Cool, I'll try to explain my experience so far best I can. Right now I'm also training for a show and will be doing a video series, hooray! Since @
Decay II gave his origins and posted a before photo, I will too. I used to go to the gym and just lift heavy, one of those douchebags who only did bench and never squatted below the knees. I was noticed by a group of bodybuilders/figure competitors and they gave me the guidance I needed to eventually compete in bodybuilding shows. Here was me before at 240ish:
And here was me a week before the Lenda Murray NPC show 180-181:
The one key thing I had to learn was diet, it is 98% of what you want to do with yourself. The VERY basics of a diet has to do with macros, which is the percentage the fat, protein and carbs that contribute to your daily caloric intake.
Fat - 10%
Carbs - 20%
Protein - 70%
Eating clean is also very important, my God I can't stress this enough. Try to follow the "caveman" rule, if it didn't exist back during caveman times, don't eat it! If there are anymore questions regarding diet please ask because it's a lot to cover in just a generic response.
I've been significantly loosing fat for the last 3 weeks.
Eating in a 4-6 hour window everyday, only about 1000-1200 Cal, with weightlifting 4-5 times a week. FastingTwins youtube channel has good info on it.
Shoutouts to freshprince2 mostly for the help.
Good job, you're doing it right!
I have a question. Will I get lean by only doing pull ups, dips, and chin ups? Don't those work outs burn a lot of calories?
Best way to get lean is through diet, those body exercises are nice (that's how I started out) but the main calorie burner is cardio
Well I want to lose body fat and gain muscle. I've changed my diet recently to mainly whole foods, nothing processed. No more eating out at McDonalds or shit like that. No more sodas either, just sticking to water. Cardio is my least favorite part about working out. =/
Losing body fat and gaining muscle is the one mystery I still can't crack, mainly cause I don't have the genetics for it! For a year I limited my carb intake while trying to gain mass and it just didn't happen, which sucks cause having a Persian GF means rice in every dish I couldn't eat
Currently I've sucked up my pride, lost my 6 pack to gain fat along with the muscle I need. Unless you're the mesomorph body type, to gain muscle you usually have to bulk and then diet.
Its drinking Lipton diet green tea good so you can lose weight as well?
No, that crap contains Aspartame, an artificial sweetener. Avoid Saccharine, Aspartame and Sucralose, which causes bloating and overall just isn't good for you.
At work, will respond later