s u cce ss. T he f ac t t h at
women have produced rapid
results says a lot because
wo m en a re n ot or i o us fo r
having a much more difficult
t i me l o si n g b o dy f at th a n
me n. A b ig rea son : Th ey
have le ss testosterone, a
m al e ho rm on e t h at
accelerates fat burning, and
m o re es t ro ge n, a f em ale
h o rmone that promotes fat
storage. (Incidenta lly, the
fatter a man gets, the lower
hi s t e s tos t e ro n e an d th e
h i gh e r hi s e st ro g e n , s o
adding fat becomes easier and easier the fatter he gets. How’s
that for a cruel turn of events? Talk about a snowball effect!)
One of our female subjects was Becky Holman, Steve’s wife,
and the success she had with our X-treme Lean principles and
diet were even better than we imagined (and getting there was
much easier than she thought; she and Steve hardly argued—
and they were both on X-treme Lean diets at the same time!).
You’ll see exactly how she did it later in this book.
As for us, our last ripping phase was the most spectacular
we’ve experienced. We got in incredible shape, our most
muscular and cut conditions ever, and most of those re s u l t s
came within a one-month window. The really exciting discovery
we made is that it’s possible to burn fat quickly while packing
on lean muscle. Most experts say that you’ll have a diff i c u l t
time even holding on to your muscle while losing fat. They insist
t h at m us c l e lo s s on a di et i s in ev i t ab le. No t f rom o u r
experience. We transformed ourselves, building pounds of
muscle as we dropped ugly fat in a mere 35-day period—and
no drugs were involved. The quick results we achieved were
unprecedented in our many years of ripping up. Even we were
stunned when we saw our before and after photos!
Becky H.