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2003/04/07, 08:29 PM
i just started the general training program along with the 12 week abs...ive also started eating as healthy as possible being in the military...and since healthy foods arent exactly abundant in the galley i take xenadrine efx...i follow the directions on the bottle....my question is and i know its a fat burner but by taking it am i gonna effect my goals of getting more defined muscles? as my profile says i dont want to get huge just defined or cut. thanx for any advice
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2003/04/07, 08:55 PM
well, it isn't going to add bulk, if that is what you mean.
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2003/04/07, 09:15 PM
First off I don't think you need worry about getting "huge". That is many of our actual goals, and it doesn't happen no matter how hard you try. If it was that easy, you would see many more "huge" guys running around. It is very difficult to do, and takes many years of training intensely to gain a few pounds of muscle. So, put those fears to rest. As far as defined, do you have any muscle now? I mean by this you have to have some muscle to define it! If you are pretty thin, you may want to think about adding some mass first. I wouldn't try yet to get abs if you do not have good muscle elsewhere, because just the calorie deficit needed to show abs will shut down any possiblity of any other muscle gain. A couple things to think about.
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2003/04/07, 09:52 PM
well im not thin by any means but i dont have too much flab execpt in the ab area....but i see what your saying i need to build up what i have then work on defining it? also another problem i have is about the only time i have to go to the gym is in the afternoon after working all day and its hard to find the energy to give it my all after working all day...any suggestions?
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2003/04/07, 10:48 PM
Yes, ambition and willpower. Base your day around your training if you can. Make a priority in your life, work is a necessity for financial survival, the gym is a necessity for health and wellnes, and fitness survival. The choice is yours. Don't go directly back "home". Have a pair of sweats in the car at all times, and go directly to the gym. Once you get settled on that couch, it can be pretty much over.
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The one goal you will NEVER achieve is the one you never attempt.
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2003/04/07, 10:55 PM
I also did not mean you have to bulk up, I was merely suggesting that depending on how your muscle size was now, if you go to definition, you are most likely as big as you are going to be musclewise, because it is tough to gain anything on an "ab" diet. I have seen many who the media has them in search of the holy grail "abs", but they have no muscle anywhere else, and they end up looking funny, skinny with toothpick arms and maybe a little abs! You would be much better off getting proportional if you know what I mean.
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The one goal you will NEVER achieve is the one you never attempt.
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