How do bodybuilders manage to pile on all that in the off season and lose it in time for the competition?
Bodybuilder’s weight loss secrets are revealed here.
1) Goal Setting
All top bodybuilders and atheletes nowadays incorporate goal setting and other forms of psychological training in their preparation regiments. No one at the Olympics ever got there without some form of goal setting. So don’t knock this, it really works.
2) Very Low Calorie Diets Don’t Work
All sorts of problems are associated with very low calorie diets, muscle loss, increase in fat storing enzymes (which makes you more fat), increase in your appetite, and decrease in energy and work capacity.
3) Use a small calorie deficit over a long period of time
A deficit of 500 calories everyday would allow you to lose 1 lb every week. This may not sound like a lot, but you havent factored in exercise yet. Quick weight loss will usually be gained back once you stop the programme. A gradual deficit will result in permanent lasting weight loss, at least until you decide to gorge again.
4) Exercise to Burn Fats instead of Starving yourself
Too many people do the opposite of this, which is very bad for your body, causing a decrease in muscle mass (which is denser than fats) and an increase in fats (lighter than muscles). Exercise is good for your overall health, it allows you to keep the muscle and really burn off the fats.
5) Never skip meals
Skipping meals for a period of time will make your body go into starvation mode. Less calories are going in overall, but what goes in sticks there for a long time. Your body will preserve its fats, which don’t cost energy to maintain, and reduce its muscles, which are expensive to maintain
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