For bodybuilders, dieting is one of the most unpredictable aspects of the iron game.  When you first start cutting, you drop a lot of water and fat quickly.  Then, you stabilize and move along at a consistent pace.  As you close in a contest, it becomes very difficult to shed body far during those last few weeks of dieting.  This leads to situations where bodybuilders run behind on their preparation, and come into those closing weeks before a show with poor conditioning, behind in their preparation.  Drastic changes need to take place at this point!

If you want to get shredded fast, you need to examine your current cutting phase and take things up a notch across the board.  Let’s examine the four most important areas of cutting – cardio, training, diet, and supplementation – and see what adjustments we can make to a standard pre-contest cutting phase to speed up the leaning process.

Cardiovascular training
Most cardio protocols call for 30 minutes of cardio to be completed several days per week on an empty stomach.  Adding a second session later in the day, immediately following your weight training session, is your best bet for burning more calories from fat reserves in your body.

Weight training
You can also help your muscles to get harder faster by training with higher repetitions that you have been using previously.  If you have been using 10 to 15 reps per set as the show grew closer, then you should move up to 15 to 25 reps per set on some of your movements.  This won’t work on all movements, but adding it in some situations will be beneficial.

Dieting
To get shredded faster on your diet, bump up your total number of protein grams, while significantly reducing the number of carbs you are consuming each day.  This will lead to a loss of energy for you, but a reduction in fat cells and water present as well.  You can’t live in this ketogenic state forever, but it will help you get ready for a show.

Supplementation
Many bodybuilders will use some sort of over-the-counter thermogenic product to help get them into shape.  Some, particularly those with experience in cutting up, will choose ECA, a combination of ephedrine, caffeine, and aspirin for their cutting needs.  Clenbuterol is another popular choice.  These supplements are great for bodybuilders who are on track.  For those who are behind the eight-ball in terms of peaking on time, DNP is often a necessary option.  It is very potent, potentially dangerous, and quite effective.  Users will see a rise in body temperature, coupled with a boost of up to 40 to 50% of metabolic rate.  The body will be a furnace for a short time.

You can get shredded fast, but it’s going to take a great deal of work, dedication, and sacrifice.  If you think your regular pre-contest phase is hard, you haven’t seen anything yet.  This process will allow you to get into shape faster than expected, but at a greater cost to your time, energy, immune system, and muscle mass, potentially.  Your wiser move would be to cruise into a diet, reaching peak shape ten days beforehand, and tweaking things to peak on time.

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