Here are the 6 steps that you must follow in order to gain muscle and get big. They were based on the 6 steps found in “Think and Grow Rich,” I simply substituted the word “muscle” for the word “money.” You will find these 6 steps in almost every good book or article on training [...]
November 10, 2009
It’s better to read books than blogs/forums/websites because you will get the whole picture instead of only fragments of it. Of course sometimes there are some good posts that capture the whole core of training in fewer than 1000 words. However, even then, there are a few problems with that: First, it is not easy to [...]
October 24, 2009
If you have done enough research, it should be clear to you that, in order to gain massive muscle (anywhere from 10 pounds to 60 pounds or more), these are the exercises that you MUST have in your training program: Squat: It is not easy to Squat. In fact, none of the exercises listed here are easy [...]
October 19, 2009
A person X whose dream is to make 10 million dollars before turning 30 makes fun of another person Y whose dream is to get a job that pays a hundred thousand dollars a year before turning 30. Yet another person Z find these dreams too little because he is dreaming of making a 100 [...]
October 2, 2009
I started lifting weights 4 years ago. I started reading Starting Strength (2nd edition) by Mark Rippetoe 15 months ago, and I started training according to his guidance 12 months ago. If anyone ever asks me when I started seriously training, that will be my answer: 12 months ago. I shouldn’t have to promote this book; just [...]
September 28, 2009
While “The 7 habits of highly effective people” shows you the most essential principles that you must know and master, it does not actually teach you just HOW to master these 7 habits. That’s why you need to read “Think and Grow Rich” by Napoleon Hill. “Think and Grow Rich” was the result of decades of [...]
September 27, 2009
I think you should have heard of at least one of these two books. “The 7 habits of highly effective people” and “Think and Grow Rich” (my review here). For whatever reasons, you may think that reading self-help books like these is lame. You may contend that you learn more from living life than from reading [...]
January 13, 2010