You don’t want to roll into a festival this summer and look like a sack of sh*t when the shirts come off - Your mates will roast you. The photos will haunt you. And deep down… you’ll know you could’ve done more. Now… I don’t recommend these, most of them I don’t even do myself… but if you’re really looking to get lean for an upcoming festival or the summer, these are some hacks to use. 7 “Unhealthy” Tricks People Actually Use to Get Shredded for a Festival ⚠️🔥 1. Short-term aggressive cuts. Drop your calories hard for 10–14 days. It’s not sustainable — it’s not meant to be. It’s a sprint to peel off the fluff, not a lifestyle. 2. Eat the same sh*t over & over again Don’t change the diet too much, becomes easy to eat the same stuff every day and stay consistent! 3. Cutting sodium hard before the event. Lower salt the last 48 hours to lose “bloat” — then have a small carb + salt meal the morning of the festival! 4. Extreme step counts. Think 20k+ steps per day. Walking burns calories without wrecking your recovery so you can still train. People underestimate how much this leans you out. 5. Carb depletion + carb loading. Go very low carb for 6-7 days (with high protein + veggies) to deplete glycogen, then do a small carb load the night before. 6. Caffeine & thermogenic stacking. High caffeine (coffee, black tea, or legal fat burners) before training to crank up expenditure and suppress appetite. It’s not forever — it’s tactical. 7. It’s summer, get a Tan You’ll look so much better with a tan, trust me, get some vitamin D into ya skin! ⸻ ⚠️ Important: This is the kind of stuff fitness models, fighters, and bodybuilders use in the short term for a shoot, a weigh-in, or a festival — not a year-round lifestyle. If you’re going to do it, do it with your eyes open: it works, but it’s temporary and can feel like hell. You want to look “festival shredded”? This is the truth most people won’t post on Instagram.