I’m not one to preach about individual successes as every body quite literally is different and susceptible to different things. But I get a lot of traffic from people searching PHD Lean degree and CLA or without CLA or lean degree vs CLA.

As I say, for me;
Lean degree works very well for cutting or fat loss but I notice the best results when you combine with plenty of aerobic. Obviously the aerobic is doing the hard work but results definitely are improved.

I see results from CLA to muscle definition when combined with medium weights, 3 sets of 12 kind if thing. CLA is not for bulking.

Not sure whether there is actually a halo effect but I also take the 2 in conjunction but I only do this while I am maintaining a mixed aerobic and wights routine.

Also, be sure not to take these continuously! I am a strong believer that your body gets used to things and chopping and changing is generally a good thing!

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Last year my dedication to my fitness routine took was put to the test! Given a special project at work left me with a travel schedule that would break the routine completely.

With over 30 flights in one year and the pressure on at work, you can imagine it does not leave you in a position to make best use of your gym membership.

People asked what I did as I managed to keep off the weight and maintain so here’s a few simple tips,

• Always make room in your luggage for your gym kit
• Try and get hold of the sample sachets of protein. And take a shaker (it can get messy trying to mix in a hotel room courtesy glass)
• Be disciplined when eating out or in the canteen.
• Pre research a run route near your hotel and be prepared to run it night or day.
• Develop a hotel room routine, something as simple as sit ups with your feet under the be and a few press ups or something more elaborate.

Remember, some exercise is better than no exercise! If you only have time to run 1 mile instead of the planned 4 or you only have time for 50 press ups before your pre dinner shower. Get of your arse and do it!

Then get to dinner and have the balls to order a meaty salad instead of pizza (my Achilles heal )

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Sure, if you put your mind to it it’s easy to strip fat. Burn more calories than you eat and limit the amount of saturated fats and sugars you take on board. But unfortunately this leaves you drained at all the wrong times of the day. Usually just before its time to hit the gym. Granted some banging tunes can get you jacked up and out the door but that might not get you through half an hour on the bike or treadmill.

Here’s my latest attempt to beat it…. PROTEIN GRANOLA BARS, yes we are eating small and often but a well timed granola bar gets me to the gym, completing a workout still with good (not lazy) form and not feeling like going straight to bed afterwards.

Here’s the not so secret recipe I sort of made up after 2 tries. (for my reference as much as yours)

2 Bananas
1 Pint of milk
1 tsp honey (I like the local stuff for my hay fever)

2 bags of Luxury fruit and nut muesli
10 scoops of pressed oats
4 scoops of your favorite protein
1 bar of 74% Cocoa dark chocolate

Add some more fruit and nuts if you have a particular love, I like to add some pecans because they taste awesome.

What to do, blend the bananas milk and honey. Smash up the chocolate and mix it all together. I use a 2kg protein tb to give it all a shake. Knead it all together, grease some trays and bake for around 30 mins.

Now all that comes to around a fiver, takes about half an hour and I made over 50 bars. Its a no brainer, make your own bars to taste.

A little later than expected due to work commitments  but here marks the beginning of my very specific training and diet with 6 months to go until the next Menshealth cover competition.

I invested in a professional fitness photographer this time for two reasons (thanks to the guys at Mighty Physique). Firstly to mark the starting point as my chubby Glenn photos did last time (the after the after which will be the new before) and secondly to be really pin point what parts of the body I need to work on under the critique of the camera and not allow myself to slack off.

Over the past couple of years I have heavily experimented with my exercise and supplements and I now think I know what it takes to efficiently transform my body. Not following generic programs I think is key and knowing when to change, increase wights and hit the aerobic will be critical, every body is different and one thing I learned is that not one set routine is right for all.

Obviously Christmas will be a slight chink in the armour but lets get that out of the way and I will start to monitor my exercise, level of fitness, supplement intake and even try and calm down the drinking.

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Fortunately I can monitor my body fat and changes in muscle size and definition quite visually. I take a number of supplements at the moment so after seeing an offer on an online supplement suppliers website I thought I’d give them a try.

PHD CLA is said to promote lean muscle mass, ease weight control and reduce the deposit of fat to fat cells.

I trialled this during the winter holiday season to be honest I was undertaking a little less aerobic exercise and eating a little more than usual. My general feeling was that there was a positive effect to my fat levels while taking CLA. Not through any scientific measurement, just by monitoring where my stomach creases and to what extent. Of I had to guess any effect on muscle change I would say that muscle became leaner and more define and volume reduced.

This month I will be trialling PHD Lean Degree for cutting.

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