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Lose Fat and Get Jacked

Aesthetic Muscle Journal September 02 2014

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Last Spring when I was going through a cutting phase to carve out ripped abs I had a lot of great success as a result of recording my daily aesthetic muscle workouts and meals.

So now, after relaxing on my diet during the Summer… it’s time to get back to documenting my journey once again.

Many of my fellow Physique Artists really appreciated the behind the scenes footage… and how I “Keep it real”. I hope you gain some valuable insights by following my daily progress.

Here’s today’s footage…

 

My daily nutrition goal is about Aesthetic Muscle Journal September 02 2014

Summer Diet Damage Control

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After enjoying the Summer, “Living a little”, with parties every weekend, family vacations, putting back some of my favorite beers, frequently indulging in my favorite treats, and gaining 3 pounds of fat… it’s time to refocus and go through a 4 week cutting phase.

In today’s video, I share exactly how I’m going to burn off this excess fat by the end of September…

Top 3 Strategies To Carve Out Ripped Abs

1) Track my food intake: I’ll be using MyFitnessPal to track my food intake. My daily goal is about Summer Diet Damage Control

Deadlift Your Bodyweight Challenge For Charity

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Tom Venuto nominated me for the Deadlift Your Bodyweight Challenge For Charity. A great idea that Nick Nilsson started last week. Here are the rules…

1) Weigh yourself.
2) Load your bodyweight onto the bar.
3) Do as many consecutive reps as you can.
4) Donate at least $1 for every rep to your favorite local charity.

 

My Current Stats:
5′ 6.5″
156 lbs
38 years old

Results: 160lb Deadlift for 46 consecutive reps.
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Close Grip Bench Press with an Angled Bar For a More Focused Triceps Pump and Muscle Gains

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The Close Grip Bench Press is one of the better muscle building exercises for your triceps… yet some lifters avoid them because it aggravates their wrists and elbows.
close grip bench press

A solution that I have found very helpful is using an angled bar…

…It’s way more comfortable for the wrists and draws the elbows in close to the body… producing a more focused pump in the triceps.

Here’s the exercise in action… about Close Grip Bench Press with an Angled Bar For a More Focused Triceps Pump and Muscle Gains

Your Muscular Potential: Insights From a Hardgainer

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As a hardgainer and natural lightweight bodybuilder, the only thing more frustrating than experiencing slow muscle gains, is seeing hyped up headlines about blasting through your genetic potential, while packing on insane amounts of muscle in a short period of time.

The muscle building industry has a way of making us hardgainers feel inferior… especially us lightweight natural bodybuilders. It’s their business to create insecurities about our scale weight… so they can prey on us.

It’s a VERY competitive market… and in order to sell product… whether it be a new secret supplement formula or a workout dvd from a top pro bodybuilder… they need to come up with bigger and bolder promises… putting the sale before the truth…

…setting us natural bodybuilders up for nothing but disappointment.

What’s a hardgainer to do? How do we overcome these lies and deceit? about Your Muscular Potential: Insights From a Hardgainer

Challenging Quadriceps Workout With Heavy Lifts and High Rep Sets

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This month we decided to blast our quadriceps and hamstrings during separate workouts. It’s a unique feeling when your quads are all pumped up, yet your hammies are pretty relaxed.

This workout challenged my quads on many levels…

 

As with every Aesthetic Muscle Plan workout, we include a variety of rep ranges to maximize aesthetic muscle gains…

A1 Front Squats 6-8 reps… 3 sets… 90 seconds rest between sets.

B1 Hack Squats 3-5 reps… 3 sets… 2 minutes rest between sets.

C1 Leg Extensions 100 reps (rest-pause)
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