Gaining 20 pounds of muscle is NOT impressive if 15 pounds of that is on your butt, thighs, and waist.

Gaining untargeted muscle is easy and over-rated. The problem with following the standard advice of concentrating on the “big 3″ lifts (squat, deadlift, and bench press) is that it will most likely create a terrible looking, bulky physique.

So even 100% pure muscle gains, can ruin your look if the muscle is added to the wrong places on your body.

Adding muscle in the wrong places creates a rounded “curvy” look. As a guy you are not aiming for an hour-glass figure. Simply chasing a muscle gain number is a nearly guaranteed way to kill you chances of a lean and angular physique.

…but if you put on too much muscle on the wrong places you get that “cheesy” meat-head aura…and that is not a place where you want to be.

So How do the Guys in Hollywood (Taylor Lautner, Cam Gigandet, Brad Pitt, etc) Get that Ultra-Lean Look…Where it Appears as if Their Skin is Shrink Wrapped Around Their Muscles?

When you first get lean, your skin lags behind a bit and has to catch up to your new body size. This is a big reason that a lot of people who try to get lean for summer actually look their best in July or August instead of June.

Want to Ensure That You Add Muscle in a Way that Dramatically Enhances Your Appearance…and Allows You to Create the Exact Look You Desire?

(I knew someday I would need to talk about gaining muscle in a way that didn’t ruin the physique…but I also knew that this would take 50+ pages to properly explain).

You see…the mainstream methods of gaining muscle mass are backward if you want that lean, “hip” look. Just go into any gym and take a look at the personal trainers. Do most of them have the look you are after?

I don’t care if your personal trainer swears by seated dumbbell military presses -or your best friend thinks standing barbell military presses are the way to go. They both work your shoulders. Alternatively, you could do the Nautilus press, Hammer Strength, or even lift a log over your head (Rocky IV style).

Bottom line? If you want to add muscle and you are after the lean “Hollywood Look”, this course will teach you exactly what needs to be done to accomplish that.

The best thing is that once you acquire this knowledge, it will be yours for good. You can take the principles you learn in the course and apply them from that point forward.

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1. First, when it comes to health and fitness everyone should get the word diet out of their heads. Sometimes, a diet can be worse in the long run. Also, a diet has an end; you don’t stay on a diet for the rest of your life. Think of the words “healthy lifestyle”, you start off with little and gradual changes to all aspects of life, and expand upon them. A healthy lifestyle can stay with you for the rest of your life. Plus, the word diet has so many negative connotations associated with it. It could make someone not even want to change because of it. A bad diet can scare people away from trying to make healthier changes in life as a whole because of bad experience they had with a diet.

2. Gradual changes: Gradual changes are something that work with eating, working out and the way you live your life in general. If you have never really worked out, or have not done it in a very long time and if you go from that to lifting lots of heavy weights, you are bound to get injured or get discouraged easily at the difficulty of it all and giving up quickly. Start off slow with lighter weights and easier exercises and build from there. Regarding eating; not making gradual changes is one of the reasons why diets fail. Say you have a pop with fried chicken and mashed potatoes and the next day you start a diet and all you eat is a salad and water. It’s very hard to make an abrupt change like that, and stick with it. An example of a gradual change is; instead of having a 20 oz pop everyday switch to 1 can, then maybe have 1 can every other day, then once a week until you have it cut completely. Another example, instead of using whole milk, go to 3%, then over time 2% then 1% then skim. Going from drinking whole milk one day to skim the next will be like drinking half & half then watered down milk the next. Gradual changes are very important of starting to live a healthy lifestyle.

3. Variety: This is hugely important when it comes to sticking with changing your lifestyle. Getting bored is the enemy and variety is how you avoid fighting boredom in the first place. This goes for eating, working out and in some aspects just living life in general. Using the example of salads, it’s likely you would get tired of eating them all day, unless you were very creative with variety. More variety of healthier food you have to eat the easier it will be to keep you excited. Same with working out, the only exception is you want to stick with a good routine for a bit and not go switching it up every week. Just don’t stick with the same routine for months and months. Boredom makes it easier to give up.

4. Everybody is different: What works for me may do nothing for you, or not do as well. The foods I like to eat you may think are off putting. Try different foods and workouts and keep a variety. Variety is more important with food, but remembering that what works for me may not work for you is better for exercises and specific routines. A great way to keep track of what works for you and what doesn’t is to….

5. Keep a couple of journals: Have one used just for food and the other for workouts. When trying out lots of different exercises and routines, a journal is great for finding out that works best for you. It will help you find out what exercises are best for a body part, if your body reacts better to compound exercises that work multiple muscles, or if your body prefers exercises that focus more on one part. Track your progress, write down reps, number of sets, weight amount used and rest time. Finding a workout that will work its best for you requires trial, error and time, but once you have mastered it, will save time in the long run. The journal for food is more important for the start of the lifestyle change. Keep track of your calories in a day as well as other nutrition facts that are important. After some time has passed you will not need the journal for food as you will eventually be good at guessing or knowing the nutrition facts of particular foods and knowing if they are a good choice. Plus, over time as you get healthier, you will not need to track numbers as closely anymore as it’s much easier to maintain than it is to lose fat.

6. Portion control: Eat many times in the day, every 2-3 hrs, but have small portions. Half of the time you eat have it be a meal and the other half a snack. The snack being something like vegetables or fruit, maybe lean protein or something like a low or no fat yogurt. Eating smaller meals multiple times a day speeds up metabolism. One tip that helps is to use smaller plates when eating. If eating something in a bag, pour it out as it’s easier to eat more of something when it’s in a bag. Make breakfast the biggest meal in the day with the most variety because it sets you up for the entire day. Have dinner be smallest because you have it closer to the end of the day and you won’t need as much caloric energy at that time.

7. Take a multivitamin: It’s very hard to get all the vitamins and minerals you need in a day by eating. There are way too many different foods you would have to eat everyday in order to try and get close to them all, and even with that you may not have enough of whatever vitamin or mineral. A multivitamin is a supplement; it supplements your diet with what you have missed out on from the foods you have eaten that day. It’s not supposed to be used as a replacement for eating better. It just helps top everything off if you don’t have the RDA (Recommended Daily Allowance) of a particular vitamin or mineral.

Certainly not rocket science here, but sometimes it puts things into perspective to see it in writing.