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The Workout Program You Need to Build Muscle and Burn Fat

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FASTer Way to Fat Loss
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March 26, 2024

At some point, we all start chasing the same thing when it comes to fitness and that is more muscle, less fat. We may want different amounts or need different amounts of muscle gains and fat loss, but ultimately, we all seem to want some part of both. 

FASTer Way to Fat Loss has strategically paired workouts and daily meals so you maximize and optimize and turn your bodies into fat burners, with very little time commitment. 

If we had to say where to start, it would be with legs. They’re the biggest muscle group in our body and everyone loves a leg day! Plus, we do donuts on leg days, right? Try these leg moves to hit the big muscle groups: back squats and deadlifts. 

Next - let’s move to pushing and pulling, resistance. Alternate between an upper body pushing movement like overhead press or bench, and a pulling exercise like rows or pull-ups. We also love a good push-up at FASTer Way. In fact, try to do as many as you can in one minute - and each week test yourself again, pushing harder to go further in your reps. Track your progress and see how far you’ve come in a month! 

We absolutely can’t forget our core. A lot of people think to get defined abs, you have to do a lot of crunches. That couldn’t be further from the truth. And, the fact is, your abs are not the only part of your ‘core.’ Your entire torso comes into play for this strength area. Try planks, or anti-rotation moves. We love a good vacuum twist too! And you can do it anywhere! 

One important factor to building muscle and losing fat is that a 5 lb weight isn’t always going to cut it. You have to lift heavy. Heavy might be five pounds in the beginning, but you’ll need to keep pushing yourself in order to see strength and muscle gains. Don’t start too heavy or you’ll end up injured. But do use a challenging weight that brings you close to failure on the last rep, and make sure the weight is still challenging you. If it’s not, move up! 

Of course, you can workout and do everything right, but if you’re not eating enough or enough of the right things, all of that exercise won’t get you the results you want. FASTer Way focuses on whole food nutrition and a healthy balance of carbs, protein and fat. We also implement carb cycling, strategically pairing our workouts so that on HIIT days, we enhance fat burn by limiting carbs and forcing our bodies to use fat for fuel; then on strength days enjoying more carbs to get the most out of our resistance training. 

One pro tip: put protein on your plate first. Go for protein before anything else, even if you have limited choices, choose the protein. It’s your best bet for building muscle! And the more muscle you build, the more of a fat blasting machine your body becomes. 

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The Workout Program You Need to Build Muscle and Burn Fat

FASTer Way to Fat Loss
March 26, 2024
5 min read

At some point, we all start chasing the same thing when it comes to fitness and that is more muscle, less fat. We may want different amounts or need different amounts of muscle gains and fat loss, but ultimately, we all seem to want some part of both. 

FASTer Way to Fat Loss has strategically paired workouts and daily meals so you maximize and optimize and turn your bodies into fat burners, with very little time commitment. 

If we had to say where to start, it would be with legs. They’re the biggest muscle group in our body and everyone loves a leg day! Plus, we do donuts on leg days, right? Try these leg moves to hit the big muscle groups: back squats and deadlifts. 

Next - let’s move to pushing and pulling, resistance. Alternate between an upper body pushing movement like overhead press or bench, and a pulling exercise like rows or pull-ups. We also love a good push-up at FASTer Way. In fact, try to do as many as you can in one minute - and each week test yourself again, pushing harder to go further in your reps. Track your progress and see how far you’ve come in a month! 

We absolutely can’t forget our core. A lot of people think to get defined abs, you have to do a lot of crunches. That couldn’t be further from the truth. And, the fact is, your abs are not the only part of your ‘core.’ Your entire torso comes into play for this strength area. Try planks, or anti-rotation moves. We love a good vacuum twist too! And you can do it anywhere! 

One important factor to building muscle and losing fat is that a 5 lb weight isn’t always going to cut it. You have to lift heavy. Heavy might be five pounds in the beginning, but you’ll need to keep pushing yourself in order to see strength and muscle gains. Don’t start too heavy or you’ll end up injured. But do use a challenging weight that brings you close to failure on the last rep, and make sure the weight is still challenging you. If it’s not, move up! 

Of course, you can workout and do everything right, but if you’re not eating enough or enough of the right things, all of that exercise won’t get you the results you want. FASTer Way focuses on whole food nutrition and a healthy balance of carbs, protein and fat. We also implement carb cycling, strategically pairing our workouts so that on HIIT days, we enhance fat burn by limiting carbs and forcing our bodies to use fat for fuel; then on strength days enjoying more carbs to get the most out of our resistance training. 

One pro tip: put protein on your plate first. Go for protein before anything else, even if you have limited choices, choose the protein. It’s your best bet for building muscle! And the more muscle you build, the more of a fat blasting machine your body becomes. 

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5 min read

The Workout Program You Need to Build Muscle and Burn Fat

March 26, 2024

At some point, we all start chasing the same thing when it comes to fitness and that is more muscle, less fat. We may want different amounts or need different amounts of muscle gains and fat loss, but ultimately, we all seem to want some part of both. 

FASTer Way to Fat Loss has strategically paired workouts and daily meals so you maximize and optimize and turn your bodies into fat burners, with very little time commitment. 

If we had to say where to start, it would be with legs. They’re the biggest muscle group in our body and everyone loves a leg day! Plus, we do donuts on leg days, right? Try these leg moves to hit the big muscle groups: back squats and deadlifts. 

Next - let’s move to pushing and pulling, resistance. Alternate between an upper body pushing movement like overhead press or bench, and a pulling exercise like rows or pull-ups. We also love a good push-up at FASTer Way. In fact, try to do as many as you can in one minute - and each week test yourself again, pushing harder to go further in your reps. Track your progress and see how far you’ve come in a month! 

We absolutely can’t forget our core. A lot of people think to get defined abs, you have to do a lot of crunches. That couldn’t be further from the truth. And, the fact is, your abs are not the only part of your ‘core.’ Your entire torso comes into play for this strength area. Try planks, or anti-rotation moves. We love a good vacuum twist too! And you can do it anywhere! 

One important factor to building muscle and losing fat is that a 5 lb weight isn’t always going to cut it. You have to lift heavy. Heavy might be five pounds in the beginning, but you’ll need to keep pushing yourself in order to see strength and muscle gains. Don’t start too heavy or you’ll end up injured. But do use a challenging weight that brings you close to failure on the last rep, and make sure the weight is still challenging you. If it’s not, move up! 

Of course, you can workout and do everything right, but if you’re not eating enough or enough of the right things, all of that exercise won’t get you the results you want. FASTer Way focuses on whole food nutrition and a healthy balance of carbs, protein and fat. We also implement carb cycling, strategically pairing our workouts so that on HIIT days, we enhance fat burn by limiting carbs and forcing our bodies to use fat for fuel; then on strength days enjoying more carbs to get the most out of our resistance training. 

One pro tip: put protein on your plate first. Go for protein before anything else, even if you have limited choices, choose the protein. It’s your best bet for building muscle! And the more muscle you build, the more of a fat blasting machine your body becomes.