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If I Wanted to Get Shredded By Christmas, I'd Do This

What to study

Desired Outcome

  • LAYER makes fat loss sound like peeling something off in stages, not one long grind.
  • The yellow tint shrinks from a soft belly to faint abs to nothing, so viewers can find their own stage.
  • Only the third Jeremy smiles, which marks the finish line.
How the packaging works
Title

'If I Wanted to' has Jeremy, already lean, hand over the plan he'd follow, and By Christmas gives a deadline people already plan around.

Thumbnail

Three matching shots under LAYER 1, 2 and 3 read left to right like a progress chart, and the hidden plan in Do This is what moves you along it.

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The transferable lesson

Split a big result into numbered stages, so viewers can see where they stand and what comes next.

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