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SHRED AND TONE AT THE SAME TIME

BY MANIPULATING YOUR TRAINING

AND NUTRITION.

WORDS: KATELYN SWALLOW

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eing fit and healthy should be our primary concern when we

hit the gym, but overlooking our body composition or aesthetic

goals is like ignoring the fly in the ointment.

“Whether you wish to lose weight, tone up, get fit, be healthy

or look your absolute best, it comes down to improvements in body

composition,” says director of MP Studio Luke Archer (mpstudio.com.

au). “Most people want to decrease body fat and increase, or at least

maintain, muscle mass.”

A simple enough goal but one that takes a complex set of conditions

to achieve. Common science folk law quotes muscle hypertrophy as

requiring a calorie surplus along with heavy lifts, while fat loss requires

a calorie deficit along with copious cardio.

Given their opposing training and nutrition tactics, how can you

achieve both in time for summer? We ask the experts.

METABOLIC MANOEUVRES (INFLUENCERS)

Trainer and high performance manager of Oakleigh Chargers Football

Club Ben Sharpe (sharperformance.com) maintains that it’s possible to

build lean muscle while still burning fat, with one ultimately affecting

the other.