This is taken from Seth Godin’s blog, one of the most popular blogs on the internet. Even though his blog’s topic is different from mine, I find this particular post to be very relevant to this blog. First, here is my thought on this: For ectormophs, training for a great physique is WORK. Tough tough work. Not [...]
January 30, 2010
It all happens to us: even if you are the worst case of an ectomorph, the first few months (or few weeks) of going to the gym gives us amazing progress and noticeable changes to our bodies. Even if we did many things wrong, had insufficient rest and nutrition, we still got stronger and our [...]
January 27, 2010
This clip has already been embedded in some other posts on this blog, but I think it deserves a post just dedicated to it in this category. Still hesitate whether you should dedicate so much time, money, and energy to training? (It should be your top 1 or at most top 2 priority in life for [...]
January 18, 2010
After doing some research on how to gain muscle and get big, you probably have realized that there is so much information to learn, so many little things to worry about. Even though I have already narrowed down for you three great books on training to read (Starting Strength, Beyond Brawn, and Burn the Fat, [...]
January 11, 2010
The following is an excerpt from the book Burn the Fat, Feed the Muscle. I have already recommended this book a number of times in this blog. For knowledge on nutrition, this IS the book to read (for knowledge on training, Starting Strength and Beyond Brawn). This story told by Tom Venuto was intended for [...]
January 7, 2010
Tony Robbins is great at motivating people. Here is a clip of Tony telling the story of Rocky (Stallone Sylvester). It’s a very inspirational story. I always thought success came to Stallone easy. After all, he is one of the few most popular actors in the world. This story confirms again the fact that people get [...]
December 27, 2009
I’m sure you must be a bit fed up with reading about training by now. So much text! Here is the classic Hitler clip from Downfall that will sure drive home some crucial principles of training for you. Enjoy.
December 24, 2009
Here is a great short poem that is very inspirational: BELIEVE WHILE OTHERS… BELIEVE while others are doubting. PLAN while others are playing. STUDY while others are sleeping. DECIDE while others are delaying. PREPARE while others are daydreaming. BEGIN while others are procrastinating. WORK while others are wishing. SAVE while others are wasting. LISTEN while others are talking. SMILE while others are frowning. COMMEND while others are [...]
December 22, 2009
I am reading this book “Burn the Fat, Feed the Muscle” by Tom Venuto again. The reason? It’s simply because the time has come for me to start cutting fat. The hardest task for me, an ectomorph, is over: bulking up. I am very excited to embark on this new journey of cutting fat while [...]
December 14, 2009
You may remember I said I would always post at least 3 entries to this blog weekly, no matter how busy I am. You may have also noticed that for the last two weeks I only posted twice. Granted, it is my final exam week now, but that is not the reason for me not [...]
March 2, 2010