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Muscle Gain Truth No-Fail System, main message is that you don’t have to be a genius to succeed at bodybuilding. The notion that you have to hold an advanced degree in astronautics in order to dramatically change your physique is quickly crushed.

But while muscle building isn’t rocket science, it does prove to be an elusive goal for the great majority who attempt it.

So, what is the truth about muscle building?

The truth, as Sean explains, is that building muscle is hard. He throws out a quote that I really like, “Building muscle is one of the simplest things to understand but one of the most difficult to implement.”

You can learn how to build muscle fairly easily, but actually doing it is another matter.

This is one area that Sean’s program separates itself from much of its competition: While Sean understands his primary role in helping you achieve your mass gain goals will be to provide you with a workable weight gain program, he also understands that, even equipped with this knowledge, many people will fail.

Why will they fail? They will allow a minor case of laziness to become a major excuse, they will allow the massive amount of bodybuilding misinformation to confuse them. Or they will simply allow their desire to fade when the going gets tough. In short, they will lose their focus.

Make no mistake about it, it will be your ability to work past these distractions and maintain your focus that will determine whether or not you achieve your muscle building goals.

Throughout his program, Sean effectively prepares you to deal with these distractions. He tells you when they are coming and provides valuable tips that will help you prevent them from sabotaging your goals. Shwarzenegger, Priest, Coleman and Nalewanyj had to learn to effectively manage distractions in order to reach their goals and you will as well.

THESE TIPS ARE HIDDEN GEMS. Pay attention to them. Again, it bears repeating, your success is dependant on your ability to maintain focus - muscle building is easy to learn, difficult to implement.

But Sean’s program isn’t just going to prepare you mentally. It is, as advertised, a step-by-step muscle building program. And it is an impressive program. It is well thought-out and very well organized.

The first thing Sean tells you is to think of him as your new dictator for all things muscle building. Don’t mistake this as a power-trip. He just wants you to erase from your mind all you think you know about how to gain weight.

With your mind free from the bodybuilding nonsense it has previously accumulated, Sean is going to re-educate you on ALL THE THINGS you need to do gain mass fast. If you’re the type of person who has convinced yourself that muscle building is complicated, you’re going to be surprised that this list isn’t 10,000 pages long, complete with a bunch of “fancy” words and complex equations.

But as Sean emphasizes, the basic principles presented in his program are all you need to gain weight. They are the principles he used to add 80 lbs. of muscle to his skinny frame. These are the same principles that the many people who have followed Sean’s program have used to successfully build impressive physiques.

In short, the principles Sean has you concentrating on in his program are the principles that get results.

You can spend your time goofing around with the gazillion different exercises, routines, philosophies and supplements out there and hope you stumble on something that works. Or you can do what Sean tells you and get results. Its your choice.

First covered are the workouts you will be doing. Now, it would be easy for Sean to throw out the sets, reps and exercises that he used to build his body and then send you to the gym. That alone would provide you with a great start.

But the emphasis of this program is to not only tell you what to do, but to tell you why you do it. Only then will you have the confidence to keep doing it until you reach your goals.

Sean’s workout section is EXCELLENT. He takes you through every aspect of the productive mass gain workout and then follows it up with video lessons (see bonuses) to drive home his points. From warming up and stretching to selecting the best exercises and then performing them in the most effective ways. The little things (which can actually be big things) like proper breathing and taking time off are also covered.

On Sean’s program, you perform three INTENSE workouts a week, each one about an hour. The rest of the time you dedicate to resting and eating.

Once you understand what is meant by an “intense workout” as it relates to a mass gain program, you should have no problem understanding the necessity of rest. Unfortunately, this is where a great many beginners (and intermediates and even those who consider themselves experts) fail in their quest for muscle gain - They don’t truly understand what constitutes an intense workout.

Sean does an excellent job of explaining what he means when he says “you must train with 100% intensity.” He doesn’t leave you to determine what that may mean to you, he tells you exactly what it must mean if you intend to affect major change on your body.

Nutrition comes next. Sean refers to this part of the process as the time when the “real magic” of muscle building takes place. This is a muscle building truth that you simply must unquestionably understand. Here you must supply the body with the materials it needs to gain muscle weight. THIS IS NOT AN OPTION.

Sean gives you a quick but complete lesson in eating for mass gain. He tells you when, how and what to eat. And he tells you why eating in the ways he describes will be critical to your goals.

It isn’t always about what you eat, when you eat can be very important. A chapter entitled “Critical Feeding Times” covers those times when your muscles will be begging for nutrition. This is an excellent chapter, telling you exactly what you need to be providing your body at these times to achieve maximum muscle growth.

Sean keeps to his theme of providing the truth about muscle building in his supplement section. He provides a good education on the reality of the bodybuilding supplement world. Pay attention to this before you race out to buy the latest hyped up supplement with a really massive sounding name.

But, while most are worthless, there are a few supplements (very few) that, when used properly, can give you an extra edge in your pursuit of mass gain. Sean tells you what these supplements are and, more importantly, how to best use these supplements to support your muscle building goals.

One aspect of the muscle building process that is rarely emphasized enough is rest and recovery. It is when you are resting that the body builds muscle. Sean dedicates a whole chapter to how to make sure you are getting enough rest and how to prevent and deal with injuries.

As evidenced by the extensive chapter on rest and recovery, Sean is thorough. Throughout the program, he leaves nothing up in the air. After reading this ebook you will be ready to hit the gym (and grocery store) with complete confidence that your muscle building goals are finally attainable…

But really, Sean is just getting started. It is when you get into the bonuses that you began to see just how committed Sean is to making sure you follow through and achieve your weight and muscle gain goals.

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The program focuses you in on DOING the things that produce the big results and leaving all the “noise” to the talkers (those guys who run themselves in circles discussing obscure and worthless theory as they successfully retain their less-than-impressive physiques).

At every turn this program responds with on-target advice and tips that can only come from a knowledgeable and dedicated trainer. From nutrition to training to recovery and all that is in between, Sean provides you with the complete mass gain plan you need. The bonuses build on the base and tie up all loose ends, leaving you “destined” for a bigger and more improved “you.”

All you have to provide is the desire, determination and perseverance

As a beginner or intermediate trainer, you will be well-served to take advantage of Sean’s unique ability to educate you on how to build muscle and then motivate you to get it done

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The author of Optimum Anabolics, Jeff Anderson, is commonly referred to as the “muscle nerd.” This was a nickname he picked up from being the guy at the gym that dutifully wrote down the details of everything he was doing.

Jeff is definitely into the details of mass building.

The question becomes…

“Can this muscle nerd, this guy who has dedicated an extraordinary amount of time to studying every conceivable way to pack muscle mass on the human body, can he help me achieve my goals?”

Reading through the Optimum Anabolics program, the answer to this question becomes a resounding “YES.”

Jeff knows the subject of muscle gain inside and out. Not only that, he is a very effective teacher (a good writer) and the program is extremely well thought out. He manages to sneak in the details that will key your success without putting you to sleep.

The Optimum Anabolics ebook starts out with Jeff introducing you to a not-so fictional character by the name of Joe Hardgainer. Who is Joe Hardgainer? Well, I’m willing to wager that you are going to recognize yourself in Joe.

Joe is a guy who desperately wants to gain muscle weight and has been trying for some time. He has followed the “usual” route that most people take when they set out to bulk up - He has done what everyone else at the gym is doing, he’s gotten advice from the gym’s biggest guy, he’s donated his fair share of money to the pushers of hyped-up but ineffective supplements and he’s turned to the muscle mags and the pro bodybuilders for help.

Along the way, Joe has learned a little and he’s had some limited success. He’s put on a few pounds of muscle here and there but the majority of Joe’s time has been spent fighting plateaus and figuring out that a lot of the advice he’s gotten is just plain wrong. In other words, a lot of his time has been wasted.

Joe has never been able to put together a complete and effective mass gain program, a program that will allow him to continuously make gains and breeze by the plateaus that commonly stall the programs of even the most determined.

Through Joe’s story, Anderson effectively demonstrates that he knows exactly who is (or should be) reading his book. He knows who you are. And if you’re willing to listen and change your ways, he can help you change your results.

Make no mistake about it, however, this isn’t a program for anyone but the most dedicated. The prescribed diets aren’t just about eating everything in sight, they require discipline. The training has you in the gym five days a week for one-hour workouts. You must be paying attention to all aspects of your program (you must adopt a certain measure of Anderson’s detail-orientation) in order for it to produce the maximum muscle gains.

Not trying to scare you here, just letting you know that this is an intense program. It isn’t anything that is going to prevent you from enjoying life but it isn’t something you can do without an absolute commitment.

If you do possess the desire and discipline, however, Optimum Anabolics can definitely help you quickly move into a very big neighborhood.

You’re first introduced to the 8 anabolic factors Anderson identifies as the keys to maximum muscle gain. These factors are the core of the program and fully understanding them is a must. To help make sure you get the full picture, Jeff includes MP3 downloads for each of the factors so you can actually listen to them at your convenience. (No excuses.)

Among those factors are things you are probably familiar with, things like tempo, training frequency and diet. One of the factors listed, however, is likely to furrow your brow…

That factor is what Anderson calls Hyper-Adaptive Cycling. This is the “meat” of the program. It is how Anderson backs up his claims that his program is unlike anything you’ve ever seen before. This is interesting stuff.

Cycling your diet and/or weight training routines in an effort to break past plateaus isn’t a new concept to the bodybuilding world. Hardcore bodybuilders have been experimenting with these methods for decades.

But never before have I seen such a workable, reasoned and detailed plan that focuses these techniques not only on breaking through plateaus but at preventing plateaus from ever happening in the first place.

Once you understand how and why the body builds muscle (and Anderson gives a thorough explanation of this process), you begin to see how and why Hyper-Adaptive Cycling can be an extremely effective.

As a beginning weight trainer, you find out after about 8 weeks of training that putting on muscle mass isn’t as easy as it at first seemed. You hit your first plateau or wall and the body stops responding to your training with muscle growth.

This plateau occurs because, in effect, the body has figured out what you are doing and that it doesn’t need to add muscle in order to be able to endure the workouts you are doing. It knows your workouts and has become quite accustomed to them (you’ve essentially programmed it to stop building muscle).

In order to get the body to react and add new muscle, bodybuilders have learned that they must continuously introduce changes into their training. They must keep the body guessing and never able to enter a comfort zone.

But Hyper-Adaptive Cycling isn’t about introducing the typical changes that trainers use to keep the body guessing and growing. It goes beyond things like changing splits and exercises…

Hyper-Adaptive Cycling is about affecting radical change.

Jeff teaches you all about the way the body works, how it is naturally programmed to work against you building the extra muscle mass you desire. And then he teaches you how you can actually re-program it, how you can use the same natural defense mechanisms that can prevent you from growing and, through specific techniques, actually use those mechanisms to produce extraordinary muscle gains.

Hyper-Adaptive Cycling not only keeps the body from entering the comfort zone that kills muscle growth, it puts the body into a “never-ending anabolic guessing game where it’s only option is to grow.”

Again, THIS IS INTERESTING STUFF.

After getting right to the point and presenting the Hyper-Adaptive process to you, Anderson proceeds to go through the other 7 anabolic factors.

As you may have guessed, he goes through these factors thoroughly (the exercise section is complete with bar graphs indicating the effectiveness of each exercise). He tells you exactly how to apply the hyper-adaptive process to these factors in order to create and sustain an optimum anabolic environment.

As mentioned previously, you may be familiar with these factors. But don’t make the mistake of thinking you know everything there is to know about them. Jeff challenges some of your beliefs, reprogramming your mind as he teaches you how to reprogram your body.

I’d guess that Jeff has spent more time researching, testing and just plain thinking about these factors then you, me and all card-carrying IFBB members combined. He’s got a lot for you to learn.

The dieting section is very detailed. It is an important part of this program. Jeff helps you design your diet and your program based on the specific primary goals you may have, whether those are to gain mass, lose fat or maintain and improve on all accounts.

Of note in the exercise section is that Jeff allows for a lot of variety in the workouts. If you are someone who gets bored easily doing the same exercise week after week, you will find plenty of opportunity to keep yourself interested with these workouts.

When you get to the end of the book, you are ready to get going. You can sense that those dreadfully frustrating plateaus are now only a bad memory.

So, where do you start? Jeff is prepared for that question…

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I’d still like to see a private message board for members and think it would prove valuable for a program such as this which is comprised of so many unique training concepts.

The overall program, however, just doesn’t leave much room for criticism. It is very well-organized, well-written and makes what could be a confusing program very simple.

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