I got an email from another fitness guru the other day saying, “This Guy Gained 41 Pounds Of Muscle In Less Then Six Months!” or something like that? I was intrigued since it came from a friend of mine.
I read this guys entire website about his new product, “The Complete Hardgainers Success Kit”, and found out that Vince DelMonte (author of the program) started out as an embarrassingly 149 pound distance runner who stumbled upon a ’savior’ who helped him defeat his skinny genetics, gain 41 pounds of rock-hard muscle in less then six months, gain international publicity and then went off to win the Canadian Fitness Model Championships…
…YES…you read that right…41 pounds of muscle in six months. I thought for sure there were steroids involved, but to my suprise he did this clean.
Sure, I know, there are dozens of these sites claiming the same thing but I thought, what the heck…I’ll give this book and program a try. I like to read as many other views on fitness success as I can. If I only was to learn one thing from a new program, I consider that a win.
So…I decided to go for his $67 package and eagerly began skimming through the pages. But what I saw when I arrived at the customer only page was pretty cool…
The program contained pretty much any tool necessary for someone to break out of their skinny fram and maximize their full potential. It seems perfect for those wanting to put on some extra muscle as quick as possible before a vacation or special event.
The Success Kit includes a complete educational training manual on the mind, weight training, nutrition, cardio training, recovery, injuries, supplements and more…
So do I recommend Vince’s Complete Hardgainers Success Kit?
Well…that depends. If you are the kind of person that will get Vince’s book, read it, and then take action… then YES I would recommend you try this book out. There is an upgrade package for an extra $30 dollars which I’m going to try soon.
Check your sources. The recommendation of 1.5g of Protein per unit body weight is for kilograms, not pounds. Your intake, according to this, is >3g/kg if your CBW is 233lb(~105kg). The correct protein requirement following these recommendations for you would be 158g/day. This is still high but for bulking up or endurance athletes this is acceptable. The protein requirement would be more for repair than actual building though. Muscle mass can be gained by modest increases in protein if any at all. There are many Sports Dietitians out there who study this very subject extensively. A quick Google search will pull up a few. One of my former professors is a former bodybuilding and a Sports Dietitian. Articles to considered are referenced here: http://bit.ly/TvJ9i
Good input Ross, but take a look at the article again. I’m recommending 1.5g per pound, im not saying the RDA recommends that. I realize how much protein that is, and from my training experiences this has better effect.
First sentence of this post is “There is lots of controversy in the nutrition world about a high protein diet.” I work with sports dietitians about this subject daily and there are some who agree and some who don’t.
Early in my career I worked with all body builders and thats why I adopted this theory. Like you mentioned, the extra protein is mostly for the repair needed. Thats why I like it.
Thanks for your input though.
Hi, I popped in for the Boomers & Seniors: News You Can Use Blog Carnival. Thanks for a very interesting article. My senior mom loves to do similar exercises with a community cable show specifically geared for senior citizens. I’ll have to show her your exercises to see if there are some new ones for her.
We both also enjoy walking together. It gives us a chance to spend some time chatting and get some good exercise. In addition, I will usually walk another two miles a day while I chat on the cell phone with my daughters. I get nice visits and don’t even notice I’m “working out.” That’s my favorite way to exercise
Hi Kaye. Exercising with a partner or talking with someone while you exercise is always helpful to make the time go by. Walks by yourself can often be pretty boring haha.
I have quite a few quality routines for seniors. If your mother would like to discuss any of the routines or exercises, tell her to contact me at contact@gohealthyfitness.com.
Thanks for reading =)
interesting material, where such topics do you find? I will often go
What’s most important is that you eat properly even when you’re trying to lose weight. One of the biggest misunderstandings is that you should drastically cut calories when you’re dieting
. In fact, these high-protein low carbohydrate diets can give you a lot more nutrition then you might get with other types of diets. And, for most people, this type of diet is safe and satisfies hunger pangs.
exactly, cutting calories drastically isn’t what works in the long run. Even with a high protein diet, you don’t have to cut carbs that much.
Over training can mess you up lol, no one wants to get sick and over training only leads towards that. Good input.
Determining if you’re currently over-training is fairly simple. If you’re in tune with your body, you can often see the signs of over-training before they get serious. If you are losing interest in workouts, are having trouble sleeping, and feel weak and irritable, you may be in a state of over-training and should take a week or more off
When I began working out, I was overtraining. I started to think something when my eye would twitch.
Great content. Looking for some nutrition materials when I stumbled across your site.
Bookmarked!
Very nice post on nutrition. Hope to learn more from you.
Nice post about protein diet. i have learned much more from this post. thanks for the posing.
Found your blog while browsing Google. Bookmarked. Looking forward to more nutrition tips.
In order to grow, muscles must fully recover from their last workout, every workout. If you are over-training and work the muscles before they have fully recovered, you will break down the muscle tissue before it has rebuilt-making it impossible to build muscle
Came across your post as I was looking for whey protein related info. Very nice post. Hope to learn more from you.
Yay Your back!!!!!
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Numerous studies have demonstrated that regular weight training can have a positive effect on health by showing reductions in the rate of insulin resistance, blood pressure, diabetes, heart disease, and even cancer
Nice post and blog! Greets.
Nice post and blog! Greets.
Hey! Nice job here! I’ll be dropping by from time to time
An interesting read and although I like many have tried several of the latest diets I have not been able to stick with them for various reasons. My last attempt is scheduled for next month and researchng the latest diets I have heard some good things about the Fat Burning Furnace. Has anyone here tried it and is it any good?
There are some good diets out there on the market, but most are filled with bull crap just to be something new to make a buck. Im not familar with the Fat Burning Furnace diet, but I am familiar with affiliate marketing…so if you can tell me the design of this diet plan and what you liked about it, I will leave your link up there.
Please no affiliate links in comments unless you can provide valued information about your product and its relavent.
I like to try out all the ebooks, diets, and whatever products are out there for my viewers. Better to know what works than recommend blindly
Hey – nice blog, just looking around some blogs, seems a pretty nice platform you are using. I’m currently using Wordpress for a few of my sites but looking to change one of them over to a platform similar to yours as a trial run. Anything in particular you would recommend about it?
thanks for the compliment. I liked to go with a magazine looking layout. Wordpress offers so many, its really helpful. If you know any HTML or CSS or can make it look really nice. I usually make small tweaks to make it my own. It works out nice for me.
Useful info, nice blog, thanks.
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If you are looking for a way to gain weight without building any fat, then you are out of luck. However, you can keep the same amount of body fat percentage as you are gaining weight.
thats theoretically true. but over an 8 week period you can drop body fat % and gain weight
I don’t use bar bells when I lift, but I still was able to implement what you wrote and use it for my own use. I workout on the weight machines. One thing tht I got a long time ago is that concentration is so important. I am not sure why not many people replied to this post. I just wanted to tell you that I agree with you. I appreciate the information, thanks.
Thats great Jasmin. Im glad you adapted with what you had. All your muscles can be hit with every day items. Good luck with your workouts and enjoy good health. =)
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