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Cathlete
I understand exactly what your asking but I do have to stress that your food intake is equally important and in this case more important because you obviously have already given a lot of wonderful attention to your muscles. When you have a strong muscle foundation and you want to burn body fat you must first commit to a super clean diet of low carbs, moderate protein and a good dose of essential fatty acids too. Just doing this alone will bring your body fat way down. But now you have all this wonderful muscle you want to keep & even further enhance so I would suggest your cardio workouts be mostly metabolic workouts in which the focus is on compound movements. These are great because they keep your body releasing growth hormone to ensure as much strength and muscular growth as possible while dieting. I would suggest three to four metabolic workouts per week ( ie: Afterburn, Crossfire, Super Cuts, X10) and additionally lift heavy weights three times per week (ie: my gym style workouts from the hard core series). Do the above workouts all within an 8 day period & take one day off of working out and start this all over again. This must accompany a clean diet or your results will be minimal for fat loss. Btw, if you lose more than 2 pounds per week, cut back on your metabolic workouts and make sure you are eating enough. About 1800 cals per day should be a good starting point & add or take away a few based on a goal of no more than a two pound weekly weight loss. If you lose faster than that you are losing too much muscle along with your body fat. So train/eat wisely. Good Luck!
Cathe, you posted this on another thread. I'm in the same boat as this OP whereas I have lots of muscle under the fat. (I love being so strong!) I was wondering if you could put together a rotation like this for me. I'm having trouble putting it all together.
When you say --Do the above workouts all within an 8 day period; that confuses me. -- Can I do metabolic conditioning back to back? i.e. a rotation like this: GS Legs, Afterburn, GS chest and triceps, Crossfire, SuperCuts, GS Back, shoulders & biceps, X10, rest then repeat )?????? A rotation like this would really excite me. But, I want to make sure I understand what you're suggesting about the rotation. (I totally get what you said about the nutrition part.)
Help me out, please.
Cathe, you posted this on another thread. I'm in the same boat as this OP whereas I have lots of muscle under the fat. (I love being so strong!) I was wondering if you could put together a rotation like this for me. I'm having trouble putting it all together.
When you say --Do the above workouts all within an 8 day period; that confuses me. -- Can I do metabolic conditioning back to back? i.e. a rotation like this: GS Legs, Afterburn, GS chest and triceps, Crossfire, SuperCuts, GS Back, shoulders & biceps, X10, rest then repeat )?????? A rotation like this would really excite me. But, I want to make sure I understand what you're suggesting about the rotation. (I totally get what you said about the nutrition part.)
Help me out, please.
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