doodle_duck_dandy wrote: The point you are missing is the guy has never put an once of fat onto his body in his life, same as all the other guys here that are mega ripped up. Once you get a layer on there, getting it off is incredible hard work. They were thin and not so muscled and lean when young then put on muscle and not fat as they worked out.
I've been fat, then tried to cut back like that, and ive never been able to do it. Even when I was running over 50 miles per week marathon training i still wasn't as cut as that.
The body wants a small layer of fat over it, as it is a healthy natural state to be in. To get as lean as that, you are depeleting the bodys natural levels so low its desperate to get back to normal, hance the need to eat very small meals often to prevent it putting it on immediately. Once you got a layer of fat, convincing the body to give it up and go down to danger levels is super tough. Good luck on your challenge!
You are correct to some extent in that, yes, it can be very hard to shift the flab and that some people are more disposed to being fat than others. HOWEVER, it is not something that should stop anyone - You will see results if you train with weights and eat sensibly.
Just in the quote you have given a classic example of how enudrance training/endless cardio does not do the trick. This is why so many people feel let down with the lack of results. Lots of exercise uses energy but if that means your body can gain it from muscle it doesnt need (i.e. chest/triceps when running) it will take it from there.
You must force your body to lose the fat and nothing else. If you partake in resistance training, your body will want to adapt to cope with the resistance and hold the muscle. Energy requirements will then come from fat (hopefully). This is another reason why extended cardio sessions are genreally not as effective as weights or high-intensity-interval training.
I have seen plenty of guys, bulk up, look like blimps but then 3 months down the line they have lost all the fat. Sure, they have lost a bit of muscle due to the rapid dieting. But apporaching it from a long term perspective, there is nothing stoppping you get results.
Hopefully this give you a bit of a boost. My pics are very attainable in that now that I have trained for a few years I am not trying to keep slim. In fact, I probably eat a lot worse that a fair few here and I am geneticly opposed to the body shape I have now (my natural weight is way lower). This makes it harder for me to keep muscle.
In fact, all this has made me vouch to having a go and see what actually trying to lose fat will make me look like - I'll check back in 8 weeks. Proof is in the pudding (or should I say whey shake).
Oh, and when you down about it all, just remember the words from the master himself:
Follow your dreams…you can reach your goals..I'm living proof…Beefcake…BEEFCAKE!