If you’re reading this, you’re no doubt looking to get ripped--skin so thin that your abs look like shrink-wrapped cubes of granite, even when you’re standing relaxed. Talk about grabbing attention at the beach, lake or pool (and making gals drool). It can happen, and if you’re motivated, you can do it quicker than you think.

One thing to watch out for is out-of-control motivation, which can turn back your attack. How’s that? Well, unfortunately, most people get so psyched about shedding ugly fat that they make a huge calorie cut and start exercising every day. The problem with that is, the body goes into starvation mode--and then it loses muscle, holds onto fat and slows metabolic processes to a crawl to compensate...

In a nutshell, the fat melts off slowly, if at all, and your muscle mass begins to melt away. You get weaker and start getting that infamous skinny-fat look that’s unhealthy (“Have you lost weight or are you just sick?”). Not what you want!

What you DO want is to GRADUALLY reduce your calories over many weeks, primarily through small carbohydrate reductions and exercise enough to build muscle as you burn off fat. That’s how you turn on the mush-to-muscle machine. Muscle increases your metabolism, which means you burn more calories every day, even sitting still.

To accelerate the fat-to-muscle process--so it doesn’t feel so g-r-a-d-u-a-l--you can take a fat burner prior to working out. Most of those raise epinephrine, the key thermogenic hormone. There’s a new retooled fat-loss supplement designed to do that along numerous pathways. Does it work? Well, using it the last few weeks of his ripping phase is part of the reason Steve achieved the condition in the photo at right below (these photos were taken two weeks apart)...

That’s correct--a drastic change in only two weeks and at age 50! Steve decided to try the new fat burner because as his peak day loomed closer, he was beginning to wonder if he was going to get that shrink-wrapped look at all (see photo at left above). He began searching for something to give him a shredding edge--fast...

Because of his position at IRON MAN, he was able to make arrangements to talk with one of the scientists behind the new Hydroxycut Hardcore X. During a conference call Steve was schooled on each ingredient and why they produce results synergistically and safely (Steve is very concerned about safety because of his age).

It’s all about supercharging norepinephrine release as well as optimal-ingredient delivery via nitric oxide production--to increase blood flow--and neurotransmitter activation. From betaine to L-tyrosine to L-carnosine to capsicum, every ingredient has a thermogenic objective.

That all may sound lab-coat-esque, but the point is that the combination heightens fat metabolism along multiple pathways. Bottom line: You get ripped faster. Steve decided to try Hydroxycut Hardcore X as his last-ditch effort to get close to that inside-out shredded look. After all, it had an X in the name, so he took that as a sign that it would spontaneously combust bodyfat when combined with X-Rep training (okay, maybe he was reaching, but it was worth a shot)...

The photos above show what happened. He got more shredded every day during the last two weeks. Was it the Hydroxycut Hardcore X? That was a big part of it, although he used more aggressive carb-cycling and zig-zagging approaches those last few weeks as well (carb cycling and zig-zagging are explained in the X-treme Lean e-book). Nevertheless, he noticed major changes start to happen the week before he started those other strategies, so the supplement obviously had a very positive impact from the get-go. He’s convinced it ignited a metabolic firestorm that raged right up to his scheduled peak day.

Steve said, “Seeing that inside-out shredded look materialize the last 10 days has never happened to me before. Not bad considering I’m a 50-year-old hardgainer who’d hit a plateau—my fat loss was at a standstill until I got on the Hydroxycut Hardcore X.”

If you’re looking for an extra fat-burning edge, you may want to give Hydroxycut Hardcore X a try. And, by the way, we are not being paid by MuscleTech for any of this—we’re simply relating Steve’s most recent ripping experience—which was a shrink-wrapped success!

Note: For Steve and Jonathan’s ripping diets, shredding strategies and supplement suggestions, as well as complete training programs, get a copy of the X-treme Lean e-book or get it as part of the Triple-Shredded Combo Offer, which also includes two other best-selling get-ripped e-books. All are pictured here...