Is this going to work? Apologies for the wall of text! I have been working on an exercise program for a few weeks now, which is a modification of what I have been doing before, but a lot of people I know are telling me it isn't going to work very well. Others say it will. So I guess I'll ask MC. My end goals are to slim down to maybe 73-74kg, and basically get the ripped look with firm abs, plenty of definition would be nice, but is not necessary. Mainly, I would like to get to under 10% body fat whilst also getting stronger. I'm not looking for bulk just yet. I'm 19 years old, 77kg/12.12 stones 186cm/ 6'1. I think I've had the skinny/fat look quite a while, and I just want to get rid of it. I'd be happy with this as an end goal by summer perhaps: (or is that too soon?) My current program is running 2-3 miles Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday. Additionally on Monday, Wednesday and Friday I do push-ups,chin/pull ups (alternate, so 1.5 pull/chin-up sessions each week), and crunches. For these, I do 3 sets to failure each. I also do 3 sets of planks which will gradually increase in time held. I'm thinking of cutting down cardio to a faster 2 mile run on M/W/F. Would that be better than what I'm doing? So far I can do about 35 push-ups, 55 crunches, 9 pull ups and 13 chin ups, and