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Many Bodybuilders Are Only Willing To Do What They Are Willing To Do To  Succeed

Some bodybuilders are only willing to do so much to  succeed. Without even knowing what success feels like yet, they make the  assumption that they’re already doing enough to get the job done.

Believing that “this strategy is overkill” or “that training style  doesn’t make sense” without enough experience to make those kind of evaluations  will limit your progress. Coming to the conclusion that “that much focus isn’t  necessary” or “that kind of detail isn’t necessary” before even trying the  strategy demonstrates that you are only willing to do so much to succeed.

Just because you think you are currently doing enough or are convinced  you are on the right track doesn’t mean you really are. Just because you feel  you are giving 100 percent doesn’t mean that’s enough to get the job done. Just  because you think you are a hard worker doesn’t mean you are working hard enough  to be successful.

What makes you so certain that you already know what  it takes to succeed? To be brutally honest, how would you know exactly what that  requires? You’ve never achieved what you want with your physique yet.

Many bodybuilders make a lot of incorrect assumptions about what’s the  best way to train or the best way to eat—without enough experience to support  those beliefs. Those beliefs become ingrained convictions that stall their  progress and lead toward frustration.

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You must open your mind to new and different strategies if you  want to produce better results than what you are currently getting. Look for  mentors to help you reach that new level of enlightenment. Success leaves clues.  If you do what you’ve always done in the past, you’ll produce the same results.

What are the benefits you will enjoy by opening up your mind to new  bodybuilding information? You can gain a sense of understanding, confidence, and  certainty which will provide the mental edge needed to reach your full genetic  potential. You can progress more smoothly and efficiently. You could make  significant improvements in your physique much sooner. You could generate  unstoppable momentum that can produce results that rival those of someone with  much more bodybuilding experience. All in all, you could make the entire  bodybuilding experience more enjoyable and fulfilling.

Sometimes when  you are going for your bodybuilding goals, “right” can feel “wrong” to you.  Remember that.

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Many Bodybuilders Fail To Understand the Simple  Mathematics of Calorie Consumption

This oversight happens when  bodybuilders don not understand that they must burn more calories than they  consume everyday when they want to lose body fat.

Here is the challenge:

“All I eat is chicken breasts, broccoli, brown rice and drink water but,  no matter what I do, I can’t get rid of this darn body fat.”

It does not  matter if all the food you eat is healthy, wholesome, or “clean” food. The total  amount of the food you eat—no matter what kind of food that is—must add up to be  lower than the number of calories your body efficiently burns each day.

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The basic rule of weight  management is you must burn more calories than you consume each day; each week;  and each month if you want to lose weight.

If you want to build more  muscle and gain quality weight, then you must strategically eat more food than  you burn off each day; each week; and each month.

But, unfortunately,  you cannot just stop eating and expect to lose body fat and you cannot just  start eating like crazy if you want to gain quality weight.

You must eat  the right amount of calories spread out evenly throughout the day. Those  calories need to be allocated evenly in smaller, more frequent meals. And, all  of those meals must be in the proper ratio of protein, carbohydrates, and fat to  build muscle and lose body fat. You must follow these basic eating principles on  a consistent basis to produce results.

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Many bodybuilders mistakenly believe that the more time and effort they put into  their training during each workout, the better results they will experience.  They pride themselves on pushing themselves through grueling, marathon workouts  that are loaded with lots of exercises and sets. These determined individuals  work each body part as many as three times a week with the hopes that this kind  of superhuman effort will produce the massive results in a shorter period of  time.

Most people who are committed to their training programs have the  tendency to train too much. Their enthusiasm and desire to build their physiques  makes them want to train as often as they possibly can.

Wrong. Wrong.  Wrong.

Unfortunately, that is not how the muscle-building process  works. This is somewhat of a difficult concept to grasp because it’s not how  most things work in life. Most of the time, the amount of effort you put into a  particular endeavor directly correlates to your results. In other words, the  more time and effort you invest, the better the results you’ll get. However,  this is not true when it comes to packing-on muscle and developing your  physique.

There is an expression that says that one man’s set is equal  to another man’s workout. Don’t confuse training volume with training  effectiveness. They are not the same. You may need to cut down the time you  spend in the gym and reduce your training volume to experience the muscle gains  you’re after. You can do this by becoming more efficient in the gym.

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Your weight training  sessions should last no longer than one hour. And you know what? I’m being  extremely liberal with that amount of time. Regardless of how you try to  rationalize it, longer training sessions are NOT more productive. You must force  yourself to become just as effective in a shorter period of time by becoming  more efficient. Stimulating the muscles can be done quite effectively in one  hour or less. It is a fact that the more time you spend in the gym, the more  your concentration and focus will wane. The more your mental focus and  concentration diminish the less effective you will become physically.

Planning to do only two or three sets with only three or four exercises  per body part creates that sense of urgency you need. Many lifters give  themselves four and five sets of a particular exercise to get the job done. If  you give yourself four or five chances to do anything, undoubtedly there will be  less importance, less of a demand, or less of a sense of urgency to give as much  effort as you really can during the first couple of sets. It is only human  nature for us to think that way under those conditions. In order for us to  perform at our highest level of performance, we must change those  less-than-ideal mental conditions.

Anything less than 100 percent effort  during a set is a wasted set. I can’t tell you exactly how many sets you should  use to train each of your body parts effectively—and neither can anyone else. It  all depends on that ever-evolving, ever-changing, constantly re-defining level  of intensity. However, you should just remember that more isn’t better. Better  is better.

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My 17  years of COMMITMENT have helped men JUST LIKE YOU take their bodies to the NEXT  LEVEL in 52 COUNTRIES AROUND THE PLANET.

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What are you great at in your life right now outside of bodybuilding and  training? Are you exceptional at your job? Have you mastered a musical  instrument? Do you have a brilliant sense of humor? What are you great at doing  outside of bodybuilding and training? Think about that question for a moment.

Now, let me ask you another question: Did you become great in just a few  weeks or a few months? You more than likely did not. You probably experienced a  normal learning curve that included just as many defeats as it did victories.  Your journey to greatness had many ups and downs along the way that you  successfully endured. You did not become great overnight, did you?

What  are some of the mental skills you displayed along the way toward greatness in  this area of your life? You were persistent. You were consistent in your  efforts. You were patient with your progress. You were determined and flexible,  right?

The journey toward developing an outstanding physique will pose  the very same challenges. Succeeding in your efforts will require the same  mental skills.

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You should  always expect the best from your efforts but don’t get discouraged if you don’t  get the results you want as soon as you want. Just because you don’t have them  now doesn’t mean that you won’t experience them later with more time and effort.

Persistence is the most common trait among those who appear to be  successful. In reality, they are oftentimes just the people who have kept trying  long after average people have given up.

Persistence is the ability to  believe, no matter how many times you’ve tried and failed in the past. The very  next strategy that you implement could be the one that takes you to the next  level. Who knows? Things that seem dreadful today could turn around with a  simple change in your perspective or with a big break. You’ll never know,  however, if you don’t keep trying.

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