How to Get in Shape Quickly For Guys

Are you looking to get in shape in the least amount of time possible? Here are some no-nonsense tips on how to achieve this goal:

1) Build muscle, burn fat.

Professional bodybuilders and weight-lifters take a cyclical approach to getting in shape: They go through phases where they concentrate on bulking up and then go through phases where they concentrate on getting rid of their body fat. These are referred to as the bulking and cutting cycles. If you want to get in shape quickly, you can't rely on a system like that. For maximum effectiveness, you need to be building muscle mass while you're burning body fat.

2) Shorter equals harder.

The good news is: Building muscles while burning fat at the same time is possible. The bad news? It's very hard. In general, the only way to see quick resluts is to ramp up the intensity of your workouts. That means more sweat and more pain for you...

3) Better than cardio...

Instead of doing the typical steady-state cardio, where you keep going at a fixed rate for a long period of time, do HIIT. HIIT stands for High Intensity Interval Training and it is done by switching between higher and lower intensity in your workout. For example: Sprint for 10 seconds, then jog for 30 seconds. Keep going through several such cycles of an all-out sprint followed by a lighter jog. This technique works wonders. But be warned: It's so tough that you'll hate every second of it.

4) Working the weights.

You absolutely have to do some kind of a resistance training (weight training), even if it's just using your body-weight. To ramp up the intensity and effectiveness, do circuit trainings, pyramid trainings, rest-pause trainings or superset workout routines.

5) Eat food, not junk.

A big part of getting in shape quickly depends on your diet. Now, you can count calories and nutrients all day long, but if that's not your thing, here's the simple, no nonsense guideline: Eat only real food, mainly vegetables and fruit. Do not eat any kind of junk food, deep fried food, artificially refined and sweetened food. Eat enough, but not too much (there's this thing called "hunger" which tells you exactly how much food you need - very practical). If you stick to those guidelines, your diet is already way better than what 99% of the population are eating, and it will show.

Pretty straight-forward, right? Believe me, the only thing standing between you and your dream-body are the five tips above and the willpower required to follow them.

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