<p>Once again, we caught up with Dean the Protein and Actor Martyn &lsquo;The Monster&rsquo; Ford. They are in the third phase of their diet prep now, and FLEX went to see how they&rsquo;re getting on and how things have changed during these final stages of prep.</p>

- Darren Nicholhurst

They are in the third phase of their diet prep now, and FLEX went to see how they’re getting on and how things have changed during these final stages of prep.

It’s been a little difficult catching up with the guys, as they have both been tied up on the UK 5% Nutrition tour.

We knew we couldn’t leave you in suspense, so we tracked them down to tell us all about the last stage of their diet prep.

LAST MONTH;

Dean reflects on the cardio changes since last month:

He says: “In the March issue, we left you at the point where we had cut carbs by 50%. We also had both started doing fasted cardio 3 times a week. Since then, we have increased the cardio to 45 mins, 5 times per week. This is still all fasted cardio. We have dropped our intake of carbs down to 150g per day also.”

You may recall from previous articles that changes are only ever made when fat loss has stopped or slowed down.

Dean says: “I’m really not a big fan of doing too much cardio. As it’s anaerobic, too much can leave your body looking small and stringy. Plus, if you pound away doing hours of cardio, your fast twitch muscle fibres can start to adopt the characteristics of slow twi

This story is from the April 2018 edition of Flex Magazine UK Edition.

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