With the exception of a small percentage of genetic elite, who never seem to understand what the big deal is, dieting to sub 10-12% bodyfat for men (19-22% for women) is a huge problem.
Hunger, muscle loss, crashing hormones, impaired training performance, these things and more seem to conspire against you to keep you from ever getting as lean as you want to be.
That's where the UD2 comes in.
Building on previous cyclical diets such as the original Ultimate Diet and Dan Duchaine's Bodyopus, the UD2 will give you the reasons why dieting to extreme leanness is so difficult (hint: thank evolution). More importantly, it'll give you the solution to those problems.
Note:
the UD2 is an advanced diet for advanced dieters. If you're not a male at 12-15% bodyfat or a female about 20-24% bodyfat and you haven't been training for at least 6 months, this diet isn't for you.
Face it, you're normal
Well, more normal than you like. Even though you've trained like an animal, taken all the supplements and done everything you're supposed to, you're still closer to normal than not. Sure, you carry more muscle
than the average person on the street (which isn't saying much) and you're leaner too (which is saying even less). You're as healthy as it gets (physically anyhow) and your doctor is thrilled.
But it's not enough, is it?
We both know that there's that nagging voice that isn't satisfied: normal isn't the same as content. Either you don't have as much muscle as you'd like or you can't get rid of the last little bit of fat. How do I know this? Am I psychic? Have I been watching you through your window? No. I know this because folks who have optimized metabolisms and good genetics don't buy books like these in the first place
Here's the no bullshit truth
If it were simple and easy to become supranormal, everyone would do it and you'd see a lot more examples walking around. So what do you do, take drugs, give up, accept your mediocrity? Of course not. You keep looking for an answer to the problem, which is what brought you here.
In the The Ultimate Diet 2.0 you will learn
- The evolutionary reasons why dieting to low
bodyfat levels is so difficult
- The secrets of calorie partitioning, how to control where the calories go when you overeat, and where they come from when you diet
- The hidden metabolic advantages that elite athletes have, and how to duplicate them to improve your results
- The ins and outs of fat metabolism - how to optimize fat burning
- Why stubborn fat is so stubborn and how to get rid of it
- How muscle grows and why so many different training systems can all be right
Who am I?
My name is Lyle McDonald, you may or may not know me. If you know who I am, you may think I'm brilliant, think I'm stupid, or just think that I'm an asshole with small arms. All probably true. But what people who know my work know is this: I find solutions to long-lasting problems. Human physiology is my obsession, finding solutions to body problems is what I do.
Since my biggest bodypart is my brain, I've used it to (re)develop an integrated system of training and nutrition (and some supplements and drugs) that let you sidestep some of the problems inherent in achieving a supranormal body.
And dieting to sub 10% bodyfat without muscle loss, without drugs is a huge problem.
The Ultimate Diet 2.0 is the solution
In redeveloping the original Ultimate Diet, I've applied the most cutting edge research available, discussed various elements of the diet with many other smart folks, and done cycle after cycle testing the diet both in myself and in my multiple guinea pigs.
Who are you?
You are a male athlete between 12-15% bodyfat, or a female between 21-24% who runs into all of the typical problems trying to get leaner: hunger, muscle loss, peformance down the shitter. You're sick of the standard advice becuase you've found that it just doesn't work. You have at least 6 months of consistent training under your belt, you know your way around the kitchen and figure out your own damn meal plans. You can follow fairly involved instructions to set up an integrated system of training and nutrition that will let you achieve your goals. You're willing to tolerate 4 hardcore dieting days per week (you get to eat relatively normally on the weekends). Most importantly, you aren't going to whine when it gets tough....
If you meet all of these requirements, the UD2 is for you.
The book includes:
- The supplements that will make the diet work better
- How to use the UD2 for mass gains
- How endurance and other athletes can modify the UD2 for their needs
- Drug options for those willing to go to the darkside
When you've tried all of the standard advice and failed but you haven't
given up on reaching your goals of a supra-normal body, the UD2 will be
your diet salvation.
