April 2018 Issue #16 April 2018 Issue #16 4GUYS | Page 43

What’s the key principle behind getting fit fast?
You want to burn as many calories in the time you spend working out as possible. So multi-
joint exercises are always going to be better. If you can, do combination exercises like a squat
transitioning to a press or a lunge to a lateral wave — where you’re using as much of the body
as once. That’s much better than sitting on a chest press and waiting for one minute, then
pressing, then waiting for a minute, and pressing. You want to do some kind of interval train-
ing and circuit training that has you going from thing to thing with very little rest.
What key areas should you focus on to look good with your shirt off?
The three things you want to target are abs, shoulders, and chest. Chest and shoulders are
going to make your waist seem narrow — you want to visually think of your body as a sculp-
ture. Make your shoulders wider than your waist, since opening your shoulders does the
same thing as narrowing the waist. It’s going to make that taper happen visually, that’s always
going to be wonderful. And the second part is abs: There’s no exercise that gives you abs.
You make them in the kitchen. They’re already there; you just can’t see them because you’re
eating too many hamburgers. So be more diligent on the diet.
So how should you eat?
You want to eat fewer calories than your body burns in a day. The average person burns
somewhere round 2,000 calories a day so in that scenario, you want to eat around 1,500 calo-
ries