I’ve been working out since I was 5 years old through martial arts. Plus I started doing hard-core strength and conditioning routines since I was 12. Thus, keeping in shape wasn’t really a problem.
But then again, I meet folks who don’t look the way they want, and whenever they bare their soul, it’s like hearing the same thing again and again. That’s why I am writing this post, if you are:
* A lean guy who has trouble building muscle mass…
* Fat and think you can’t lose the weight
* “skinny fat” where you have no muscularity, but you’re just skinny
Then I can guarantee you are this way because of one of these 5 things:
Reason #1: You Don’t Have Specialized Knowledge
* You have no idea how to boost strength.
* You don’t have any idea on how to lose weight.
* You have no idea how to eat healthy
* You just eat take-out food and food out of a box since you don’t know how to cook.
* You don’t know which training program is the finest.
Knowledge is always the initial step. The primary thing you need to understand is how your body works, how good nutrition and exercise changes the animal – then you realize how to make it do what you want it to do. In your case: change your physique for the better-build muscle and lose fat.
That’s why you’re here. I will give you the understanding you need. Yet it’s up to you to utilize it. Knowledge is NOT power, only APPLIED knowledge is power.
Reason No. 2: You Are Lazy
* You know how to build muscle but you don’t want to put in the work.
* You know how to build strength, yet you think it’s “tiring”.
* You know how to burn fat, but you make excuses like “I don’t have the time!”
* You know how to eat nutritious, but then it’s easier to eat convenience food and food in a packaged form
I’m a big fan of being what I call unrealistically lazy. That is to say, I look for the very best ways (specialized knowledge) to achieve the extreme results in the minimum time. Thus, I get in, get it done, and stop. You should be WORTHY of the right to be lazy.
You can read every book on the planet about building muscle and losing fat, but if you never start exercising and eating nutritious then you’ll never get ANY results. You have to go for it. Don’t be afraid of failure, the most successful people realize that their entire life is one big mistake!
Reason No. 3: You Recognize Yourself As “Skinny” or “Fat” or “Not Muscular”
* You think of yourself as “skinny, fat or not muscular” as an alternative as to what you want to be
* It doesn’t bother you a lot that you’re this way at all
* If you really cared enough, if it bothered you enough, you’d change
* You’re COMFORTABLE with your appearance.
Nowadays being overweight and flabby is considered common. It wasn’t always like this. We used to be hunters and if you weren’t in shape-you were dead-end of story. During the industrial age everybody pulled through on hard physical labor, each person was in shape and buff.
You were considered “sickly” if you were skinny and not muscular or ridiculed for being fat. You shouldn’t feel bad about yourself but don’t just say “this is just the way I am”. You can become whatever you want to become and achieve things you never thought you could achieve if you’re sick and tired of your current situation and want to change bad enough.
Reason No. 4: You Consider Gaining Muscle and Burning Fat is tough
* You accept terms like “hardgainer” and apply them to you
* You don’t get results in 2 weeks, so you quit
* You read books and magazines that talk about “battling the bulge” like it’s hard
Building muscle isn’t all that hard. If you’ve always been skinny, try to get strong. Your body MUST adapt by building muscle to help you get stronger. It’s the way your body works.
Losing fat isn’t hard either. You eat clean and you stay active. Anyone who says they can’t find 12 minutes a day 3x per week to lose fat is lying to themselves.
Fifth Reason: You Are Not Persevering Enough
* You haven’t said “hell or high water”
* You haven’t said to yourself “failure is not an option”
* You haven’t decided yet that “this is the year I get this sh*t handled!”
The truth is: You can build muscle, burn fat, and reshape your body using just about ANY exercise routine and nutritional program. That’s the reason why there’s so many of them out there. The key to success (ANY success) boils down to 2 things:
1. Make up your mind you’re going to do something and
1. Do it ANYWAY
I used to train with methods I wouldn’t make use right away. They’re not “proper” but it WORKED because I turned down in taking failure as an option. If you too develop the “do or die” attitude, you can attain whatever.
I will give you the understanding – or you can see it wherever. I like to think that I know the most immediate, coolest, very competent methods to make it – though you can acquire the knowledge you need from anybody. Besides you don’t need to be all that “positive” in your thoughts. Just come to a decision to go for it as well as look for means to get it through.
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