The Top 3 Bodybuilding Secrets To Cutting Body Fat Below 5%

Bodybuilders are known for their fanatical approach to their diet and their exercise, but mostly their diet.

We can all picture a guy with these huge arms spooning out little bits of salad onto a plate and then weighing it, but why?

Why all the fuss of weighing everything and being so careful? It seems so overboard and stupid, upon first glimpse anyway.

When you get down to it though, you see that these enormous fellows (and girls) have discovered that the science behind getting absolutely ripped to shreds and having abs that resemble a corrugated iron roof, the key is MATH.

Not long division, calculus or anything to do with quantitative analysis, just good ol' fashioned addition.

Here are the top three biggest secrets to get to 5% (and beyond) Body Fat Levels

1. Using the beauty of fibrous carbohydrates

Often people will quit a fat loss plan altogether, they never even last long enough to plateau or to get weak and tired, they just quit.

Why?

Because they are HUNGRY!

Hungry for foods that make them feel good (and taste good) instead of only having tiny helpings of calories each day that would barely satisfy a pre-schooler.

This is where the secrets of fibrous carbs come into play.

You see, fibrous carbs are filled with fibre (wow!), which makes you feel full, but they also give you plenty of energy and the best part, they are extremely low in calories.

Here is an example I often use to describe just how little calories fibrous carbs contain.

You can have 1 cup of brown rice (starchy carbohydrate) that is equal to 150 calories,

or,

You can have a plate full of the following:

• 2 cups of lettuce
• 1 cup cooked mushrooms
• 3 cups of cucumber
• 1 medium size tomato
• 1 cup of broccoli

For a grand total of around 150 calories as well.

That is the secret to feeling full and eating stuff all calories.

2. Exercise Synergy

Bodybuilders know that 2+2 doesn't have to equal four.

If you take two different things and combine them, often the result can be far greater than when they are used alone, just like a can of gas and a car.

Alone, they are entirely useless unless you need somewhere to sleep or to light a fire – but together they can get you anywhere at maximum speed in comfort, heated or cooled while relaxing and listening to music.

Cardio is the same.

If you combine weight training with traditional cardio you will see body fat dropping faster than you ever could have hoped for.

The reasons for this are numerous, but here are a couple:

• Lifting heavy stuff burns a LOT of calories
• For up to a whole day after you weight lifting session your body is still burning calories
• When you do cardio, you are helping your muscles repair faster
• Cardio makes you healthier and when you are healthier, your body progresses faster – whether that be losing fat or gaining muscle
• Cardio also burns a lot of calories

This explains why some athletes munch out on crappy junk food and never get fat, they just do so much exercise that they can eat what they want, kind of like how marathon runners eat chocolate and m&ms for energy, because they know they will burn it straight off again.

3. Rewards & Knowing Why

If I ask you to come and work for me, you ask "How much you gonna pay me boy?".

If I say "Nothing, now get to work, BOY!", chances are you will tell me where to go.

We need to be rewarded for out efforts, and that includes efforts we do for ourself, and bodybuilders will tell you they get rewarded by the feeling of being on stage, ripped to bits in front of a huge crowd.

They love being healthy, they love being the center of attention and being adored (or called a freak!), they love people starring at them and they love being strong.

They also love the post-contest pig out.

Yep, that's right, after a contest, most body builders will treat themselves to an absolute battalion of treats they would normally not eat.

Make sure you have a decent reward for yourself – maybe you can even get someone to sponser you for a financial reward.

I like to reward myself by having a day off and doing something I really love doing for a few hours and eating something slightly outside the healthy parameters.

Sometimes I overdo it and then I feel so guilty I don't eat anything bad for ages – vicious cycle but it works!

Find your special reward and treat yourself when you have made the progressive goals you want.

Know why you want to achieve such a goal and the how to do it part will be a lot easier.

Johnny Palmer is a fat loss coach who specializes in teaching how to get ripped six pack abs. He is not one of those guys who claim they are the man and are God's gift to the world, in fact he is quite open that he used to drink, smoke and be out of shape.

He is now in the shape he wants to be and constantly setting himself new fitness goals and loving life. He runs absrightnow.com blog and writes for it pretty much every single day to release his passion to help people.