Your Muscle Building Problems End Here

August 31, 2010 by Jamin Thompson
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You have a BIG PROBLEM…

…and I’ll tell you what your problem is in a second.

It’s an annoying yet common one and it’s linked to three bigger problems…

But first, let me open up this conversation with a serious question:

Would you agree that anything worth doing is worth doing well?

Weight training with the goal to get ripped or ignite muscle gains is not an exception to this rule.

This concept should be pretty simple for you to grasp i think.

And hitting the gym with the plan of building a good deal of muscle or to boost your metabolism (to shed fat) can require a lot of work – but other than breaking a sweat and pushing yourself, it should not be much harder than that.

Right?

It’s this kind of thinking that leads to the FIRST big problem.

Here’s the thing.

Most people who try to build muscle fail miserably.

I mean sure, I bet most people who are reading this have had some type of muscle gain or whatever, but the majority of people never reach that next level. You know what I mean…that level where people begin to take notice and start asking you a ton of questions about your training regiment.

The fact is that most people will never improve to the point to where their body looks like the fitness models you see gracing the magazine covers or even good enough to turn a single head when they are in a swim suit either at the beach or pool.

Despite their most dedicated and focused efforts to nutrition, weight training, supplementation, and most importantly – a burning desire and the un-quenchable thirst to be the best they can be – most still never blow beyond their genetic potential.

It’s an all to common story and there are countless reasons many people fail this way. If you asked me why this happens in person, I would reply by shaking my head and tell you:

“Most people fail because they don’t have the slightest clue what they’re doing.”

Allow me to elaborate.

Most people I know all think of their training with this simple concept in mind: I’ll just hit the weights tonight and hope good things happen. If I work hard, sweat, and get tired I did good. If I lift heavy weights I will grow. If I keep doing that I will reach my goals.

When you really think about it…muscle building sounds so friggin easy. I mean the concept is pretty simple. In fact, it it’s basically all elementary level stuff. Despite this fact, many still fail.

Why?

They fail because they think they know what they’re doing.

And I don’t blame them at all. It is so easy to get caught up, especially when you are first starting out, when your muscle gains came easy. No matter what routine was followed while a beginner, the body almost always awarded it with new growth.

Here’s the SECOND BIG PROBLEM…

The beginner becomes complacent because he or she is happy with the great progress they made. They subsequently associate that initial award in muscle gain with past behavior. Obviously, this leads to reinforcing the same behavior by continuing down the same path. But over time…things begin to change.

Progress begins to slow but the trainee continues to train even though the workouts are no longer working.

This leads to the THIRD BIG PROBLEM…

The trainee continues to train but starts using random workouts to “change things up” because the old workouts (previous behavior) that produced gains is no longer working. Because the training they did in the past appeared to have worked they become convinced it will work in the future. Of course this rationale may seem logical…

It is not.

Occasionally the muscle gains kick in again and slight improvements are made. But for the most part a new reward becomes the focus – maintenance!

Yes, the weight trainee is simply satisfied maintaining the initial gains he or she made so long ago which become their motivation for continual effort…but now they are stuck in the rut most people get stuck in…maintenance mode.

The problem gets REALLY REALLY bad now…

Even though the rewards of maintenance are far less compelling then exploding new muscle all over the body, the fear of losing size is born. This leads to the complacent maintenance phase without even the slightest desire to even break out.

This leads to more randomization. More random workouts, random exercises and more random sets. More Google-ing useless workouts and more wasting of your valuable time on muscle building forums. Trying out new routines that are new are rarely improvements of the old but it’s typical to think, at first, that because it’s new it must be better. Sadly this is a tiring, roller coaster that goes on for years and blanks out countless New Year resolutions.

If this story sounds like you don’t worry, you’re not alone. And believe me…it’s NOT YOUR FAULT.

The reason is simple.

The problem is a lack of knowledge.

It has nothing to do with your genetics or any other excuse you can fathom.

And it’s going to STOP today.

Can I Ask You To Do Yourself A Favor?

Please do not employ any more training strategies without seriously considering why it will be effective. Do not just sit there and assume that it will be. I don’t want you to join the “bad genes” club in 2011. Please do us all a favor and cancel your membership asap…

I have a solution for your problem.

They are called the 12 Anabolic Targets, which I discussed briefly in last weeks posts, and they make up a brand new monthly series: Maximize Your Muscle.

If wight training was as simple as lifting weights and making your muscles grow, then every weight training program on the planet would give you amazing results – but they don’t. You know it and I know it.

Most programs have the plateau built right into the program because they only target (if they are lucky) 1 or 2 of the 12 Anabolic Targets.

If you aren’t hitting these 12 anabolic targets, you’ll never grow past the size you are today…and I’ll prove it to you in just 30 days, FREE.

But HURRY, after this week, you will not be able to test drive Maximize Your Muscle for free ever again.

Jamin

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