![]() ![]() The good news, however, is that I don’t seem to have lost muscle mass in general since the beginning of the shred. Of course, it differs for everyone.įor the second week in a row, I do not seem to have gained any size in the major muscle groups. This does seem to be the mystical figure that most men strive for in order to get their full set of abdominals on show. My abs don’t seem to be showing any more, but perhaps they will with a continued cut down to 10% body fat. I think this is starting to appear due to the narrowing of my waist. It may be in my head, but I feel that I’m starting to gain that ‘V’ shape that we all strive for so much. My Week 7 photos look largely similar to Week 6’s – however, I feel that my figure has changed slightly. We all need something to keep working for right? However, this was a slightly unrealistic goal given the time-frame. ![]() I’ve arrived at a body fat figure of 14.09% after the six weeks – 4.09% shy of my target of 10%. This has been a continuous pattern during the program, indicating that, quite simply, it really does work. Looking at my results for this final week, you’ll see that I’ve dropped a tad more weight (not much), lost another 1.21% of body fat, and slimmed down even further around my waist. Improvements for next week – None, as I am having a week of recovery before I set off on any further exercise regimens. This consisted of 36 gym sessions over a period of six weeks. Proudest moment of the week – I actually finished the Shortcut to Shred. My parents visited London on the Saturday and took me out for a meal.I don’t think this helped me in any shape or form. This was due to exercises I had to catch up on, extended cardio, and being sick. The final gym session took me a full 2 hours (and more).I don’t think I gave my body enough time to recover from the previous hardcore session, and all exercises suffered as a result. I managed to get tickets to a BBC show on Thursday and had to be in the queue by 5pm.I am now feeling the effects of doing so (I’m sick and in bed), but there was no way I wasn’t finishing this program after getting so far through. This was not ideal for the last three days of the program, but I pushed on through regardless. ![]() I had also developed a sore throat and general man flu. I actually pushed my body so hard that by Day 4 I had started to flag (both mentally and physically). This was exactly as it sounds – ridiculous. The final cardioacceleration exercise was then performed, and the set was done. Then, I immediately picked up a lighter weight (by 20-30%), and lifted it to failure. After that (in the middle of the weights section of the gym with everyone staring at me), I repeated the final weights to failure again. This second inclusion involved taking the final set of each exercise to failure, then running on the spot for 20 seconds. I altered two things – (1) upped each cardioaccelertion exercise to 90 seconds, and (2) incorporated the cardio accelerated rest-pause dropsets. But nothing comes close to the intensity these gym sessions were performed at, or how much painful organisation was involved in making sure my diet was spot on for the shred. Sure, I trained and ran for a half marathon once. I think it’s fair to say that I haven’t pushed my body this hard before in my life. The past six weeks have been a seriously gruelling trial. I have officially finished the Shortcut to Shred !! ![]()
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