VehiclesFashionRecipesBlogsHuntTravelsSportFunHandmadeITEducation
Mini-Games
x

x
zakruti.com » Sport, fitness, workout » Jeremy Ethier
How to ACTUALLY Get Lean in 2024 (3 Simple Steps)

How to ACTUALLY Get Lean in 2024 (3 Simple Steps)

FBTwitterReddit

video description

Rating: 4.5; Vote: 2
If you want to actually get lean this year, the odds are stacked against you. More than 80% of people who try getting lean end up failing. But there are 3 simple, science-backed steps that have gotten me, and several others, leaner than they ve ever been before. We'll cover a full fat loss meal plan, the best exercises for fat loss, how to lose stubborn belly fat, and more. Step 1 for how to get lean: your diet. First, you need to start forcing your body to burn fat for energy. This is done by creating a calorie deficit, where you're eating fewer calories than your body needs every day. You can do that by first fixing your food environment. Throw away your trigger foods and taking advantage of your laziness by placing your high-calorie snacks and treats in hard-to-reach places. This also applies to healthy snacks like nuts and granola. Also, when you do eat, try to shut everything down and just be present. Next, eat more protein. Eating enough protein protects your muscles from being burned off for energy during a diet. As for how much to eat, research typically shows the greatest benefit when protein is increased to about 0. 8 g per lb of your body weight per day. In addition to protein, try to eat more of those highly filling, nutritious foods 80% of the time. Then 20% of the time, allow yourself to eat treats and more processed foods that, although won t fill you up as much, will help you avoid an overly restrictive mindset. Finally, track your calories to ensure you re indeed in a calorie deficit. Second step to getting lean: exercise. Combining diet with resistance training is more effective for fat loss than combining diet with just cardio. The reason lifting weights is great for fat loss is that it tells your body to prioritize burning more fat rather than muscle for energy. So, when it comes to how to get lean, you should use your diet to do the hard work of creating most of your calorie deficit, but also lift weights 3-5 times weekly to tell your body to keep your muscles and use fat for energy instead. But as great as lifting weights is, this doesn t mean you hit the gym and sloth around the rest of the day. In fact, one of the reasons why people fail to get lean during a diet is because they subconsciously get lazier and reduce the number of steps they take as they get leaner and leaner. To avoid this, start tracking your daily steps. Try to build up to at least 7, 000 steps per day and keep that consistent throughout your diet. So if you properly apply everything we went through so far, with the best exercises for fat loss (i. e, resistance training, for example, you should be able to lose about 1-2 lbs of fat per week. Repeat that for several weeks, and eventually, you ll be at your goal body fat percentage. But we all know that s much easier said than done. Step 3, staying consistent, is where most people fail. But there are 3 consistency hacks that I ve found make people far more likely to stick it through and succeed. The first of my how to get lean consistency hacks is what I like to call the Power of 60%. Instead of aiming for perfection, just aim to hit your goals at least 60% of the time. Second, make use of diet breaks every 8-12 weeks of dieting. It s a week or two where you increase your calorie intake to around 500 calories more than when you were dieting. While it s not a free pass to eat whatever you want, it will give you more flexibility with your food choices and can help you recharge both mentally and physically before your next dieting phase on a fat loss meal plan. Finally, let's talk about how to lose belly fat. First off, don t use your stubborn belly fat as a measure of progress. Usually, your body will start by losing fat around your chest, shoulders, arms, back, and even your face. Only once it s lost enough fat from those areas will it make its way down to your upper stomach area and then finally your lower belly. Remember, you have a lot more fat to lose than you think. So until you get lean enough to notice your belly fat coming off, be proud of the fat loss progress you ve made in your face, arms, chest, and shoulders.
Date: 2024-01-01

Comments and reviews: 18


The problem with calorie counting though is that if you have done that a couple of times in your life and regained the weight, next time it works less and next time even less. And there you are eating only 1200 kcal and can't lose weight. (I know that's too low calorie, but that's where many ends up that uses calorie counting as a method to lose weight since it gets harder and harder) I've had to eat liberally for years now to regain a better metabolism. I have also thyroid antibodies and thyroid symptoms now so that impacts my weight aswell now. Can't lose by counting calories anymore. I hope by repairing my body and fixing the thyroid issues I'll get down to a lower weight but I suspect that it will take a couple of more years. I'm glad you said that people need to take diet breaks though, I wish I knew about such things way back. Maybe that would have helped me to not wreck my metabolism.
reply

I had lost a lot of weight a few years ago (75lbs) over about 6-8 months. As soon as I started taking creatine the weight loss stopped. I went 4 years and my weight stayed the same. I stopped taking the creatine 8 weeks ago and have lost 12lbs. I know creatine causes water retention which accounts for some of that, but i think it also stimulates my appetite. It is something to try. I definitely noticed a drop in strength, but hope to gain it back after losing some more weight.
Also, when cutting, for me, protein shakes were just too much extra calories. Again, you sacrifice some muscle strength, but shakes are extra calories you could cut unless you are truly substituting them for a meal.

reply

2: 35 I am kind of confused. wasn't it 0. 8 grams of protein per Kg and not lb? and makes it 0. 36 grams of protein per pound which is 64. 8 grams of protein(for a 180lbs/81kg individual) but then I think 0. 8 ratio(for kgs) is low if a person has active lifestyle so they should go for 1. 2 to 1. 6 grams of protein per Kg? I am Confused
reply

I would recommend not staying at 10% body fat for a man. It s not the most healthy or comfortable thing. Temporarily for a competition or something, fine.
Target 15-20% at the lowest. It s a good range for looking good, building muscle and strength, and you don t start dropping your testosterone to unhealthy levels.

reply

This year i want to loose 20kg without loosing much muscle, hope it works. I lost 25kg some years ago and i needed 52 weeks on an anabolic diet. I tried 16K kcal /week this time (tracked well daily) last month but dont loose weight i gained 2 kg so i have to go from 16kcal -> 14K a week to loose some weight
reply

Bro i fell sooo dumb cause really i was losing weight and constantly working out and feeling good but my belly fat won't go so i started blaming myself and hating myself even more and i just quit now watching this video i regret quitting
reply

Wow simply just wow bro you are doing a wonderful work for all of us by making this video and telling about how to get actually lean in 2024 and keep it up and keep up the good work as always and take care
Keep smiling always

reply

Amen.
1. Don t trust any expert who says you can do it quickly. The fact that he doesn t promise quick results makes me trust him from go.
2. Time goes by so fast; start now and it ll be April or May before you know it.

reply

You sound like you think that 36-38 weeks is going to seem discouraging for most people. For me, it's exciting. It makes me optimistic to think that I can have a lean and athletic build before the end of this year.
reply

I've unconsciously been doing this for months now and seeing tremendous progress! Gained a few pounds over the holidays but no worries, the roadmap works and it's easy to get back on
reply

4: 31 Let's just take a moment to appreciate how much time and work he put into this video? It's amazing, and I think they deserve so much more than that
reply

Let's just take a moment to appreciate how much time and work he put into this video? It's amazing, and I think they deserve so much more than that
reply

Thank you so much for the video How to ACTUALLY get lean in 2024; I was only familiar with the 2023 method and was doomed to get fatter this year.
reply

I practice around 90 minutes martial arts according to galaxy watch 4 it burns 700 calories. Is it necessary to take 7k steps in those days
reply

I try to clean bulk and I just get fat, I m too skinny in the chest area so I don t think I m supposed to try and get lean. Feel kinda lost
reply

2 words: Calorie Deficit.
Nah lol it's not quite that simple but that will play the biggest part in whether or not you get lean

reply

I've got grade 1 fatty liver, but I'm skinny fat. I need to gain muscle, but I'm worried about gaining more visceral fat.
reply

Question: Is there a way to have less stretch marks when losing weight? Or is it inevitable that they will always be there?
reply
Add a review, comment






Other channel videos