Getting Ripped Without the Use of Performance Enhancing Drugs

Most of us are at least slightly aware of what it takes to get ripped. Basically, you must at least cut carbohydrates while increasing physical activity. But how many of us will actually succeed at getting ripped this way? I'm willing to bet that the majority of us will get minimal to moderate results at best.

This usually leads to excuses; the most common being we don't have the genetics to get ripped. But the real reason behind our lack of success is the information provided about how to get ripped is for those who use performance enhancing drugs; Anabolic Steroids, Ephedrine, Clenbuterol, etc.

And while drug-free bodybuilders and fitness enthusiasts must use the same guidelines to get ripped as those who use performance enhancing drugs (cutting calories and increasing physical activity) the difference of whether or not you will be successful will come from the choice of calories that we cut.

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The rule of cutting carbohydrates and fats simply will not work for most of us who do not use performance enhancing drugs. The calories that we must cut or exclude along with those are meat calories, because eating meat adds-up to a lot of unnecessary fat calories when trying to get ripped. I am not suggesting you become a vegetarian, just that you limit or exclude meat while getting ripped.

I am excited to share this information with you because I know that I will finally become successful at getting as lean as I want due to my recent shift to vegetarianism. Please give this diet a try, it will work for you too. Don't worry about losing muscle, dieting will not lead to muscle loss, overtraining, excessive cardio, and starvation will.

If you are still concerned, you can buy a high quality protein powder with the money that you save on meats. If you choose to simply cut back on your meat consumption while getting lean, have it with one meal on your workout days - no more that three times per week. And make sure it's lean and hormone-free.

If you choose to exclude meats, you can safely replace a portion of those calories with nuts, cottage cheese, and legumes to name a few. I urge you to cut or exclude your meat calories for at least a month in order to truly know that you can get as lean as you want by way of a sensible limited or meatless diet and exercise program. Let's go.