![]() ![]() The weighlifting element is built around microcycles in a periodised scheme, which progresses the sets and reps in order to optimise size and strength development over the six weeks. It revolves around a six-workouts-per-week training split, which has you hitting shoulders, traps, chest, back, biceps, triceps and legs two times per week, and abs four times per week. Jim Stoppani’s Shortcut To Shred is a six-week programme – basically a crash course – designed to help you “torch fat, drop excess weight, and get lean faster than ever”. Then I sent a message to Henry at Gymtalk offering to write a review of it… and committed myself to six weeks without fried chicken (I moan about food a lot in this review). I printed off the e-book, downloaded the app, and made an Asda online order for lots of eggs, grapefruits and Cheesestrings. I decided it was time to sort it out, and found Big Jim’s programme on. It was a classic ‘his second touch is a tackle’ scenario, and although I did win the ball and nurse it safely back to our keeper, I collapsed in a heap across my own ankle to the tune of my ligament popping.Īfter a few months away from football and avoiding cardio altogether, when I did manage to drag myself to the gym I was sporting a definite ‘tummy’ and pushing 20% bodyfat. I chose Shortcut to Shred for the simple fact that I’d let myself go.īack in spring, I tore my Achilles playing 5-a-side. There must be something in his science though, as he has helped hone the physiques of a list of celebrities that includes LL Cool J, Dr Dre and even The People’s Champion, The Rock.īut the clincher for me was that Jim counts among his clients one Mario Lopez, better known as Albert Clifford ‘AC’ Slater from 1990s high school documentary series Saved By The Bell.Īs a kid, I had the cheeky-chappy charm and snazzy jumpers of a Zack Morris, but in reality I longed to have the sweaty Jheri curls, lycra singlet and physique of Bayside High’s wrestling champion AC Slater. He also makes a big deal of calculating exact prescriptions of meal macros and workout regimes for a variety of goals, showcased in his ‘Shortcut to…’ series of programmes (for our review of ‘Shortcut to Size’ click here).Įach meal, macro and micronutrient is measured out on his special little scales, he drinks his pre-workout mixtures out of test tubes and cooks his salmon using a Bunsen burner.īasically, he’s the hardest nerd since Bruce Banner. He holds a doctorate in exercise physiology with a minor in biochemistry from the University of Connecticut. With his gym/kitchen/laboratory hybrid hideaway, Dr Jim is something of a bodybuilding Bond villain. Also included is a list of suggested supplements available from Stoppani’s Six-Week Shortcut To Shred Workout Review The Shortcut to Shred PDF also includes a nutrition plan with daily menus to go along with the workouts. Whatever you do, the point is to move for an entire minute. You can also jump rope, perform dumbbell cleans, step-ups, or any combination of full-body exercises. Your cardio acceleration exercises can be as simple as running in place next to the bench. Now, you don’t have to rack the barbell, run across the gym, and jump on a treadmill or stationary bike. Cardio effectively replaces your rest periods. Simply put, you’ll lift one set of a prescribed exercise, such as bench press, and then immediately follow it with one minute of cardio. Instead of resting between your lifts, you will do cardio between every single set. Cardio acceleration is a technique that combines high-intensity cardio and resistance training into one fast-paced workout. It will fire up your fat-burning furnace like nothing else. Here is Jim’s 6-week workout plan “Shortcut to Shred” in PDF format.Ĭardio acceleration is the essential part of Shortcut to Shred. Along the way, he has helped millions transform their lives. Jim Stoppani’s 6-Week Shortcut to Shred PDFįrom the labs of Yale University to the most hardcore gyms in America, Jim Stoppani has devoted his entire career to the science of building muscle and burning fat. ![]()
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