by Caleb Lee
Since back in the day, I no longer have any trouble with regard to my external appearance. For the reason that I’m already into martial arts ever since I was 5 years old. And when I was 12, I already get down to hard-core strength and conditioning routines.
But I meet people who don’t look the way they want, and every time they open their mouth, it’s like hearing the same stories over and over again. That’s why I am writing this post, if you are
* A lean guy who has trouble building muscle mass…
* Obese and sense that you can’t count the calories
* “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 don’t know how to build strength.
* You don’t have any idea on how to lose weight.
* You have no idea how to eat healthy
* You don’t know how to cook, as a result, you barely eat fast food as well as food in a packaged form.
* You don’t know which training program is best.
Knowledge is always the first step. The first thing you need to realize is how your body works, how proper nutrition and exercise changes the animal - then you discover 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 know-how you need. Though it’s up to you to use it. Knowledge is NOT power, only APPLIED knowledge is power.
Second Reason: You Are Lazy
* You know how to build muscle but you don’t want to take steps.
* You know how to build strength, but you think it’s “too much work”.
* You make alibis like “I don’t have the time!” though you know how to burn fat.
* You know how to eat healthy, but it’s easier to eat snack food and microwave box food
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 clean then you’ll never get ANY results. You have to take action. 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” instead of as what you want to be
* It doesn’t bother you much that you’re this way anymore
* if you actually cared enough, if it concerned you enough, you’d change
* You’re HAPPY with the way you look
Being fat or out of shape is considered normal these days. 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 everyone survived on hard physical labor, everyone was in shape and athletic.
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 #4: You Think Gaining Muscle and Burning Fat is hard
* You accept terms like “hardgainer” and apply them to you
* You don’t get results in 2 weeks, hence you stop
* You leaf through books and magazines that point out “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 weight isn’t difficult either. You eat nutritious and you stay vigorous. Anybody who says they can’t get 12 minutes a day 3x per week to go on a diet is dishonest to themselves.
Fifth Reason: You Are Not Persevering Enough
* You haven’t said “no matter matter what happens”
* You haven’t advised yourself “failure is not an option”
* You haven’t decided yet that “this is the year I get this sh*t handled!”
The fact is: you can build muscle, lose weight, and transform your body pretty well using ANY workout routine and nutritional program. That’s the reason why there’s so many of them out there. The key to success (ANY success) comes down to 2 things:
1. Come to a decision that you’re going to make a start and
2. Carry it out WHATEVER HAPPENS
I used to train with methods I wouldn’t use now. They’re not “proper” but it WORKED because I refused to take failure as an option. If you too develop the “do or die” attitude, you can achieve anything.
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.