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Monday, February 18, 2013

Muscle Definition Terms - The Difference Between Cut, Defined, Ripped, Sliced, Shredded

I Thought it Would be Cool if We Used Universal Terms for "Muscle Definition". I purchased rights to this photo and used it for one of my followup videos for http://absblueprint.com <---it is still a free course, so get it already :) Back in 1991 I bought a booked called "Sliced". It was a bodybuilding book that helped competitors get extra lean for competition. It discussed strategies on how to drop the last bit of fat and water and get uber-lean. The best part of the book was a section where they defined words which described various "states" of being lean. I'd like to simply do a "Cliff Notes" version. I Also Created a Video that Goes More In Depth For those of you who have entered your email list to get Abs Blueprint...you will automatically receive this followup video. It will come a few days after you opt-in. My goal is to simply help people with every aspect of getting defined abs...and the book is just one part of the big picture. Here Are The Muscle Definition Terms With Bullet-points (for easy reference). Note: On the video I include photo examples of celebrities who fit each description below. 1. "Full House" When a Person Has a Lot of Fat & Muscle. One Big Mass - No Separation or Distinction Between Body Parts. Strong, but Not Visually Impressive. Stomach Protrudes a Bit. Think Pro Wrestler or Football Player. 2. "Hard" Weighs Less than a Full House, but Looks Bigger. A Little Bit of Definition in Best Body Parts. Waist is Smaller and Stomach Doesn't Protrude. Face isn't Fat, But Still Not Defined. Look Good In Clothes, but Still Soft With Shirt Off. 3. "Cut" Part of the Body is Becoming Really Defined. Some Body Parts Blurred By Fat. Look Better With Shirt Off Now. Face Will Become Defined. People Will Consider You in Top Shape. Great from 30 Feet - Not as Much 6 Feet Away. 4. "Defined" Even Definition Over All Body Parts. No Visible Fat on Any Body Part. If Even One Body Part is Blurred You are "Cut". Look Great In Clothes, But Much More Impressive With Shirt Off. Face Takes On an Angular Look. 5. "Ripped" "Defined" - With Individual Muscle Fibers Showing. All About Dropping Water and a Hard State to Reach. Average in Clothes - Blow People Away With Shirt Off. Face is Really Lean...Too Lean on a Lot of People. Still Display Muscle Definition In a Darker Room. "70% of Bodybuilding Contest Won in this State." 6. "Sliced" Extremely Lean. So Lean "Even Your Dog Will Stare At You." Skinny in Clothes - But Full Transformation With Shirt Off. Cross-Striations and Muscles on Top of Muscles. Can Only Be Held for 24-72 Hours Max. "29% of All Bodybuilding Shows Are Won in this State." 7. "Shredded" Close to Zero Amounts of Water Under the Skin. Almost Seems as if There Isn't Skin Covering the Muscles. Can Only Be Held for a Matter of Hours. A "Shredded" Person Makes a "Cut" Person Look Like a "Full-House". "Shredded Bodybuilders Look Like Rakes in Clothes. When They Take Their Clothes Off at a Weigh-in, However, All the Other Bodybuilders Get the Immediate Urge to Go Home." Note: In the video I talk about which category various celebrities fit into. In my opinion "Cut" is where you want to be most of the time...possibly "Defined" for a vacation or special event. Really no need to kill yourself and go beyond these. Again...if you want to subscribe to my videos, just enter your email here (it's free): Abs Blueprint Have a great one!

Friday, June 8, 2012

Good News is Your Search is Over! You Can Finally get the Body You Deserve

Even if you've tried everything under the sun to get rid of the excess weight and keep it off, you're about to discover a permanent solution that will end dieting FOREVER.

So where do we begin?
Stop Trying to “Lose” Weight.

The first step is to Stop Trying to "Lose" Weight. Research clearly shows that over 95% of people who manage to "lose" weight will gain it all back, and most of them will end up weighing more than when they started.

What you really want is to permanently RELEASE your excess weight - not LOSE it. Think about it! When you lose something, what happens? You go looking for it.

If you “lost” your wallet or your purse you’d go looking for it, wouldn't you? As you will see, your Subconscious Mind is literal and it knows if you lose something you will consciously or unconsciously try to find it.
What you are about to learn is how to RELEASE the excess weight from your life, once and for all - so you never have to "lose" it again!

Sound good so far? Then read on...
Has This Ever Happened To You?

At some point you consciously make the decision – “I need to lose weight”.

The next step is you find a book, diet, pill, shake or "program" that promises that you will lose the weight want. You read the book, take the pills, shake the shake or join a weight loss program.

After you "lose" some weight, for whatever reason, you decide the diet is over. Slowly but surely you begin to put the weight back on again. The “lost” pounds and inches return. Worse yet, you end up weighing more than you did before you started your diet.

If this has happened to you and you have FAILED at every weight loss program you have ever tried, there must be a reason.

In order to understand the reason, we need to talk about the concept of........
One Brain – Two Minds

Although we all have one brain, we possess two minds or two phases of mind power. One is called the Conscious mind and the other is called the Subconscious mind.

The primary difference between the Conscious and Subconscious is one gives directions and the other follows orders.

Between your Conscious and Subconscious there is a division called the "Critical Factor". The function of the Critical Factor is very simple. It’s basically to keep things the same. Its primary intention is to make your life easier by rejecting or resisting information that doesn't match the blueprint you already have inside your Subconscious mind.

This can be tremendously useful when someone tries to persuade you to do something stupid like telling you that you can "Jump off a building and you’ll fly!" But, it’s also very harmful when it keeps you stuck with a belief or habit that is not desirable - such as being overweight.
Here’s how it works.....

Let’s say you make a Conscious decision to lose weight. You start your weight loss program or diet. However, because your Subconscious blueprint is not in agreement with your Conscious decision to lose weight, it sets up RESISTANCE. Whenever you have RESISTANCE or a counter-intention between you Conscious and Subconscious mind, your Subconscious will resist your Conscious mind’s instructions. In this case – to lose weight.

The ONLY way to get your Subconscious Mind to agree to release the weight permanently is you MUST bypass the Critical Factor of your Conscious Mind. This cannot be done through "willpower".

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Sunday, May 27, 2012

What Could Possibly Be Better Than Winning a FREE All-Expenses Paid Trip For Two To Maui, Hawaii? Actually... There IS Something...

Dear Fellow "Burner",




So... what's better than winning a FREE trip for two to the sun-drenched tropical paradise of Maui Hawaii?

How about me sending you to Maui in the best shape of your life and you showing off YOUR NEW BEACH BODY?

Picture this: YOU, not only sauntering down the warm sand beaches of one of the world's most beautiful islands...

But YOU on that beach in your swimsuit, having no fat on your body.... none... zero.... zip!

You're 100% solid lean muscle...

People are checking YOU out on the beach, wishing they had YOUR body!

Sound like a fantasy? Well, it's not! It already happened 5 seasons in a row!

I've already sent 10 winners (and their guests) on FREE tropical island vacations because they said yes to my Burn the Fat challenge!

They were voted the number one transformation, and the rest is history! They're now in the Burn the Fat Hall of Fame.

Once more this summer, I'm doing it again - possibly for the last time ever - and this time, it could be YOU I send to Hawaii!


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Wednesday, April 11, 2012

CASILLAS BACKS RONALDO

Despite losing the most important match of the season – the El Clasico - Real Madrid goalkeeper Iker Casillas defended the performances of Cristiano Ronaldo. Cristiano Ronaldo was caught overconfident in certain situations and was the culprit of missing two major chances, which would have been enough for Real Madrid to draw with Barcelona. As it is, they lost the match 3-1, a result that puts Barcelona top of the la Liga standings as they head into the crucial Christmas fixture list. Barcelona will not be playing in this period because they will be in Japan for the Club World Cup. Real Madrid have not beaten Barcelona in recent seasons, but they have the opportunity to do so straight from the kick-off itself. Karim Benzema scored within 23 seconds and this gave Real Madrid the fastest goal in the El Clasico history. Despite this, Barcelona continued to attack with venom and they equalised through Alex Sanchez.
They took the lead through Xavi shortly afterwards, but in between the two incidents, Cristiano Ronaldo had the opportunity to put Real Madrid back in front. However, he missed the goal glaringly and he immediately went down on his knees with frustration. A similar incident happened in the second half when the Portuguese star could have brought back the things back on level terms with the opportunity to equalise with a free kick. However, he put the ball glaringly over the bar and the promising situation was wasted. "We all have to play at 120 per cent, not just Cristiano. We're a team and criticism is directed to all of us. We were unlucky, but we shouldn't use excuses. It was easier for them to play when they were leading 3-1, and it was consequently harder for us, with our lines separated and the match being so open," Casillas said after the match. Read more

Barcelona vs Getafe: Supercuts Getafe, Barca-Madrid Difference One

Barcelona's big win in the fight to entertain Getafe 4-0 at Camp Nou on Wednesday (4/11/2012) pm. Messi scored again and contributed two assists in this match. Now Barcelona is already played 32 times live odds a point with Real Madrid are still tops the standings. New Madrid melakoni to 32 tomorrow against Atletico Madrid. El Barca collecting 78 points, while El Real 79. The game Since the early minutes, watch this match, Barcelona would score a goal like, permasalahnya residence time alone. In minute 13, Lionel Messi pass to Shancez. Sanchez and mature feedback Messi was kicked into the goal. Barcelona 1, Getafe 0. Lionel Messi finally actually scored. Messi played a one-two with Iniesta. Messi pass and returned it to Messi Iniesta. Messi dribble the ball more and cut into the box defense. A moment later he was shot. Goal, Barcelona 2, Getafe 0. Within two minutes, Barcelona had struck two more goals against Getafe. Barcelona created two goals in 73 minutes Alexis Sanchez and Pedro in the 75th minute. Alexis Sanchez successfully crossing the ball from Isaac Cuenca. It was Sanchez's second goal in this match. Goals from Pedro is also almost the same. Lionel Messi gave a direct crossing and gored by Pedro in front of goal. The final score, Barcelona 4, Getafe 0.

Tuesday, April 10, 2012

Fasting vs Dieting: Lose Fat Without Lowering Testosterone Levels


This is a guest post from Brad Pilon about a topic that I think doesn't get addressed enough: getting lean without destroying your testosterone levels. Testosterone is important for women as well (so don't skip this article if you are a woman). I've messed up in the past by dieting in a way that killed my testosterone levels. "Low T" is a bad deal…so Brad is going to show you how to get lean, while easily avoiding this common problem.



Fasting, Dieting, and Testosterone
by Brad Pilon

Juice. Sauce. Crank.

When most people think testosterone, they think about the stuff that athletes inject. The truth is testosterone is an anabolic steroid, but it’s one that your body produces entirely on it’s own – no needles required.

The interesting thing about testosterone is that it’s not just a ‘muscle building hormone’. In both men and women, testosterone plays a key role in health and well-being as well as in the prevention of osteoporosis, and maintaining libido.

With testosterone being tied to muscle mass, health, bone density and libido, it’s pretty much a given that we should avoid doing things that drastically reduce our testosterone levels.

Unfortunately, one of the best ways to reduce our body fat levels can also negatively affect our testosterone levels. Long term calorie restriction CAN lower your testosterone levels, sometimes even as low as those found in eunuchs (a guy who’s been castrated…think about that for a moment).

This leads to a bit of a conundrum – Harsh dieting can lead to a reduction in testosterone levels, however, we know from examining large scale (over 1,000 subjects) longitudinal studies (following people for around 8 years) that gaining body fat is correlated with lower testosterone levels, as is just having high levels of high body. Even more confusing is that the very act of losing body fat is able to restore testosterone back to normal levels in overweight people who were low [i,ii].

From this research we can see that having extra body fat can reduce testosterone levels, lowering your body fat can increase your testosterone levels, but dieting can also decrease your testosterone levels. Like I said…Conundrum.

If we just left to story right here it would seem that there is almost no way of dieting or getting in shape without somehow messing up your testosterone levels. Lets take a closer look and see if there is a way to get lean without affecting testosterone in a negative way.

For starters this research shows us it seems that your diet must be fairly extreme in order to decrease your testosterone levels. There is consistent evidence that mild caloric restriction (about a 15% calorie restriction) does not lead to reductions in testosterone or free testosterone in otherwise healthy men [iii]. We can see that mild dieting doesn’t seem to have a negative affect on testosterone levels, but what about people who diet hard, while training hard at the same time?

We can find some very convincing answers to this question in military research. After 8 weeks of extreme multi-stressor environments (very-low-calorie diet, super high energy expenditure, high temperatures and extreme lack of sleep – military training) testosterone levels can drop to almost castration levels…not cool.



This military research shows pretty clearly that extreme dieting combined with hard training and lack of sleep can significantly alter your testosterone levels. Most of us aren’t training like we’re navy seals, however let’s be honest- the fanatical way some people approach their diet and exercise can become a little military-ish. And if hard dieting can in fact lower testosterone levels, then maybe we should start paying attention to how hard we workout when we’re also follow a strict diet. Or there might be another solution. In fact it may not be as simple as avoiding decreases in testosterone levels at all costs.

Case in point: Not only does a slight re-feed rapidly restore testosterone levels after long periods of hard-training and hard-dieting, but your testosterone levels may actually end up higher within 5 weeks after an 8 week period of stressful dieting and training.

These findings lead to another interesting conundrum – Extreme conditions can reduce testosterone, but also may cause a nice rebound afterwards. Could it be that short bouts of low testosterone from hard dieting and training are worth it for the big increase from the rebound afterwards?

Similar to what we find with Insulin and Leptin, dieting seems to be capable of increasing testosterone sensitivity. It wouldn’t be illogical to suggest that this may contribute to the increases in muscle mass and feelings of well being that people get after they finish dieting and training for a bodybuilding or fitness contest.

Luckily, there may be a way to get the same increases in sensitivity WITHOUT having to go through prolonged periods of chronically depressed testosterone levels.

While longer fasts (56 hours and beyond) will cause notable decreases in testosterone, Short-term fasting does not negatively affect testosterone levels, but do allow for short periods of caloric restriction [v,vi,vii,viii]. Fasting intermittently allows for an overall calorie deficit, while also allowing for periods of calorie maintenance.

Note from Rusty: Brad Pilon uses intermittent fasting to stay lean without lowering his testosterone levels.



These findings all point to the fact that short-term fasting would not cause serum testosterone levels to ever drop below normal, but still allow for a decrease in body fat and possibly even a deficit-induced increased testosterone sensitivity [ix,x].

This might just be the one way to burn fat and get the testosterone boosting advantage of short term calorie deficits, it’s the best of both worlds.