Wednesday, November 26, 2008

Skinny and Not Muscular? Know these 5 reasons now!

By Caleb Lee

I've been working out since I was 5 years old through martial arts. Plus I started doing hard-core strength and conditioning routines since I was 12. Thus, keeping in shape wasn't really a problem.

But then again, I meet folks who don't look the way they want, and whenever they bare their soul, it's like hearing the same thing again and again. That's why I am writing this post, if you are:

* A lean guy who has trouble building muscle mass...

* Overweight and think you can't go on a diet...

* "skinny fat" where you have no brawniness, but you're just thin...

In that case, I know for certain that you are this way because of one of these 5 things:

Reason No. 1: You Don't Have Particular Understanding

* You don't have any idea on how to build up strength.

* You have no idea how to watch your weight.

* You don't have any idea on how to eat nutritious

* You don't know how to cook, so you only eat fast food and food out of a box.

* You don't know which training program is the greatest.

Knowledge is the primary step at all times. The first thing you need to understand is how your body works, how right nutrition and work out transforms the animal - then you learn how to make it do what you want it to do. In your case: change your physique for the better-build muscle and lose fat.

That's why you're here. I will give you the know-how you need. Though it's up to you to use it. Knowledge is NOT power, only APPLIED knowledge is power.

Second Reason: You Are Lazy

* You know how to build muscle but you don't want to take steps.

* You know how to build strength, but then you think it's "strenuous".

* You know how to burn fat, but you make excuses like "I don't have the time!"

* You know how to eat nutritious, but then it's easier to eat convenience food and food in a packaged form

I'm a big fan of being what I call unrealistically lazy. That is to say, I look for the very best ways (specialized knowledge) to achieve the extreme results in the minimum time. Thus, I get in, get it done, and stop. You should be WORTHY of the right to be lazy.

You can read every book on the planet about building muscle and losing fat, but if you never start exercising and eating clean then you'll never get ANY results. You have to take action. Don't be afraid of failure, the most successful people realize that their entire life is one big mistake!

Reason #3: You Accept Yourself As "Skinny" or "Fat" or "Not Muscular"

* You think of yourself as "skinny, fat or not muscular" rather than as what you want to be

* It doesn't bother you much that you're this way anymore

* If you really cared enough, if it bothered you enough, you'd change

* You're AT EASE with your look

Being weighty and unfit in this day and age is considered usual. It wasn't always like this. We used to be hunters and if you weren't in shape-you were dead-end of story. During the industrial age each and everyone survived on hard physical labor, everybody was in shape and on top form.

You were considered "sickly" if you were skinny and not muscular or ridiculed for being fat. You shouldn't feel bad about yourself but don't just say "this is just the way I am". You can become whatever you want to become and achieve things you never thought you could achieve if you're sick and tired of your current situation and want to change bad enough.

Reason #4: You Think Gaining Muscle and Burning Fat is hard

* You accept terms like "hardgainer" and relate them to you

* You don't get results in 2 weeks, hence you stop

* You follow books and magazines that touch on "battling the bulge" like it's hard

Building muscle isn't all that hard. If you've always been skinny, try to get strong. Your body MUST adapt by building muscle to help you get stronger. It's the way your body works.

Losing weight isn't difficult either. You eat nutritious and you stay vigorous. Anybody who says they can't get 12 minutes a day 3x per week to go on a diet is dishonest to themselves.

Reason #5: You Aren't Determined Enough

* You haven't said "hell or high water"

* You haven't advised yourself "failure is not an option"

* You haven't decided yet that "this is the year I get this sh*t handled!"

To tell the truth, you can build muscle, burn fat, and reshape your body using practically ANY training routine and dietary program. That's the reason why there's so many of them out there. The key to success (ANY success) amounts to 2 things:

1. Make up your mind you're going to do something and

2. F*cking Do it NO MATTER WHAT

I used to train with methods I wouldn't make use right away. They're not "proper" but it WORKED because I turned down in taking failure as an option. If you too develop the "do or die" attitude, you can attain whatever.

I will give you the know-how - or you can get the drift somewhere. I like to believe that I have the fastest, really intelligent, highly effective means to execute it - yet you can obtain the knowledge you need from any person. In addition, you don't need to be all that "positive" in your thinking. Simply make a decision and find a way to get it done. - 15266

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