- So, you're interested in getting lean and ripped.
Awesome, those are great goals and you're in the right place
because in this video I'm gonna share with you three things
that I wish I knew
when I first decided to get lean and ripped.
And I wish someone told me these things,
it would've saved me a lot of trouble and a lot of mistakes.
And that's my hope for you,
is that by going through this video,
you're gonna learn from my mistakes,
be able to apply this to your journey
and get better results.
And by the way, what I'm gonna be talking about
is not some kind of mainstream fitness BS nonsense,
no waist trainer or supplements, quick fixes, none of that,
I'm gonna give you the truth
and I'm gonna tell you exactly how it is
on that journey to getting lean and ripped.
And by the way, if you're new here, my name is Mario Tomic.
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And now, let's dive into it.
So the first thing about getting lean and ripped
that I wish I knew that would have helped me a lot,
is to stop focusing on what the mainstream
BS nutrition gurus are claiming
is their best method for getting lean and ripped,
and instead focusing on the method of restriction
which I find the least restrictive.
And that's really the name of the game here.
Bottom line, to optimize fat loss
you need to be in a caloric deficit.
There's many different ways to getting lean and ripped,
there's many different ways to get a 10% body fat.
Whether it's keto, paleo, fasting,
high carb, low carb, whatever it is,
all those basically are the ways
you can eat at a caloric deficit.
So if you're eating in a caloric deficit consistently
you're gonna lose body fat.
But the question is, which of these do you feel
is the least restrictive on your lifestyle, on your goals
and on your style of eating and on your preferences.
And that's the thing that I should've focused on a lot more
instead of going with whatever the marketing was saying.
Because back in the day, that was 10 years ago,
I was just starting out, I was a bit naive,
I was just trying out a bunch of different stuff.
So I'd keep bouncing between these approaches
instead of thinking more about sustainability.
Okay, what is the one that I can actually stick to long term
that I can see myself doing?
And that's what I see with clients now.
Some of them love eating a more higher carb
with intermittent fasting.
Some do keto, some do more like a paleo-style eating
because of the food choices, they just love it.
And it's really about finding
what works best for them long-term.
And that's kind of my job here.
And that's really what I suggest as well for you,
is to learn from my mistakes, and instead of bouncing around
with whatever the mainstream gurus are saying,
you're finding the restriction
that you are more comfortable with.
Because at the end of the day it is a restriction,
there's no way to work around
restricting your food if you wanna lose body fat,
I mean it's common sense.
So we have to work around that and we have to find
the way that is the most enjoyable for you personally
to stick to that caloric deficit,
and so you can get lean and ripped.
Now, the second thing about getting lean and ripped
that I wish I knew when I first started out,
that it's really not about motivation,
but instead that it's about discipline and building habits.
We rely on motivation too much.
I was in that trap myself.
I was always trying to motivate myself
and trying to psych myself out listening to music,
reading motivational quotes, watching motivational videos.
It's all fleeting, it's all unsustainable,
it's not something that you can really rely on
because it changes so much day to day.
Instead, with discipline and habits
you pretty much have consistency
and you're able to stick with things.
And you're just doing things automatically,
you're not really thinking about them.
So this whole approach with motivation,
you wanna forget about it, forget that it even exists.
Okay, if you're motivated one day, fantastic,
you go to the gym you do a great workout,
if you're not motivated you go anyway.
And that's really how you build discipline,
that's really how you build habits.
And eventually those habits will become so strong
that you won't even need discipline anymore.
And that's the magic about building habits.
Because once you transition from discipline,
which is basically using willpower
to get yourself to do things
that you normally wouldn't wanna do
and you kinda discipline yourself to power through.
Well, with enough repetition over time
those things become habits,
and it's hard to actually stop doing them.
Literally now you would need to lock me up
to prevent me from going to the gym,
because my habits are so strong that I'm gonna go there
and I'm gonna just do it without any willpower whatsoever
or any motivation whatsoever.
So really, motivation, forget about it.
It's not reliable, it's not something that should dictate
how you act and how you feel.
Because let's put it like this.
You go to the gym, you don't feel motivated,
you finish the workout,
now all of a sudden you feel great, you feel motivated.
It just changes so much that it's not reliable,
and discipline as a muscle can be built over time.
And if you feel like your discipline is low right now,
I'm actually gonna leave a video
in description below you can check out,
which is some of my favorite ways of building discipline.
And you should definitely check that out
if you're struggling with this area of your life.
But definitely, discipline and then transitioning to habits,
that is the way for long-term success
and that's really what I want for you.
Now the third thing about getting lean ripped
that I wish I knew that would've helped me a lot,
and I think this is gonna help you a ton as well,
is that life is going to happen
and certain challenges will come that you will not expect
and it's really about how you deal with those challenges
and if those challenges get you to take
massive steps backward, or are you able
to overcome them without huge setbacks.
And let me explain what I mean.
So, let's imagine your journey of getting lean and ripped
is you pushing a boulder up the mountain.
You're just pushing and pushing and pushing,
you're going up slowly, you're making progress.
And then there's a storm coming.
Well, while that storm is there,
all you really need to do is keep the rock in place.
Don't let it slide back and overrun you
and go back to the bottom, just keep it in one place.
When the storm passes, you keep pushing,
you keep going up the mountain.
And that's kinda how I see these challenges that are coming
while you're getting lean and ripped.
There's gonna be things in your life that you can't control.
And really, maintaining is not bad
if you have to do it for a week or so, if that means
that you're gonna be able to resume from a good spot
instead of having a huge setback
and going back a couple of months
and you have to rework all that
and get back to the same spot.
And that's really the most painful part,
where you lose a huge amount of progress
and you have to get back to that same spot
where you know you were before,
and you feel really guilty for losing ground.
So don't lose ground, stay there and maintain that.
No matter what the cost is, don't go backward.
And that's really what's gonna help you
a ton on your journey, would've helped me a lot.
You know, these little setbacks that gain momentum
and then turn a bad day into a week and a week into a month,
that's the kinda stuff you really can avoid
with just having the right mindset.
And I hope this mindset I just shared with you
helped you out, and I'm actually gonna leave here
a video at the end that's gonna help you
again to get more closer to that lean-and-ripped physique
and gonna help you on your journey.
So check out that video, I hope you enjoyed this one.
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Other than that, I will see you in that next video.
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