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 [...]
You have to always think about your goals. You have to know where you are on your journey toward reaching your goal. You have to know that there are always works to do.
If you lay in bed and you feel like there is nothing to do regarding your goals, you’re wrong. There is ALWAYS something [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
It will be much easier and quicker for you to reach your goal of getting big if:
You get help and support from other like-minded people.
You think about your goal (constructively, deeply, and vividly) more often than anything else.
How do you get that? Easy:
Start a thread on popular bodybuilding forum like forum.bodybuilding.com. The thread will be [...]
So you are complaining that you don’t have time for training (working out, eating, sleeping and resting properly). For sure, training for a better physique for ectomorphs does take up a sh*tload of time. There are certain things you can do to keep it to the minimum. Even then, it still takes up a large [...]
Everyone was born with different innate talents. Some people are endowed with great physiques and beautiful faces. Some are super smart. And there are also those that have it all: physical beauty and mental sharpness. However, that does not mean every one of them will succeed in life. In fact, if you just pay some [...]
So you want to train for the best physique.
A great physique means low body fat with well developed muscle (i.e. toned, defined, lean, ribbed, clean cut, etc.)
To get there, you must train for more muscle then cut the fat to have the best look. Some of you may have to cut some fat first, then [...]
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 [...]
Let’s say your goal is to gain 15 pounds of pure muscle in 15 weeks. But when the deadline comes, you only manage to gain 10 pounds. Clearly, that is a failure to reach your goal. However, the important question is: “After you have failed to reach your goal, what do think?”
Did you ask yourself [...]
March 2, 2010