Could someone please help me? I am new to the forum and it's my first post.

Bigger Stronger Leaner Competitive Bodybuilding
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My workout is as follows

Monday-Legs
Tuesday-Chest and Bi’s
Wednesday-Off
Thursday-Back
Friday-Shoulders and Tri’s
Saturday-HIIT
Sunday-HIIT

My question is I am not sure if this is the best way to setup a training schedule. My goals are to burn fat and become lean. Everything I read on Men’s Health forum and magazine said that weight training is a better method of burning fat then doing cardio correct me if I am wrong. However, I’m not sure if traing specific body parts is the best way to go either I always see in the magazines they do what I beleive is a push/pull routine instead of working specific body parts. Why? I’m not sure if there is an advantage over one or the other. Is there anything wrong with the way I am currently doing it? I like it the way I set my own up. I only do HIIT twice a week because when I do legs on Monday I feel it through out the week so when Saturday and Sunday rolls around I am able to do HIIT. My other question is it ok to do HIIT only 2 times a week if you are trying to burn fat and become lean. By the way most of my training is compound lifts. I want to try to become lean for next summer I have a little bit of a gut in the stomach area and chest area that is soft. I plan to diet with either 40/30/30 or 33/33/33 I’m not sure what do you guys think? I am anywhere from 188-192 depending when I weigh myself and have 15% body fat. Any advice would greatly be appreciated

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First of all, it sounds like what you are doing is a good start. You might want to look into either the Fat to Fire program or Meltdown Training to jump start your fat loss (links are in the FAQ or use search engine) Another good series in the Winning Formula by John Berardi. Once you drop to 10-12% body fat, you then may want to switch stuff up and use a 5x5 style program (Ripped, Rugged and Dense by Joel Marion) or try out Meltdown 2.

Either way, you should skim these articles and at least pull out the concepts and apply them to your training.

As for dieting, make sure your calories are in check. Either of those macro breakdowns should work fine, but it is the caloric deficit and good food selection that will lean you out more than a certain macro breakdown.