What ’ s the key principle behind getting fit fast ? You want to burn as many calories in the time you spend working out as possible . So multijoint exercises are always going to be better . If you can , do combination exercises like a squat transitioning to a press or a lunge to a lateral wave — where you ’ re using as much of the body as once . That ’ s much better than sitting on a chest press and waiting for one minute , then pressing , then waiting for a minute , and pressing . You want to do some kind of interval training and circuit training that has you going from thing to thing with very little rest . What key areas should you focus on to look good with your shirt off ? The three things you want to target are abs , shoulders , and chest . Chest and shoulders are going to make your waist seem narrow — you want to visually think of your body as a sculpture . Make your shoulders wider than your waist , since opening your shoulders does the same thing as narrowing the waist . It ’ s going to make that taper happen visually , that ’ s always going to be wonderful . And the second part is abs : There ’ s no exercise that gives you abs . You make them in the kitchen . They ’ re already there ; you just can ’ t see them because you ’ re eating too many hamburgers . So be more diligent on the diet . So how should you eat ? You want to eat fewer calories than your body burns in a day . The average person burns somewhere round 2,000 calories a day so in that scenario , you want to eat around 1,500 calories a day . Obviously , that ’ s going to switch from person to person , so any extra calories you consume , your body has to create that calorie deficit by burning something . Ideally though , this is a lifestyle you adapt . If you truly want to look good all the time , you can ’ t be on and off the diet . You have to make consistent choices all the time . That doesn ’ t mean you can ’ t have cheat meals , but for the most part you have to eat 80 percent healthy 100 percent of the time . You can ’ t go from eating 100 percent to eating like crap for three weeks . You ’ re just going to yo-yo back and forth .
Are there any shortcuts that actually work ? You ’ re not going to accidentally get in shape . If you see someone who looks great , it ’ s because they ’ re making good choices to look great — like eating well with their diet and taking time to work out . If you want to look good , you ’ re going to have to make it a priority . That said , you want to maximize your time at the gym by doing a lot of combination exercises . If you ’ re finding yourself walking around scoping the scene , getting a drink of water , and looking around at yourself in the mirror , you ’ re probably not making the best use in the gym . You can get a killer workout in twenty minutes if you get in and really focus , or you can get a mediocre workout and be in there an hour . So it ’ s not really about the time . It is to some extent , but its more the quality use of the time . What should you not do when trying to lose weight fast ? The main problem I see is people doing these ridiculous things , like a cleanse . I ’ m saying this specifically for weight loss , because there are benefits to cleanses . But if you ’ re cleansing to lose pounds , even though you ’ re going to drop scale weight , that ’ s because you ’ re shedding off your metabolism instead of fat . And when you start eating again , your body is going to rebound by gaining even more fat back . So your scale will go down , but by the end of the three weeks not only will the scale be back up , but you ’ ll look worse and have a higher proportionate of fat .
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