How to get impressive body

but it may also be a way of earning a living.
For example, if you watch professional wrestling, the people involved have to be in superb shape at any given time, and many of them have such huge muscles that one simply wonders how they manage to gain such impressive bodies.
This is something which leaves even the most experienced fitness fanatics somewhat confused.
Another example is that of the presenters of shows like the biggest loser and survivor. Here the presenters are normally wearing clothes that reveal most of their bodies, so for them having a physique that fits the job is of utmost importance.
For the first example I gave, the wrestlers have to have bigger muscles as this portrays a powerful person and this also helps them gain many fans. The question that comes to mind here is how do they build big muscles and burn fat at the same time?
This type of training has been used for decades by bodybuilders. These athletes use timing or they plan the way they train to coincide with a particular event which they may be preparing for, so many of them usually go through what they refer to as a “bulking phase”.
Here they consume up to 2 000 calories per day, and one must note that these calories are not junk food calories but they are calories derived from mainly unrefined low fat food, so one can imagine how many times they eat to reach that goal.
The aim of going through a bulking phase is to allow the body to gain more muscle or rather to allow the body to get bigger muscles.
When one is on a bulking phase it is very normal to find one using extremely heavy weights and moderate repetitions and also the amount of sets performed in the weight room are reduced to around just four to allow recovery between sets and to allow the individual to utilise as much weight as possible.
Also, cardio exercises are used primarily for warm up and not for fat burning. When one is in this phase they do not normally mind gaining weight as the weight gain here may be associated with getting bigger.
After they have completed the bulking phase they go through what they refer to as the “shedding phase”.
Here the athlete then goes in the opposite direction where they may have been using super heavy weights, they now use moderate to light weights and they drastically drop their calories to a bare minimum.
Here the intention is to offload the excess fat that they may have gained during the bulking phase while retaining the muscle that they may have gained during the same period.
This period can prove to be very tricky indeed because we all know that in order to gain big muscles one has to eat large amounts of food and utilise moderate to heavy weights in the gym.
But if you are on a low-calorie diet it is almost impossible to use heavy weights as you may feel very weak.
Here these athletes use a very careful approach, they time their meals and training so that when they are at their strongest they do the heavy work in the gym they then leave the cardio sessions for later in the day so that the fat burning can be done then.
So the athlete normally goes on a high-protein diet with very low carbohydrates which will allow the athlete to retain as much muscle as possible while shedding the fat.
Also the cardio is done at very intense levels that the body is forced to use fat as energy due to the low carbohydrates in the system.
This has been the approach of some athletes and it has yielded some awesome results although some do not encourage this approach it has worked many times over.
If you are trying to gain bulk, you could give it a try, however one must always see their doctor before attempting this style of training.
l Gerald Noble is a personal fitness trainer and can be contacted on [email protected] or 0775 069 357