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Article #141: Why Don't I Look Like a Fitness Model Yet?

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Flip through any muscle and fitness health risks.
magazine and you'll see fitness models This conditioned look is not something
and competitors, figure competitors, and that is usually preserved year around.
bodybuilders sporting a flawless Granted, many ladies will have a good
physique. They display lean and finely athletic and lean look all year, but it
detailed muscle, and a present healthy is difficult and unwise to keep such a
looking tan. What does it take to acquire low degree of body fat year around.
such a muscular, yet feminine build? Fitness competitors put a LOT of work
Flip through any muscle and fitness into their physiques. They train all year
magazine and you'll see fitness models for muscle size and density, and then
and competitors, figure competitors, and diet for months on end to lower their
bodybuilders sporting a flawless body fat and to get cut. It's difficult
physique. They display lean and finely to keep such a low body fat and muscle
detailed muscle, and a present healthy detail all the time. It's really not a
looking tan. glamorous lifestyle, unless you like
What does it take to acquire such a continual detailed diet and training.
muscular, yet feminine build? I've competed for 7 years, and it is an
Often times, when ladies train for that exhausting chore to get cut, much less
"competitor" look, they are under the stay that way year around. Low body fat
impression that lighter weights and more wears on you, puts a strain on your
reps will get them ripped, lean, and immune system, and leads to metabolic
detailed. This is false. downgrade.
Other women rely on endless cardio; as It's Not an Overnight Process
much as two hours a day for that polished The underlying factor in why you and the
look. This can be disastrous. fitness model or natural bodybuilder
Finally, the last group of ladies that looks strikingly different at such a low
want the popular "competition ready" body body fat percentage is due to muscle mass
resort to extreme low or no carbohydrate and muscle density. These are components
diets. This route is also a serious you must build over time. You cannot just
mistake. "bulk" for three to four months and think
There is no one right way or single you have done the necessary work. You
method to getting a fit, hard, lean, and have to build the foundation to sculpt
muscular body. Such desired physiques the masterpiece.
required vision, dedication, Factors that build muscle mass and muscle
determination, focus, and effort. density:
I come across many ladies brand new to Time
the sport of fitness that put in all the Intense Weight Training
above factors. Many ladies diet down from Limited Cardio
a healthy 18% body fat to a good 8-10% Adequate Nutrition
body fat and wonder after all their hard Sufficient Water Intake
and committed work, why they don't have It can take up to a year to build the
the hard and ripped muscles like the top foundation you need to carve the shapely
figure and/or fitness models they see in body you want.
the latest fitness magazine or the flashy The Finer Details
personal websites. Once you have the muscle mass and density
This is a very good question. necessary to carry you through a taxing
The figure and fitness ladies that you dieting phase you can begin to lose fat,
see sporting very dense bodies that look and then cut.
so magnificent have worked very hard, and What many people fail to realize is that
often times for several years or more to cutting is detailing the muscle. You
attain that look. can't detail your muscles if you are 18%
While you can build 3-6 pounds of muscle body fat. You have to first lose the
in a three months time-span, it takes a excess body fat and when you are lower
few years to build density. you can finely detail the muscle, a
Scenario process known as cutting.
You are fairly new to the sport of Cutting is a similar format to building
fitness. You read a few articles and got muscle, you just have to tweak your diet
some basic information on nutrition and and cardio that sparks fat loss and not
training. You may have even been on a muscle loss.
fat-loss program for several weeks to see Factors that Propel Fat Loss
how well you could progress. Losing body fat and cutting requires
Through all your effort and dedication eating properly and eating on time. This
you managed to drop about 7 pounds of means no skipping meals and no
body fat and get to a stunning 9%! That's overeating.
excellent work. However, you step back to Losing body fat and cutting requires
compare your 9% to the fitness model's 9% cycling your carbs and/or calories.
in the fitness magazine and find you look Losing body fat and cutting requires you
much different. You are not as hard and to incorporate re-feed days.
detailed as the fitness model. You lack Losing body fat and cutting requires you
that certain "look" you were striving eat real food and avoid restaurant food.
for. What went wrong? Losing body fat and cutting requires you
The reason you may look dramatically to incorporate progressive cardio. This
different from the fitness or figure has to be closely monitored to ensure you
models at 9% is due to muscle mass and are not doing too much cardio or not
muscle density. enough.
The Truth Losing body fat and cutting requires you
The finely-tuned physiques you see to be on an outlined program that must be
displayed in the fitness magazines are followed.
ladies in "peak" condition. Peaking is a Conclusion
temporary condition in which the body fat Losing body fat and cutting is a chore to
is reduced to very low levels, often say the least. It's not easy, but the
times dangerous levels, so the muscle rewards are endless. The most important
detail is predominantly visible. Most thing to remember is to be you, and don't
ladies in peaked condition are anywhere compare yourself to anyone else because
from 8-10% body fat, sometimes lower. The everyone is different. Various body types
peaking process involves specific and shapes will appear dramatically
training and dieting methods, and is different, even at the same body fat
usually done for physique shows and photo levels. Therefore, set goals and images
shoots. In addition, a peaked physique is for yourself based on what you know you
a severely dehydrated physique, posing can do.






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