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From dieting to lifting to cardio, No-Nonsense Muscle Building delivers an on-target program for the “too skinny.” Emphasizing a total-body, balanced approach, Vince helps the skinny trade up to the buff body that gets noticed.This is the program that transformed Vince from a skinny long distance runner into a fitness model champion and the one Vince has successfully used to bulk up his personal training clients.

Once he has you excuse-free and correctly convinced that you are in control of your muscle gain destination, Vince puts forth the 9 growth principles that his workout methods are based on. Quite simply, any and every significantly successful muscle building program adheres to these principles. It is when trainers misinterpret, forget about or are unaware of these principles that their training results suffer.

These are principles that you must understand and correctly implement into each and every one of your workouts if you want to make the big gains. Vince does a very good job of explaining each principle and making absolutely sure you “get” what he means by such things as working with intensity, heavy weights and progressive overload.

A few of the principles have as their base the necessity of proper rest and recovery. The failure to allow the body to recuperate is a major reason why trainers find their training producing minimal results. Vince spends quite a bit of time drumming into his trainee’s heads the importance of recovery. He devotes an entire chapter to techniques designed to accelerate recovery.

He also devotes a chapter to hormones. When you understand the significant role that hormones play in building muscle, you understand the importance of optimizing your hormone levels. Vince’s dieting and training recommendations are designed to maximize your muscle building hormones.

Vince isn’t giving you a simple routine and sending you to the gym… this is a periodization program with cycles. Unlike the typical HIT based program where the focus sticks primarily to heavy weights at a certain rep range, Vince’s periodization has you changing sets and reps in an effort to prevent adaptation and stimulate different muscle fibers. Each phase builds to the next.

At first glance, the workout program may seem a bit complicated. It will take a couple of reads to get a grasp on exactly where it is taking you (trust me though, it is taking you towards some impressive gains). Fortunately, Vince includes access to a member’s area for his 52-week workout plan. You’ll find a calendar there where all you do is click the date and that day’s workout is laid out for you, complete with animated exercise descriptions and tips for correctly performing those exercises.

With this addition, the workout plan becomes clear and there is no question as to what you need to be doing with each workout to achieve your goals.

For the most part, the program has you in the gym for 3 quick but intense full-body workouts each week. However, an emphasis is placed on individualizing your program and Vince helps you determine if your performance is indicating that a lighter schedule may suit you better. Methods for accurately determining your intensity and progress are taught.

Other things Vince covers in the training section include flexibility training (he has you stretching to increase flexibility from day one), minimizing muscle imbalances (evening up the strength between your strong and weak sides) and specialty workouts aimed at your weak spots. The weight training program starts you at the basics and then eases you right on up to some very advanced techniques.

There is an emphasis throughout the training section (and the entire ebook) on teaching you to learn to listen to your body, to use the powers of intuition and instinct to guide your training decisions. Without question, it is when trainers learn exactly what, why and how various stimuli affect their unique bodies that they truly get the key to positive and significant physique change.

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In certain places, the ebook seems a little disorganized. Part of that is undoubtedly due to the fact that this program takes a somewhat unique approach to training. That approach is one of periodization which is a bit more complicated to explain. Vince does tie it all together with the help of his member’s area.

There isn’t a listing of alternative exercises. While this shouldn’t be a problem for the trainer heading to a reasonably equipped gym, it can present a stumbling block for the home-based trainer.

If you are convinced you can’t gain quality muscle weight and attain that dream physique, I’m willing to wager that Vince can convince you otherwise. Vince takes every single excuse, every single bad habit that leads to the skinny, weak body and systematically replaces them with the positive thinking and positive habits that build and maintain the world’s awesome physiques.

Vince literally presents you with a daily step-by-step plan to achieving your muscle-building goals. He has planned out every meal and every workout for you. All you have to do is follow along. If you can do that, be prepared to accomplish some amazing things.

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7 minute muscle system had a Buzz around it for almost three years now. Finally it was released. Jon was kind enough to send me a review copy two weeks before the release. Now I would like to share with you my 7 minute muscle review. Can you really build muscle and lose fat by working out as short as 7 minutes?

Well, It is actually a short read, but it’s it takes a while to digest since it is loaded with information. Jon had been researching some old training manuals from the 50’s, and 60’s and had been experimenting with MUSCLE BUILDING and Fat LOSS workouts as short as 7 minutes. There was actually a lot of research done on this in the “old days” (i.e. days before the steroids) and the programs worked especially well for “older” trainees who took part in the numerous studies.

(Jon actually cites over 100 research studies to support his program’s effectiveness.)

The bottom line of the program is that you can stimulate both strength and mass gains by increasing the intensity of your workouts for shorter periods. The training time is divided to two intervals the power interval and the mass interval. In the case of the first level this is just as little as 7 minutes for the other levels this can be 14 or 21 minutes. Let me tell you something these 7 minutes are a real weight lifting workout (personally I thought I qualify for the advanced level directly don’t make my mistake) these 7 minutes are intense and I mean the real intensity.

The philosophy of the program as I understand it

• Progressive resistance where each week you either add weight or repetitions to trigger you muscles to adapt.
• Very intense workouts, the workouts are very fast paced and even though they’re short, they are not easy in some cases. Fortunately, there’s an element of the program that uses “creative rest periods” that let you set your own pace. Anyway, ANYONE can follow these workouts whether you’re young or old, beginner or advanced.
• John’s basic premises is that you need to stimulate as many muscle fibers as possible. This causes significant gains in strength besides muscle size.

1. Timesaving power
2. Measurable progress.
3. Multiple variations of resistance.
4. Limited, intense focus.
5. Less strain on your joints.
6. Decreased stress hormones.
7. A targeted challenge
8. Workouts are easily altered.
9. Weekends off
10. Improved sleep.

Plus…the program comes with 7 VIDEOS to help teach you this method for each body part which is pretty cool!It DOES make my “recommended” list because there ARE some people who really need a short, but effective workout because they really don’t have much time on their hands.

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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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Summary

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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