously on a long term basis, but neither will be maximized. That is the key difference that many people often overlook. So if you want to be ripped like George St. Pierre or Terrel Owens you can’t also hope to add 30 pounds of muscle in the next 12 weeks. It’s one or the other. At the same time, if you want to get jacked like a strongman competitor, you can’t be trying to maintain a single digit body fat percentage for the next 12 weeks.

I hope this clear it up for everyone. You can gain muscle and lose fat at the same time, you just cannot max either one of them out. To gain as much size as possible in the shortest time, go with a program like Jason’s Muscle Gaining Secrets.

To lose weight as quickly as possible you need a program like Warp Speed Fat Loss.

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