What is body drying and how to do it correctly. Body drying for girls. A practical guide to creating a beach body What is drying and why is it needed

Greetings, gentlemen and especially ladies! Today we have a purely female article, and it will be devoted to the following topic - drying the body for girls.

After reading, every lady will know what drying is, what this process consists of, and also what drying postulates exist. In addition, we will consider the practical side of the issue, i.e. a specific training program and diet for muscle development.

So, key to start, let's go.

Body drying for girls. What, why and why?

Well, April has arrived, which means that it’s about to come...summer. In anticipation of this event, gyms are simply swollen with the number of visitors wanting to get into proper beach shape. Well, because... There are a lot more young ladies going to gyms and there is much less information on them on the Internet than for men, so I decided to cover an extremely relevant topic called body drying for girls. Most likely, the note will have two (or maybe 3 or 4 ) parts, so I warn you in advance - tune in to the reading :). Actually, let's get to the point...

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All further narration on the topic, drying the body for girls, will be divided into subchapters.

Are drying and losing weight the same thing?

Due to the scarce information regarding giving the body a sculpted appearance, many young ladies (and not only) do not understand the conceptual apparatus precisely and often equate drying with losing weight. However, these are two completely different processes.

Drying – baked goods made from the process of muscle manifestation by reducing the level of subcutaneous fat to a certain percentage ( 8-12% ) . Its main goal is to bring muscles to the forefront, i.e. cutting them out from under the fat mass. Weight loss is a general loss of body weight, and not necessarily just fat. The goal of losing weight is, for example, to fit into your prenatal (or just loved ones in youth) jeans, and not by pushing and compacting your body, but by entering smoothly, like clockwork :).

Drying the body involves carrying out the following work preceding this process:

• strict adherence to a mass-gaining training program in a certain number of repetitions and approaches;
• increased caloric intake to help maintain an anabolic environment for growth;
• development (in a certain ratio) adipose and muscle tissue.

In other words, drying the body for girls is not a momentary “I want to dry out quickly for the summer”, it is the young ladies consciously taking certain steps and restructuring their diet at the right time and adjusting the training program. It follows that muscle drying is not a process for everyone, and it is often inappropriate to carry it out with only one goal - to go to the beach beautifully several times, because the game is not worth the candle. Of course, if your life involves constant photo shoots, beach events and relaxation, then drying is for you. If the goal is 1 once a year for 2-3 If you go on vacation to a warm country for a week and show off your curves there, then keep in mind that the time spent and effort spent on bringing yourself into a dried form do not correlate with the time of its demonstration.

Therefore, I warned you, and you decide whether the game is worth the candle! If it’s worth it, then we move on.

So, as you already understand, drying the body implies the initial presence of total mass - both muscle and fat, otherwise the process will resemble bone carving. I mean, what if a girl weighs 45 kg with height 175 cm, then there can be no talk of any drying here. The optimal starting material for a girl 170 cm tall is a weight of 60 kg and the corresponding ratio of fat to muscle mass. In particular, the initial level of subcutaneous fat should be within 20-25% .

It is also important to remember that burning muscles is much easier than fat, so during the drying period they need qualitative and quantitative nutritional and strength support. Muscle is an energy-consuming structure, while adipose tissue consumes much less calories. Therefore, the goal of cutting is to simultaneously preserve muscle and get rid of fat.

What is drying? Mechanism for creating a relief body

Drying is based on a set of special measures aimed at reducing the percentage of fat mass in the body to a certain level. Often this level (in 8-12% ) allows you to significantly express your muscles and see the treasured abs.

Drying measures include:

• following a specific strategy for cutting carbohydrates;
• drinking more water;
• reducing NaCl in the diet;
• increased lean protein intake;
• intake of sports nutrition products: BCAA amino acids, protein (isolate, hydrolyzate), fat burners;
• reorientation of training from heavy strength to isolated, high-repetition, block-training exercises.

The drying process itself is tied to manipulation of carbohydrates. They are the most affordable and fastest way to replenish energy in the body. And the main player in energy processes is glucose. All carbohydrates (simple and complex) are broken down in the human stomach under the influence of various substances involved in digestive processes. The breakdown of carbohydrates is a complex biochemical process that results in the formation of a monosaccharide chain called glucose. For better absorption of glucose, the body needs the transport hormone insulin, secreted by the pancreas.

Excess carbohydrates

When you eat carbohydrates, the body enters an intense mode of increasing and storing glucose. It begins to quickly accumulate in muscle fibers and liver cells, forming a reserve of such substances in the form of a glycogen depot. If the control of carbohydrates is not moderate and the latter continue to enter the body, and their quantity exceeds the norm, and the muscle fibers and liver cells are “clogged” with glycogen, then glucose is converted into fat. This excess fat is stored in fat cells, adipocytes. This process is reversible, so if the body lacks glucose, it takes it from glycogen. Once the source is exhausted, the production of glucose from fat cells begins. The process of breakdown/destruction of fats (lipolysis) is complex and requires significant energy consumption.

Lack of carbohydrates

With acute glucose deficiency, the process of fat breakdown is not complete, and under-digested residues and ketone bodies accumulate in the body, the blood becomes acidic, which leads to the development of ketoacidosis. To suppress this process, burn ketones and help the body, you need to refuel with carbohydrates. Otherwise, poisoning and intoxication of the body increases, and the person may fall into a coma.

Conclusion: “no carbohydrates” really leads to the breakdown of fats, but it is dangerous because... leads the body to ketoacidosis.

Body drying for girls: features

The process of drying the body is (to a greater extent) not a way to rid the body of excess fluid, it is an effective method of burning fat, the main source of energy in which carbohydrates are. The female body is more sensitive (than the male) to various biochemical changes that occur in it. Therefore, it is important here not to go too far, leading him to exhaustion/coma, and to load the body with carbohydrates (including simple ones) in a timely manner. Another feature is the presence of the original drying material, i.e. muscle mass - it should be there. Due to the fact that ladies are not used to working in a strength style and free weights, it will be necessary to move from fitness-toning training to mass-building training by selecting a special training program.

The cutting training program for girls involves a large number of repetitions and light weights due to the fact that their (your) body better tolerates long-term loads (more endurance) due to the predominance of slow red ones.

Step #1. Arithmetic

It is important to understand even before starting drying procedures what kind of body (with what composition) can be obtained at the output. And a simple example and arithmetic will help us figure this out. Suppose we have a girl Christina weighing 60 kg, height 175 cm and percentage of subcutaneous fat 20% . The task is to determine the weight at 10% fat and maintaining the current muscle mass gained.

The table below shows the basic arithmetic for achieving your ideal weight.

Note:

Net muscle mass is a conditional value that reflects the weight of muscles, bones, blood, and organs, excluding fat.

As you can see, the weight should be 54,3 kg, i.e. need to lose fat mass 6 kg.

Step #2. Keeping a food diary

Losing fat mass while maintaining muscle mass is, first of all, a matter of the right approach to nutrition. The energy balance equation states that if you eat fewer calories than you burn, you will lose weight. Otherwise, mass gain will occur. Therefore, you will have to count calories, both total for the day and for each meal.

Here's what it might look like.

I don’t argue that it’s a hassle, but no one said it would be easy. To make it easier for you to calculate KBZHU, you can use specialized counting programs or online calculators on the website, for example, this one.

Having such a table at hand, you will be able to manage your diet and the ratio of its micronutrients, changing their amount depending on the change in your figure (decrease/increase in fat mass). The main rule when cutting is an increased dose of protein. Remember, lean protein should account for the majority of (from 40 before 50% ) daily ration.

Protein makes you feel full and helps maintain muscle mass, protecting it from burning out. Vegetables/fiber go well with protein, so make your meals a combination of these foods.

So, now let's talk about...

Drying the body for girls: basic rules

During the drying process, it is very important to obtain not only the desired effect for the body, but also to avoid negative consequences for the body. Compliance with the following rules will help you solve these problems.

Rule #1

Maintain a stable sugar level throughout the day, without ups and downs; to do this, stick to fractional meals ( 5-7 techniques) and the right products.

Rule #2

Consume amount of clean water = [your weight]x0.03. Cool water allows the body to expend more energy on its utilization.

Rule #3

Learn to count calories and gradually reduce your intake, but remember that cutting calories from carbohydrates can eventually deplete your glycogen stores, which can cause active muscle tissue to burn. Increase carbohydrates by 100-200 gr 1 once a week will replenish your glycogen stores enough to avoid muscle loss.

Rule #4

The correct drying process should take from 8 before 12 weeks

Rule #5

Cutting workouts involve high intensity (high number of repetitions, light weights, combinations of exercises in sets/supersets) or strength volume training (better suited for men).

Rule #6

When cutting back on carbohydrates, increase your intake of lean protein to prevent your body from burning muscle, particularly in numbers. 1,5-2 To/ 1 kg up to 2-3 gr.

Rule #7

If there is a sharp restriction of calories, the body will try to store energy in reserve, slowing down its metabolism. Moderate reduction in calories (weekly decrease by 100-200 kcal), allows the body to switch to burning fat and not put metabolism into a “tailspin.”

Rule #8

With respect and gratitude, Dmitry Protasov.

Lyubov Ivanova

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Drying the body is a process in which a person gets rid of subcutaneous fat. With the help of drying, the athlete makes the muscles more prominent. Since not everyone can go to the gym, I will tell you how body drying is done for girls and men at home.

The term “body drying” is widely used by people involved in bodybuilding. Due to the rapid development of the fitness industry, this word began to be used to describe any weight loss, although this is not entirely correct. When cutting, the weight loss effect is achieved due to the loss of adipose tissue, not muscle mass.

During the drying process, the main emphasis is usually on preserving muscles. To achieve impressive results, you need to continue training and pay special attention to nutrition.

People who do not play sports and want to quickly lose weight through drying should understand that the resulting figure will be far from ideal. The disappeared subcutaneous fat will reveal muscles that are far from perfect and cannot boast of relief.

Body drying for men

The procedure for drying the body at home is a set of simple measures aimed at eliminating subcutaneous fat without compromising the gained muscle mass.

I note that you should dry outside the gym only under the guidance of a knowledgeable trainer and after working to increase body weight.

Why is there a need to dry the body? While building muscle mass, guys do not pay attention to nutrition and consume almost everything. They often include sports supplements in their diet that accelerate muscle growth.

Naturally, along with muscle growth, fat appears on the body. To make a man's figure look flawless, it is necessary to get rid of fat and emphasize muscle definition. This is exactly the effect achieved by drying the body.

The process of drying the body is based on a complete change in nutrition. Fats and carbohydrates are excluded from the diet, the main emphasis is on protein foods. Such a diet without proper training and experience is a dangerous undertaking. You can dry your body only if there are no medical contraindications. It is not recommended for organ diseases.

In addition to a protein diet, a strict daily regimen and regular exercise must be observed, taking into account age and body type. Below I will discuss in detail the nutritional features and training program.

Training program for men

It is much more convenient to train in the gym, since the necessary sports equipment is available there. At home, you should have a training program and sports equipment at hand.

• When working out at home, you will have to increase the duration of your workouts and reduce the working weight. Aerobic exercise is considered ideal. Such exercises quickly burn fat, and a protein diet preserves muscle volume.
• You can effectively exercise at home with dumbbells, a barbell and a jump rope. A bicycle or roller skates will provide excellent results. If you don’t have such sports equipment in your arsenal, a yard horizontal bar and parallel bars will come to the rescue. The main thing is that during the training the load is distributed evenly. In this case, you need to pump up all the muscles.
• Through regular home workouts you will gain experience. As a result, while examining your figure, you will be able to identify muscle groups that are poorly trained and adjust your training program to eliminate this deficiency. Even if you study at home, use a program developed by a professional taking into account your individual data.
• Sports preparations for drying the body. When a person trains at home, we are not talking about sports nutrition. You can limit yourself to a vitamin-mineral complex that will help fill the deficiency of nutrients.
• I do not recommend using professional fat burning supplements on your own. It is better if a professional trainer helps in this matter.
• The duration of home drying for the first time is five weeks. Professional athletes carry out drying for three months, however, they are guided by a special program developed taking into account the characteristics of the body.

The choice of specific exercises for drying the body is huge. A professional trainer will help you choose the optimal complex for home training. The consultation will not cost too much, but the money spent is more than compensated by the results obtained.

Video example of drying 8 kg of fat in 8 days!

Diet and menu for men

Now we will talk about the peculiarities of nutrition during drying.

The breakdown of subcutaneous fat deposits is a complex and energy-consuming process. When there is a sugar deficiency, the body uses muscle glycogen, and only then subcutaneous fats. How should you eat so that your diet provides such an effect?

During drying, eat foods low in carbohydrates. The list includes meat broths, mineral water, boiled seafood, boiled eggs, dairy products, fish and white meat, cucumbers, cabbage, radishes, green peppers, herbs and zucchini.

Prohibited foods include bread, sweets, pastries, salt and starchy vegetables. I present a generalized version of the male diet during drying, breaking it down by week.

1. First week . The daily intake of carbohydrates per kilogram of body weight should not exceed 2 grams. Number of meals per day – 6. Include egg whites, low-fat cottage cheese, brown rice, cheese, boiled chicken breast, unsweetened fruits, vegetables and vegetable oils in the diet.
2. Second week . From the second week, the diet becomes stricter, and the norm of carbohydrates per kilogram of body weight is reduced to 1 gram. During the first half of the day you can eat porridge. Eat no more than 120 grams of food at a time.
3. Third week . Reduce carbohydrates (per kilogram of body weight) to 0.5 grams per day. The frequency of meals does not change, and remove fruits and cheese from the diet.
4. Fourth week . A single serving of porridge should not exceed 6 spoons, and the list of prohibited foods includes carrots and radishes. If weakness, drowsiness and dry mouth appear, retreat from the diet, as these are signs of blood oxidation. Carbohydrates will help eliminate discomfort.
5. Fifth week . After a month, reduce the daily carbohydrate intake to 50 grams per day. Eliminate all cereals from your diet. You are allowed to eat salads, fresh vegetables and herbs. Lack of plant fiber can lead to ketone poisoning.
6. Sixth week . The diet becomes extremely poor, and the menu is very limited. Exclude dairy products from the diet, as they contain sugar, which is prohibited at this stage of drying.
7. Seventh week . From this moment, you can begin a gradual exit from the diet, and increase the amount of carbohydrates to 0.5 grams per kilogram of body weight. Add fresh vegetables and seafood to your diet.
8. Eighth week . Gradually introduce carbohydrates into the diet, enriching the menu with cereals, fruits, dairy products and vegetables. Move in the opposite direction.

Drying the body for girls at home

Many girls have heard about drying the body at home, however, not everyone understands what this weight loss technique represents.

Drying the body comes down to quickly and effectively burning fat mass. This method of losing weight is preferred by professional bodybuilders when preparing for competitions.

According to professionals, you should not get carried away with this technique, since drying muscles with a sharp loss of fat deposits is a lot of stress for an unprepared female body, which often leads to undesirable consequences.

Drying the body is the final stage of a special diet, the results of which must be supported by intensive training, an adjusted daily routine and proper nutrition.

Training program for girls

For each girl, the training program for drying the body is individual. The recommendations are general in nature.

Strength training should involve all muscle groups. If you don’t do this, the body will consider muscle mass as an “unnecessary load” and destroy it.

• Experts advise combining training with aerobics. Aerobic training complements strength training. However, you should not overdo it. Aerobics burns fat, but during drying the body experiences a deficiency of nutrients, so the process of burning muscle mass can begin.
• There is no universal set of exercises. Only a professional trainer can choose the ideal option. When drying the body is performed at home, it is necessary to regularly monitor changes in the body. If even a slight distortion appears, the program must be corrected immediately.
• Include a couple of sets of ten repetitions on a jump rope in your home workout.
• Running in the park is a great addition to your main workout. Run for 30 minutes. Running will pump up your legs and eliminate fat.
• Alternatives to running are walking, swimming, team sports: football, basketball, volleyball.
• According to generally accepted opinion, a person burns much more energy in the morning than in the afternoon or evening.

For home drying to be highly effective, support your workouts with proper nutrition.

Training program video

Diet and menu for girls

It's time to talk about nutrition when drying a woman's body. The diet and menu during this period includes protein-rich foods that help increase muscle mass.

1. Include chicken breast, lean fish, eggs, milk and cottage cheese in your diet. Cook the chicken without skin and boil the eggs.
2. During drying, exclude smoked foods, fatty and fried foods, canned food and pickles.
3. When drying the body, it is better to steam or boil food. You should focus on fiber-rich greens and vegetables.
4. The number of meals is at least eight, every two hours.
5. Create a calorie chart.
6. Give up sweets. Exclude cookies, sweets, flour products, baked goods and spices from your diet. You can replace it with a moderate amount of fruit.
7. Drink up to three liters of liquid per day. Avoid coffee as it removes water from the body. Instead, I advise you to drink green tea.

During the diet, it is not prohibited to arrange fasting days. Once a week you can eat anything in moderation. This will provide psychological relief and allow you to maintain your routine. Girls with enviable willpower do without it and achieve impressive results.

The subtleties of fat burning and dieting for girls are discussed in the video

Let's divide body drying for girls into 3 stages. If you follow the instructions, everything will definitely work out, and the body’s reaction to changes will be less pronounced.

• At the initial stage, include carbohydrate-rich foods, vegetables and boiled foods in your diet. After a few days, begin a smooth transition to protein. Eat in small portions.
• After 15 days, you can treat yourself to a small amount of sweets, which will normalize blood sugar. Eat carbohydrates in the first half of the day, proteins in the second. It should be cooked with olive or linseed oil.
• The third stage of drying the body is the toughest. Reduce protein consumption to 5% of body weight, and the daily carbohydrate intake to 80 grams. Supplement your diet with physical activity. Stretch your shoulders, work your arms, train your legs and pay attention to the development of other muscle groups.

The duration of these stages does not exceed three months. During this period you can easily lose up to 7 kilograms.

Before starting the process, you should contact a professional trainer and nutritionist to draw up a training plan and work out a diet taking into account the characteristics of the body.

In conclusion, I will add that a person who strictly follows these recommendations will lose fat tissue quite quickly. But an intensive rate of weight loss is unacceptable, so weight loss must be controlled. A girl’s body should lose no more than 200 grams of weight per day. At a higher speed, you can drive the body into a state of severe stress, as a result of which it will begin to store fat.

The human body necessarily contains adipose tissue. For a woman, the minimum figure is 12% of body weight. With an athletic build, the share of fat accounts for up to 10%.

Drying the body, first of all, involves a gradual reduction in calorie intake (creating a deficit of 10 to 30%), depending on the progress of fat burning and the athlete’s ultimate goal.

• Drying food quite strict - you will have to say goodbye to the vast majority of harmful goodies. The first step is to reduce the amount of fast carbohydrates and animal fats. Ideally, remove it altogether.

The diet (drying) also involves consuming a sufficient amount of liquid, at least 2.5 liters. If you drink less, metabolic processes will slow down, which in turn will slow down fat burning. It is also necessary to maintain a drinking regime because when dehydrated, the blood thickens, which is undesirable for the heart during intense training.

Drink more pure still water!

The entire drying process involves mandatory measurements of parameters and weighing of the athlete. If the thickness of the fat folds decreases and you lose from 1 to 3 kilograms per month, the diet can be considered effective.

Main rules of drying

In short, drying the body for girls and men is a special principle of nutrition, which is based on the consumption mainly low carb And protein food. The diet involves gradual reduction of body fat while maintaining muscle mass.

Drying the body is indicated for people who have a sufficient amount of muscle mass and do not suffer from obesity.

As a rule, such nutrition is practiced by competitive athletes, professional bodybuilders, and bodybuilders in order to bring the body into the required shape and get into the required weight category. Ideally, athletes lose weight under the supervision of experienced instructors, fortunately the diet is quite strict.

If you decide to “dry out” for yourself, you should remember simple rules:

1. Start gradually (for a smooth integration into the process, a special step-by-step guide has been developed, which we will write about below).
2. Eat small portions 5–6 times a day (every 2–3 hours). Do not eat 2 hours before training and 1.5 hours after (only amino acids and protein). At least 40% of your daily protein can be obtained from protein shakes, the remaining 60% from food.
3. Remember about clean water - at least 30 ml for every 1 kg of body weight (more can be done on days of intense training and in hot weather).
4. Losing weight by cutting implies a balanced diet: you must consume at least 10% unsaturated fats, fish, Omega-3. Eat cereals, vegetables, nuts, take enough fiber and don’t forget to take vitamin and mineral complexes. The quantity of fruits and berries for drying is limited, so it is unlikely that you will be able to do without vitamins from the store.
5. During this period, you need to train a lot and diligently, alternating strength exercises with cardio exercises. The best option in each specific case will be a fitness instructor or trainer.
6. The frequency of the relief diet is no more than once a year.

Only in this case, drying the body at home will be effective and will not have a negative impact on health.

Do's and don'ts when drying: list of products

During the drying period it is necessary completely eliminate: confectionery, sweets, baked goods, any alcohol, pasta, bread, white rice, smoked, fried and fatty foods, ice cream, mayonnaise and other fatty and sweet sauces, fatty cheese, sausages, canned food, snacks.

In small quantities: cereal porridge, vegetable, olive, flaxseed oil (completely low-fat food is a direct path to worsening metabolism). It can also damage your skin and hair. Girls may have problems with their cycles.

Recommended to eat: lean meat (veal, rabbit, chicken breast, turkey), fish, low-fat dairy and fermented milk products, eggs (a lot of white, limited amount of yolk), brown and wild rice, beans, lentils, some mushrooms, vegetables and fruits ( in small quantities), greens, sports nutrition.

Drying: menu and meal plan

You need to switch to drying gradually (a sudden switch to protein foods is harmful to your health). To begin improving the relief smoothly, it has been developed step-by-step plan, which must be followed.

• Drying the body for men and women is somewhat different in the composition of the diet: in women, the reduction in carbohydrates is more gradual, and the amount remains slightly higher than in men. The basic principles remain unchanged.

Drying the body for a month. First stage of the diet

The first stage lasts 4 weeks. BZHU – proteins 50%; fats 20%; carbohydrates 30%.

Sample menu:

• Breakfast: low-fat cottage cheese – 200 g, whole grain toast, fruit
• Lunch: steamed fish or stewed breast or beef – 200 g, porridge cooked in water without sugar, milk and butter (any except white rice) – 100 g, fresh vegetable salad – 100 g
• Dinner: poultry – 150 g, stewed vegetables – 100 g, porridge – 100 g

Second phase (carbohydrate-free)

The second stage lasts only 7 days. BZHU – proteins 70%; fats 20%; carbohydrates 10%.

Only complex carbohydrates are allowed (in the first half of the day). Toast and any bread, even whole grain, are excluded, fruits too. The amount of boiled porridge is sharply reduced. Otherwise, you can follow the scheme of the first stage.

Protein salad with squid in 5 minutes

Third stage (water removal)

Duration – one week (7 days). During this drying period, all carbohydrates are excluded from the menu, and ordinary water is replaced with distilled water. Other products from the first phase remain in limited quantities.

• Breakfast: fresh vegetable salad – 120 g, boiled egg white – 7 pcs., 1 tbsp. l. spoon of any boiled cereal
• Second breakfast: 2 tbsp. any boiled cereal, chicken breast – 120 g, fresh vegetable
• Lunch: stewed or steamed fish – 200 g, fresh vegetable salad without adding salt
• Afternoon snack: sports nutrition
• Dinner: boiled or steamed seafood – 200 g, greens

Fourth stage (restorative)

Contraindications

Drying the body for girls at home, as well as for men, is a drastic measure that should not be resorted to often and unnecessarily. Let us repeat, this is usually the lot of athletes preparing for competitions. In addition, only absolutely healthy people can “dry”.

• Under no circumstances should such a diet be allowed for children and adolescents, pregnant and lactating women.

Other contraindications:

• liver and kidney diseases;
• diabetes;
• diseases of the heart and blood vessels.

Yes, drying is effective. Yes, the action plan is simple and clear. Yes, it's inexpensive. There are many advantages, but you shouldn’t get hooked on it if you are not involved in sports.

A beautiful and sculpted body is the dream of many, both men and women, who are increasingly making a choice not in favor of painful thinness, in favor of a healthy and athletic figure. To achieve this, you need to reduce the amount of subcutaneous fat and increase the amount of muscle mass at the same time. Drying the body helps to cope with all this, which every athlete knows about. Initially, only professional bodybuilders resorted to it. Today, it is also actively practiced by those who play sports only for themselves at home. Let's look at what body drying is and how to do it.

So, body drying - what is it? This is a nutritional system combined with physical exercise that allows you to actively burn fat mass while building muscle mass, which forms a beautiful body contour. The term drying came to us from bodybuilding, since it was professional athletes who were the first to use it. They do this 1-2 months before the competition, so that the body becomes as “dry” and sculpted as possible, so that the judges and others are amazed by it. The effectiveness of drying has made it popular among those who are pure amateurs when it comes to sports.

Speaking about what drying the body is, we note that this is a purely voluntary process, which is important to undertake consciously. Everyone decides for themselves whether they need drying or not. The fact is that it has contraindications and side effects, which we will talk about a little later.

Drying is a set of measures aimed at improving physical fitness. It is suitable for those who want not only to lose weight, but to lose specifically fat mass, not only leaving muscle mass intact, but also improving its condition. The basic principles of drying are minimizing carbohydrates in the diet, leaning on proteins and active physical activity. This approach is suitable not for those who just want to lose weight, but for those whose goal is the relief itself. You can use drying if you have a certain muscle mass. This way you can draw the relief and achieve a sporty, harmonious figure.

The answer to the question of what drying the body means will differ between professional athletes and athletes and those who train for themselves. The latter only need to reduce the amount of carbohydrates in the diet, increase the amount of proteins and increase the intensity and frequency of training.

For bodybuilders, it’s more complicated with what drying is in sports. They almost completely eliminate carbohydrates, very responsibly control their diet and training regime, do not allow themselves indulgences, use special sports supplements and medications, and also train a lot. Along with eliminating fat, drying in athletes is aimed at maximizing the removal of excess fluid from the body. For this purpose, salt is excluded from the diet, which retains fluid in the tissues. In the last days before the competition, they even limit themselves to water so that the muscle mass remains as lean as possible.

Who needs and doesn't need body drying

We already know what body drying is and why it is needed. But you also need to figure out who this system is and is not suitable for. So, drying is needed for the following categories of people:

• First of all, professional athletes. If half a century ago they remained in the same form throughout the year, now they work in cycles: they gain mass and then dry out. Gaining mass allows you to build muscle, cutting allows you to burn fat, losing minimal dry mass so that your body is as sculpted as possible. This helps improve the result.
• People who have sufficient muscle mass and want to get rid of excess fat. If you already have muscle tone and follow all the rules of drying, it will allow you to gain the desired relief.

But those who are seriously overweight need to lose weight, not dry out. If a person does not play sports, there is absolutely no point in drying. In many cases, it is enough to simply review your diet and exercise instead of complex drying.

What is the difference between drying and losing weight?

Many people confuse drying with regular weight loss. Despite the fact that both help to get rid of excess fat, these concepts have a fundamental difference, so let’s look at the difference between drying and losing weight.

Regular weight loss has one goal - to reduce body size and weight. Drying is aimed not only at this, but also at drawing relief muscles by reducing the layer of subcutaneous fat. Therefore, drying is a complex system that includes a number of activities aimed at achieving an ideal shape. Among them are the following:

• Diet correction;
• physical activity;
• sports supplements;
• consumption of vitamin complexes;
• rejection of bad habits;
• gradual and correct exit from drying.

To understand how drying works, you need to remember a little about the physiology of our body. As you know, the main source of energy is carbohydrates. But if an excess amount of them enters the body, then glycogen, which is contained in the liver and muscles, is transformed into fat deposits. If you create a lack of carbohydrates, as drying suggests, then the body draws energy from fats, thereby breaking them down. And this is what we need.

Muscle fibers are broken down faster than fat. That is why cutting involves consuming large amounts of protein - this helps preserve muscles by directing the body to burn fat. Remember that carbohydrates cannot be completely excluded from the menu - they must be limited, otherwise unpleasant consequences are possible.

The benefits and harms of drying the body

Of course, drying, like any other system, has both advantages and disadvantages. Speaking about the advantages, we note that the answer to the question of why drying the body is needed is not limited only to physical fitness. So, it can help cleanse yourself of toxins. In addition, vitamin and mineral complexes that supplement the diet also help improve health, cleanse blood vessels and improve the condition of facial skin.

After just a month, you will be able to notice how your muscles are developing, and also identify lagging muscles that will need to be emphasized during further work. In addition, a prerequisite for drying is cardio training. And their benefits are obvious. They strengthen the cardiovascular system, promote fat burning, allow you to get rid of shortness of breath, and in combination with strength loads - achieve ideal relief.

Having figured out what drying the body means for weight loss, we can say something about its potential harm. Drying requires some preparation. If you have not previously followed a low-carb diet in combination with physical activity, it is worth getting examined and consulting with a specialist before starting such a regime.

Drying is contraindicated for pregnant and lactating women suffering from diabetes, kidney, heart, liver, and pancreas diseases.

If there are no contraindications and you are ready to start cutting, you need to individually develop a training program and nutrition program, taking into account your gender, age, activity level, and desired goal. Only after this can you start drying.

Please note that a lack of carbohydrates in the body is a serious stress for it, especially if you continue to actively engage in sports. In combination, this can lead to exhaustion of the body, as well as problems with nails, hair, and skin that need fats.

Excess protein in the diet also has potential dangers, since it increases the load on the kidneys and bladder. They may not be able to cope with this, which will cause swelling and certain health problems.

But if drying is correct, if you take into account the contraindications and characteristics of your body, as well as the recommendations of a specialist, the risk that drying will harm you is almost zero. Therefore, if you start to adhere to this difficult scheme, then remember to be responsible not only for your figure, but also for your health.

Drying should not last longer than the recommended period. For amateur athletes and girls, regardless of level of training You can’t dry it more than once a year. Experienced bodybuilders usually divide the year into periods - first they work for mass, and before competitions they dry out. They usually dry twice a year.

So, body drying - what it is, we have already figured it out. Now let's briefly look at its basic rules:

• A calorie deficit diet. The calorie content of the diet is calculated individually, but it should be 300-500 units less than you spend daily.
• It is important to eat often and in small portions - this way your metabolism will work better.
• The basis of the diet will be proteins. It will also contain fresh vegetables and unsweetened fruits.
• The carbohydrate load in the diet is reduced. Sources of carbohydrates are cereals, fruits, pasta made from durum wheat. Fats are also reduced, but must be present. It is necessary to consume fats of vegetable origin. Sources of simple carbohydrates - sweets, baked goods, fast food and so on are prohibited. Consumption of alcohol and soda is unacceptable.
• But it is extremely important to drink enough ordinary clean water.
• You must give your body the opportunity to fully rest, otherwise it simply will not be able to recover and work normally.
• A proper training schedule plays a huge role in successful cutting. It is important to properly combine cardio and strength training. Circular training is well suited for drying, allowing you to work all the muscles of the body. It is important that a couple of days a week are set aside for rest - this way the muscles will recover and grow better.
• It is necessary to exit the dryer smoothly. If you immediately start leaning on what was forbidden, you will seriously harm both your figure and your health. The amount of carbohydrates in the diet should increase gradually. After drying, continue to eat smaller meals and exercise regularly.

Drying, which has no contraindications and is performed in accordance with all the rules, helps a lot of people around the world achieve the desired physical shape. But, of course, remember that you should absolutely not get carried away with it, increasing its duration and frequency.

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