Well, usually it will be the ladies who are interested to losing that unwanted excess weight to fit into that dress they desire. As for the guys, they too will want to lose weight but usually they don’t work out as hard as their opposite gender.
Cos’ the guys will always think that “it is their nature to be big” and even they “expand”, there will still be shirt and pants sizes for them.
Not for me. That’s not my thought process. That’s not what I want my photo shoot to be. Not even for my ROM shoot.
My goal: to be ripped and lean or at least if something goes “wrong”, becoming muscular and bulky can also be my alternative goal.
Just look at Men’s Health and Muscle & Fitness models. You’ll know what I’m talking about.
Please, whichever it is, it still beats being fat and soft for your once-in-your-lifetime photo shoot. At least you can have an additional “costume” option of taking your clothes off or unbuttoned with the shirt still on, smiling, standing next to your pretty bride and getting snapped by the photographer. Even in your nicely-pressed shirt, a good cut figure (don’t have to be so ripped until the muscle fibers can be seen) can still look equally good.
Or carrying the bride in your arms with that entire nice biceps showing the branchial veins to the camera.
Losing weight and at the same time gaining muscles is not easy. The title “Lose fat, Gain muscles” is all around in health magazines and they all claiming it to be easy and fast.
I agree on that. It is true the moves these magazines showed us are easy and effective.
But the difficult part is the amount of will-power you have. I always have mine and so I am currently using it now.
I just signed a membership with a gym that is within a stone’s throw away from my office. It is the Dover Fitness Club. I tell you, they have plenty of free weights there. Two racks of dumbbells and LOTS of barbells and benches to play with. There are no machines there and ALL equipments are really based on your own true strength to lift them. Good thing about having so many weights and barbells is that it will cut down your waiting time to use them. I fell in love with the place when I first learned it on the forums.
Best thing is, all who goes there, are truly motivated and in the IFBB mood. Unlike the one I went before, were mainly made up of posers and Narcissuses. Hence, the motivation is there, even at times you feel like giving up. Uncle Jalil really opened up my eyes to my own ability on my first day there. I always thought “I could make it”. Yah right, I was so wrong. I felt like a pussy there.
My own views is that you don’t have to go all out to spend so much money in “high class” fitness clubs/centres cos’ seriously, expensive clubs doesn’t mean guaranteed results. Most importantly is will-power to get ripped and lean and knowing exactly what you want. My will-power comes from what I know in NLP.
Release that kid within you. Think about what makes you motivated to get ripped. Think about what gives you the drive to perform that 80+kg deadlift. Think ahead about how you will feel when you finally lost some significant weight and gain some muscles. Think about the past, present and future.
I have my own way of motivating myself. People says it is childish but thing is, as long it works on me, I don’t give a damn for their thoughts. Know what you want and go out there and get what you’re worthed.
All the techniques needed to get there, are all available in magazines and books. Spend some time to research on them and find out which plan suits you best. I knew mine cos’ I read and understand what each single technique does and I experimented them until I finalized which weight lifting plan matches my “style” and the figure I want. Oh, not to compromise strength as well.
I do not have an exact list of where you should go but just some of the cheap gyms available out there. Then again, for whichever gym it is, it is best to go down there to see the environment and have a feel of how it is working out there. Question yourself as you work out there. Invest in some per-entry fees to try it out. At least it is better to spending more money signing up a gym that you eventually do not like. Below are just some of the affordable gyms:
- Community clubs
- Sports Councils
For me, I have found my “perfect” gym…those I usually saw IFBB pros like Dexter Jackson, Brandon Curry and Ronnie Coleman…like an iron prison. That’s what a gym should be.
Nuff’ said, I’ve only two months plus plus to go so let’s get started!!
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