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College Student-Athletes Struggle Academically

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Key Takeaways

  • Student-athletes do around 20 – 30% worse than their non-athlete classmates academically.
  • Contemporary student-athletes are motivated to keep their grades up in various ways.
  • Being an athlete simply means you have less time to spend studying.
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It should come as no surprise that athletes are busier than other people; probably off buying Richard Mille’s and Maybachs. But throw the student conundrum in there, and you’ve got yourself an individual stressed to the max, and with time, something has to give.

That something is usually their grades… or is it? Let’s look at the reality of student-athletes.

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Can You Eat Carbs and Get Shredded?

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Key Takeaways

  • It’s entirely possible to get shredded and still eat carbs.
  • The only way to get shredded is with a calorie deficit.
  • Your protein is actually more important than your carbs when trying to get shredded.
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“Carbs make you fat,” “Insulin makes you fat,” “Fat makes you fat,” or — my personal favorite — “You dieted for too long, and now your metabolism doesn’t exist!”

The fitness industry is riddled with claims like these, but the truth is, yes, you can lose fat and get shredded while eating carbs. So let me show you how.

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Can You Get Ripped Eating Junk Food?

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Key Takeaways

  • Getting truly ripped usually means you have to skip junk food.
  • Junk food isn’t filling or nutritious, and it can cause you to struggle to stay on track with your diet when trying to get ripped.
  • Junk food is calorific than whole food, meaning you end up eating less.
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Junk food! We all love it … ’till we turn 25 and realize fiber is a thing, and we finally know what “regular” means in TV adverts.

While social media might have you believe otherwise, you probably can’t get truly ripped while eating junk food. But yet, influencers post about junk food all the time?

Let’s discuss this.

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How to Get Ripped Muscle Eating Pizza (Not Kidding)

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You’re one slice away from finishing your second pizza this week. They weren’t exactly part of your diet plan, but you can afford to include them because you’ve been doing some heavy lifting, right?

Being ripped shouldn’t come at the expense of good food. And it’s totally unfair that chicken tastes this bland!

Relax, my little aggressive friend. Let us teach you the pizza ways…

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How to Get Ripped from Boxing (Diet & Workout)

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Bombastic. Obliterated. Xenomorphous. Intelligent. Treacherous.

Boxing. The sport that literally turns you into a punching bag but requires you to throw punches back — is fun. Whether you’re Mike Tyson or Tyson Fury, you better be ready to build muscle, lose weight, do a ton of core workouts, and above all, have insane boxing techniques.

Let’s dig in.

Here’s how to get ripped from boxing:

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Can You Get Ripped from Rock Climbing (Truth)

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Key Takeaways

  • You can get ripped from rock climbing, but it depends on your diet,
  • While possible, getting ripped from rock climbing might not be the easiest or best thing to do.
  • In reality, anyone can get ripped if they eat, train, and recover correctly.
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When it comes to getting ripped, we all see a guy in sweats pounding away at the Stairmaster. But what if you’re not on the Stairmaster? What if you prefer the stairs of nature — sometimes called a mountain?

Technically, you could get ripped from rock climbing, but that might not be the smartest idea. Let me show you why.

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How to Build Ripped Muscle without “Dieting” (Step By Step)

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When most people think of dieting, their brain automatically associates it with lean body fitness models on the covers of health magazines. The trouble is that not every diet works for every person.

While we all revel in the idea of having a ripped body, we need to know how to obtain one in a safe and effective manner in our individual fitness journey.

Here’s how to do so without dieting!

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