Shedding Fat for Summer Thread

[Condor]

Well fellas,

My BF has gone up (as well as muscle, of course) a bit more than I would have liked after this winter of heavy eating and heavy lifting. I don't like to think in terms of "bulk" and "cut", but I def. would like to shed a few lbs. for the summer.

I'll be confronting the age old problem of trying to maintain as much muscle as possible while shedding a bit of BF. The foundation for fat loss, which I haven't researched nearly as much as muscle gaining, will likely be made of some intense cardio and modifications to my diet. I am going research and keep adding thoughts on the fat-loss subject to this thread in time, but the first thing I checked out was a "magic bullet". I've been reading a lot of good things about this product, but like all magic bullets, I'm very skeptical...No pill has given me even 1/10th the results of proper diet and exercise for gaining muscle, so I tend to assume the same is true for loosing fat. But hell, I'm throwing it out there...

Lipo-6

Check it out, and hopefully if other people on this board have goals similar to mine, we can build a pretty solid and honest thread for moving towards the summer body...All for now

C

[Condor]

There are shit-tons of magic bullets out there..."Lean Extreme" along with some other cortisol/thyroid affecting supplements looked interesting too, but I'm going to start focusing hard on the diet and cardio...maybe add one of these to the mix if I can get some reviews from trusted people out there...hint hint. Later bros

[marx]

Cardio, 'the magic bullet' that only costs will and drive.

Yeah, I'm on that program to Condor, trying to burn 450 to 500 cals a day, hoping my metabolism will jump start

[Scrilla]

Ephedrine helps....

[any1uno]

True...you could take StimX. It helps with energy and focus and allows you to burn cals.

I do agree though....diet and cardio. Instead of training first thing I would do cardio...then lift. Of course..opinions vary on this but for me...when I want to gain strength and weight...very little cardio and if any...always after lifting. I'd rather burn my calories building.

[Condor]

Good thoughts folks...I've been eating about 6 small meals a day, starting to loose a few lbs...Eeating mostly lean meats and whole grains (bread, whole grain pasta, etc) along with the normal few tablespoons of olive oil/day. It's a little depressing being a little bit hungry for 80% of the day, but COMPLETELY manageable. Hopefully the muscle will stay with me on this one...For cardio I've been hitting the bag--gets my heart rate going pretty well, but I tire easily (lack of calories that I'm used to)...I'm going to slowly increase the cardio so I can manage a decent heart rate over significant time. Still early in the leaning out trial, will report as necessary. All for now!

[marx]

Yup, cutting down on carbs makes me TIRED, cardio kicks my ass. I still do it post lifting- it REALLY kicks my ass.

Been on a break- got nipped by my cat and it got all kinds of infected.
Needed surgery. Still healing. Throbs.

I'd rather win the lottery....

[Condor]

Shit, sorry to hear that bro! Infections are no joke...

[DirtyD]

I use Venom by ALRI to help me with the fat loss, if I am using over the counter products... I love Clenbuterol myself...

Venom has a great appetite suppressant as well and really helps me cut weight...

[Big A]

im currently poppin some Lipo 6x, it kills the appetite but i cant say anything else really about it im only a week into it, i dont like the fact that the outter caps leak and softens the caps on the others in the bottle. i got my diet back on track thus far so i will be able to give a lil better feedback after this week.

but yeah cardio and diet are you main things for fat loss. I used this lil stack last month that really seemed to work i was able to maintain muscle really well actually gained a lil size here and there while on it. Propadrol/Hemadrol by EST little to no sides at all and i cut 19.5lbs last month. But again diet and cardio played a big part there along with the stack.

ill help ya out any way i can good luck to ya bro