Saturday, November 29, 2008

5 Reasons Why You Are Skinny And Not Muscular

By Caleb Lee

I've been working out since I was 5 years old through martial arts. Plus I started doing hard-core strength and conditioning routines since I was 12. Thus, keeping in shape wasn't really a problem.

But I meet people who don't look the way they want, and every time they open their mouth, it's like hearing the same stories over and over again. That's why I am writing this post, if you are

* Skinny and think you can't put on muscle

* Obese and sense that you can't count the calories

* "skinny fat" where you have no muscularity, but you're just skinny

Then I can guarantee you are this way because of one of these 5 things:

Reason No. 1: You Don't Have Particular Understanding

* You have no idea how to boost strength.

* You have no idea how to watch your weight.

* You have no idea how to eat healthy

* You don't know how to cook, so you only eat fast food and food out of a box.

* You don't know which training program is best.

Knowledge is the primary step at all times. The first thing you need to understand is how your body works, how right nutrition and work out transforms the animal - then you learn how to make it do what you want it to do. In your case: change your physique for the better-build muscle and lose fat.

That's why you're here. I will give you the know-how you need. Though it's up to you to use it. Knowledge is NOT power, only APPLIED knowledge is power.

Second Reason: You Are Lazy

* You know how to build muscle but you don't want to put in the work.

* You know how to build strength, yet you think it's "tiring".

* You know how to count the calories, but you create reasons in the same way as "I don't have the time!"

* You know how to eat healthy, but it's easier to eat snack food and microwave box food

I'm a big fan of being what I call unrealistically lazy. That is to say, I look for the very best ways (specialized knowledge) to achieve the extreme results in the minimum time. Thus, I get in, get it done, and stop. You should be WORTHY of the right to be lazy.

You can read every book on the planet about building muscle and losing fat, but if you never start exercising and eating clean then you'll never get ANY results. You have to take action. Don't be afraid of failure, the most successful people realize that their entire life is one big mistake!

Reason #3: You Accept Yourself As "Skinny" or "Fat" or "Not Muscular"

* You think of yourself as "skinny, fat or not muscular" as an alternative as to what you want to be

* It doesn't bother you much that you're this way anymore

* If you truly cared enough, if it worried you enough, you'd change

* You're COMFORTABLE with your appearance.

Being weighty and unfit in this day and age is considered usual. It wasn't always like this. We used to be hunters and if you weren't in shape-you were dead-end of story. During the industrial age each and everyone survived on hard physical labor, everybody was in shape and on top form.

You were considered "sickly" if you were lean and not brawny or teased for being overweight. You shouldn't feel bad about yourself but don't just say "this is just the way I am". You can turn into whatever you want to become and achieve things you never thought you could achieve if you're sick to death of your current situation and want to change bad enough.

Reason No. 4: You Consider Gaining Muscle and Burning Fat is tough

* You accept terms like "hardgainer" and relate them to you

* You don't get results in 2 weeks, hence you stop

* You follow books and magazines that touch on "battling the bulge" like it's hard

Building muscle isn't all that tough. If you've always been thin, try to get strong. Your body SHOULD adapt by building muscle to help you get stronger. It's the way your body works.

Losing fat isn't tough either. You eat healthy and you stay active. Anyone who says they can't find 12 minutes a day 3x per week to count the calories is untruthful to themselves.

Reason #5: You Aren't Determined Enough

* You haven't said "come rain or shine"

* You haven't told yourself "failure is not an option"

* You haven't made up your mind yet that "this is the year I get this sh*t handled!"

The fact is: you can build muscle, lose weight, and transform your body pretty well using ANY workout routine and nutritional program. That's the reason why there's so many of them out there. The key to success (ANY success) comes down to 2 things:

1. Come to a decision that you're going to make a start and

2. Carry it out WHATEVER HAPPENS

I used to train with ways I wouldn't utilize at of the moment. They are not "proper" though it WORKED since I declined to take failure as an alternative. If you too develop the "do or die" attitude, you can pull off no matter what.

I will give you the know-how - or you can get the drift somewhere. I like to believe that I have the fastest, really intelligent, highly effective means to execute it - yet you can obtain the knowledge you need from any person. In addition, you don't need to be all that "positive" in your thinking. Simply make a decision and find a way to get it done. - 16004

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