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Wednesday, 22nd May 2019
Building muscle and burning fat can be tough work and once you get yourself in the right frame of mind and get settled into an effective diet and training plan you should be able to yield great results.
Consistency is the key and we all stray from time to time with certain aspects of our lifestyles but as long as you stay consistent, for the most part, you should be able to get away with a few off days and indiscretions.
If you have a deadline for a goal you need to achieve, such as a holiday, it’s good to give yourself an adequate amount of time to achieve it, like 12 weeks. If you’re making progress but struggling towards the end with around 4 weeks to go then a great method to try would be two-a-day training.
Aka two-a-days, this is exactly as it sounds and involves training twice per day. A good way to do this is to split up your cardio and weights into two separate training sessions. The best way to do this ideally would be to do your cardio in the morning and weights in the afternoon or evening. This tends to be because there is lots of research supporting those as the best times to do cardio and weights, however you can do them in whatever order you prefer.
By working out twice a day, you get you can turbo boost your metabolism and get your protein synthesis and other anabolic systems racing. If you take full advantage of this by having two post-workout meals, you can start to see excellent results. The body will still need a lot of recovery so only do this 3-4 times per week and you’ll have no trouble hitting your deadline!