IRONCLAD RULES TO
RECOMPOSITIONING
YOUR BODY FOR A
LEANER BUT STILL
MUSCULAR PHYSIQUE.
BY JAY ASHMAN
ABS ARE GREAT, AREN’T THEY?
They are the default marker of a lean phy-
sique and a reference point where people
instantly know you either worked hard to
achieve them or you are 154 pounds. For
the sake of our purpose, let us assume you
are not that 154-pound kid but instead
approaching a respectable build that was
created with lifting weights and eating to
gain muscle. While abs are an achieve-
ment in itself, the act of leaning up doesn’t
have to culminate in striated glutes and
paper-thin skin. Just dropping as little as
10 pounds can make you look incredibly
leaner and more defined, without going to
extremes of deprivation and misery.
If you have read my rules for gaining size
in the April 2017 edition of Iron Man, you
will have learned more than most gym bros
about gaining mass properly. If that is the
case, you are already one step ahead of
the game. That’s a victory for you and years
of wasted work prevented. (Although, from
then until now isn’t enough time to pack
on quality mass; therefore, you will take this
article and save it for that time when you
want to cut down properly.) If you’re at the
point where you’re ready to cut some fat,
let’s get started.
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