Getting cut - Muscle definition - Getting ripped
The main two reasons we workout so hard are to build muscle mass and to improve definition. (Certainly getting stronger is in there, but it normally ranks third behind the cosmetic changes.) Getting cut, increasing muscle definition, getting ripped...whatever you want to call it...is probably the number one telltale sign that a man is serious about his commitment to working out.
Tom Venuto, author of the best-selling eBook, Burn the Fat - Feed the Muscle, says: "To lose body fat, you must create a calorie deficit. There are two ways you can do this: (1) decrease your caloric intake from food (dieting) or (2) increase the amount of calories you burn (exercising) Both methods should be used, but the healthier, more efficient and more permanent way of improving muscle definition is to burn the fat with exercise. (This is where the title of his book comes from. Burn the Fat - Feed the Muscle means: don't starve the the fat with low-calorie diets...burn the fat with exercise and feed the muscle with sensible nutrition.) Dieting or severe calorie-cutting without exercise will only serve to screw up you metabolism."
Aerobic exercise is the real secret to losing body fat. Except for genetically gifted people, who appear to have been born "ripped", it is almost impossible to lose body fat through diet and lifting, alone.
If you are intent on getting cut...losing body fat...getting ripped, then you must begin a quality and consistent aerobic program to go along with your lifting routine and nutritional strategy.
If you are serious about increasing your muscular density, while burning off body fat, order Tom's book now. It is presented in an easy to read format that takes you step-by-step through the fat loss process. There is nothing else on the market that covers this topic so effectively.
Author, Tom Venuto - 3.7% body fat