Posted: March 7th, 2011 | Author: Chad Howse | Filed under: Build Lean Muscle | Tags: Athletic muscle, best way to develop athleticism, build lean muscle, Coaching, Transformation | No Comments »
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As you can see, I WAS NOT born with a body that would easily add muscle, or improve in other areas as well, like strength, speed and athleticism. Here are a few things that led to my eventual transformation…
For starters, if I hadn’t eventually met the right person who helped me build the system that lead to my transformation, I’d probably still be stuck failing, doing the same crap that I was doing for my first 7-years in the gym. I would have been stuck in the body that you see above.
“Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, but expecting a different result.” ~ Einstein
Learn From Someone Who Has Accomplished What You Want to Accomplish
(Or at least someone who has helped someone accomplish what you want to accomplish)
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Posted: February 21st, 2011 | Author: Chad Howse | Filed under: Build Lean Muscle | Tags: Become Your Own Hero, build lean muscle, gain lean muscle, Hero Workout | No Comments »
Pic from the new movie “Thor” coming out soon – pretty stoked for this.
Conan the Barbarian, Commando, Rocky, Batman Begins. I loved these movies growing up. They inspired me. I remember watching Rocky for the first time, then going for a 10 mile run in the snow. Those movies were badass. The heroes were badass and they kicked ass too.
I know there are a lot of guys that first get into working out because of heroes like that, or because of the comic books. I’d say the vast majority of us were inspired at some point – especially when we were growing up – by a “hero” who pushed us to want more and to be more. The hero could be Hercules or Thor; it could be Rocky Marciano or Joe Louis, Rocky Balboa or Superman.
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Posted: February 14th, 2011 | Author: Chad Howse | Filed under: Athleticism, Build Lean Muscle | Tags: Athletic muscle, Build Athleticism, build lean muscle, KO Power | No Comments »
Rocky Marciano had power in the 1st and 15th round (when it counted the most).
Power is a fast but brief exertion of force. The more weight you can move the faster, the more powerful you are. But that doesn’t really count in sports – unless you’re an Olympic lifter or power. We need power that is there in the first round, quarter, period, or inning, but is also there in the last.
There’s more than one way to skin a cat
And there’s more than one way to build power that lasts. My preference is using each of them at different periods of training. The thing with being an athlete, weekend warrior, or just a normal guy who wants to be as awesome as possible, is that we want more. We want lean muscle, to look like an Adonis and to perform like Achilis.
It makes sense that we want power that lasts, not just something that’s going to be a one and done type of deal.
Posted: January 12th, 2011 | Author: Chad Howse | Filed under: Build Lean Muscle | Tags: back on lean muscle, build lean muscle, building muscle peanut butter, changing reps enough variation, muscle gain with peanut butter, muscle peanut, Muscle-Building Workout, peanut butter build lean muscle, peanut butter muscle, peanut butter put on muscle, peanut butter to get lean, peanuts building lean muscle, something to ear for muscle | 11 Comments »
step #1 to build lean muscle: follow Arnold and EAT!
Below are 7 things that were holding me back from building lean muscle. Are you making any of these same mistakes in your training? If so, have a look at the presentation at the bottom and see how I eventually turned things around.
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Posted: January 3rd, 2011 | Author: Chad Howse | Filed under: Build Lean Muscle | Tags: best workout, body women want, build lean muscle, build muscle, workout | 1 Comment »
In the past week I’ve mentioned the system that helped me build 32 pounds in 32 weeks a few times, but I have yet to get into detail about what it really is. So here we go…
Just over a year ago I began writing a book. I had no title, but I had a purpose.
My blog is focused on helping guys build their ideal body – which often means more muscle, less fat, and improved athleticism. Three times a week I cover each of these topics as well as a host of other lifestyle topics ranging from being the best person we can be, to reaching our ultimate goals.
But I wanted to take it one step further and get into real detail about the methods that took me from a skinny, unconfident-in-how-I-looked guy, to building 32 pounds of lean muscle in 32 weeks with a performance-first training system. Methods that haven’t just benefitted myself, but others as well.
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Posted: December 23rd, 2010 | Author: Chad Howse | Filed under: Build Lean Muscle | Tags: #1 muscle program, build lean muscle, muscle building program, powerhouse challenge | 7 Comments »
I’ve told bits and pieces of my journey to building the body I have today, and had eluded me for so long, but I never went into any great detail so I figured now would be the time – and with good reason (more on that later).
My journey to building 32 pounds of muscle in 32 weeks was exactly that: a journey. It was a long and frustrating process that started with 7 years of failure, hundreds of wasted dollars spent on magazines, supplements and products that finally came to a resolution with one solution.
The motivation behind me wanting to build this ideal body had to do with one thing: confidence. But on a more surface level it had to do with two things: girls and sports.
Confidence
I was raised by great parents who instilled a healthy self-confidence in me. As a result I was confident in who I was, but I had a body that in no way conveyed this confidence.
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