So I decided to also stop eating unnecessary junk food. This lead to even more fat loss…and then I just got lucky! I hit a growth-spurt (around the age of 13) and literally shot up and leaned out overnight.
What I Discovered Shocked Me... After nearly 6 years of working my butt off in the gym and following what ever program my football coaches had put together for me, it hit me like a ton of bricks .
He sat me down and told me how it was - Basically he forced me to take it easy in the beginning and commit to learning the fundamentals before I progressed to more advanced training routines - no wiggle room.
If I wanted to continue my workouts, I had to do it. Turns out it was some of the best advice I'd ever been given! I realized at that point that I did not have all of the answers, and unfortunately neither did my dad.
Not to mention well designed weight lifting workouts, accurate up-to-date bodybuilding information and a top-notch nutrition plan! When it comes to building muscle mass or any other fitness related goals, there are fundamental principles that lead the way to more gains.
I Decided To Take Things Into My Own Hands… I scrapped the football training programs (at least during the off season) and started to implement what I'd learned about building muscle over the years.
After a few weeks, I was completely hooked! I wasn't getting much bigger, but I was gaining strength and confidence! I loved the way my muscles felt during and after a workout, I loved the way my training weights began to steadily increase, I even loved the way my muscles got sore a few days following a workout! Looking back, I think I enjoyed all of it a bit too much! Every time I made a noticeable change in my strength levels or physique, I proceeded to make the novice mistake of "changing things up" to "confuse" my muscles every single workout.
In order to keep myself accountable and motivated, I signed up for the EAS Body For Life Challenge. I put my head down and went to work. I didn't try anything too fancy during the 12 weeks, I just stuck with basic compound exercises and a solid high carbohydrate muscle building diet.
All that you really need to do in order to build slabs of rock-hard muscle mass is simply uncover the principles and then put them into practice! - That’s It ! Here's My Story - “How I Gained 45lbs of Rock-Hard Muscle” When I was growing up, I started out skinny...got a little chubby, then just got fat.
I realized that not only had I not gained a lot of muscle mass, but my strength levels hadn't improved too much either.
To this day, I'm not really sure why it happened. I was active in sports and rarely watched t.v. - I lived a very active life. Once I crossed over from chubby to fat, my life started to change. People began to stare at me wherever I went. Don't get we wrong here, I did have friends and I was a pretty happy camper - but I was always very aware that I was "different" than almost everybody else.
I decided that I was going to do something about it! I wasn't sure where to begin, but I knew that I had to exercise.
Unfortunately for me, even though I had lost a bunch of fat and leaned out, I hadn't gained any muscle mass.
I went from being a chubby "fat kid" to being a lean "skinny kid" with almost no muscle... I was scrawny! In order to help me gain strength and pack on some muscle, my father introduced me to weight lifting.
"When I graduated from high school, I weighed a puny 162lbs soaking wet - at about 15% body fat! After 2 years of college, I weighed in at a scrawny 175 lbs soaking wet at 14% body fat..." I knew I could do better than that.
I Was Fatter Than All of My Friends! I Was Fatter Than All of The Kids I Played Sports With! I Was Fatter Than Nearly Everyone My Own Age! Check Out These Pictures...