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, Feed the Muscle), three books is still a lot to digest in a few weeks.

Fortunately, you don’t have to remember or understand everything mentioned in these books immediately. It is a long process. The most important thing to do now is to start immediately, even if you think you’re not ready yet. Just do it, and you will figure things out along the way.

Don’t expect to find a perfect program or meal plan to rigidly stick to till the end. That’s not how things go. Listen to what Bruce Lee had to say about this:

“In developing the martial art of Jeet Kune Do, Bruce Lee worked hard to quantify and formulate a philosophy for self-defense and personal growth. His formula was:            1) Research your own experience, 2) Absorb what is useful, 3) Reject what is useless, and 4) Add what is specifically your own.

“Formulas can only inhibit freedom,” said Lee, “They are externally dictated prescriptions that only squelch creativity and assure mediocrity. Learning is definitely not mere imitation, nor is it the ability to accumulate and regurgitate fixed knowledge. Learning is a constant process of discovery – a process without end.””

(This excerpt is taken from Burn the Fat, Feed the Muscle—one of the three books I recommend you to read).