How I Built MY Perfect Body

Posted: August 30th, 2011 | Author: | Filed under: Build Lean Muscle, Build the Body Women Want | Tags: , , , , , | 8 Comments »

Gain Lean Muscle

The guy above (me) is by no means anywhere near to being perfect. In my mind, there’s not even such thing as a ten when it comes to pure looks – care to argue? We all have imperfections.

Yet I have built my perfect body…

And I know how you can build yours too.

Coming from where I’ve come from: the years of failing to change my scrawny and weak physique, there’s not all that much I’d change about the body I have today – if anything. Does that mean that I’m not trying to improve? For shite’s sake of course not! I’m in the gym like clockwork 4 days a week, working me arse off. I eat healthy, and in a way that will help me stay healthy and achieve my goals.

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My 5 Favorite Healthy, Muscle-Building Meals

Posted: July 29th, 2011 | Author: | Filed under: Build Lean Muscle, Nutrition | Tags: , , , , | 9 Comments »

 

Build Lean Muscle with Chad Howse

“T-N-T” – favourite meal #2

There’s a lot of info out there regarding training. You can pretty much hit up any site and find a free workout (including mine —> HERE). Some work. Some suck. But the info’s out there.

Where many of us run into problems is finding nutritional info that makes sense, works, and is tasty. There are thousands of conflicting books and articles out there when it comes to nutrition. Some say low carb is the best way to go for fat loss, while some say low calories will get you the best results for fat loss.

When it comes to putting on lean mass, some will say eat everything in sight. Others will say only whole foods. Some will say that you need to be eating a certain amount of calories to pack on lean muscle mass without getting fat, while others say that you need to eat certain calories at certain times, and others at other times of the day.

Here’s what I’ve realized with my own body – lot’s of trial and error – through research, and from training hundreds of different clients – online and offline – of all shapes and sizes to build their ideal physiques: one diet doesn’t work for everyone.

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Lift Like a Man!

Posted: July 8th, 2011 | Author: | Filed under: Athleticism, Build Lean Muscle, Challenge Workout, Manliness | Tags: , , | 2 Comments » a Man's Man

Russel Crowe as James J. Braddock. A Man’s Man.

The thing’s that get us the best results aren’t new. They aren’t a fad. They haven’t magically popped up out of nowhere and started getting people amazing bodies. They’re grounded in common sense. They’re systems and principles that make sense.

Fads are the enemy of results. They lead to immeasurable amounts of frustration and they empty our pockets. I followed ‘the next big thing’ before. And it kept me scrawny. They’re normally a shiny, or ‘easy’ program that promise big things, but much more often than not, fall short of what they promise.

In no industry does this exist more than the fitness industry. We’ve thrown away iron for rubber. Gone is chalk, and in are lifting straps. Gone is lifting heavy weights and building muscle. And in is weird-looking exercises that promise ‘muscle-confusion’ but deliver mental confusion.

Lift Weights. Not Rubber Bands.

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How to Get Bigger. Faster. Stronger.

Posted: June 6th, 2011 | Author: | Filed under: Build Lean Muscle | Tags: , , , , | 2 Comments »

 

How to Get Bigger

Hypertrophy is the increase in size of muscle cells. There are a number of theories as to which form of hypertrophy training is the most effective. Some say that focusing on a rep count is best – usually around 8-12 reps – others say that time under tension (TUT) is what you should be focusing on within each set, while others feel that it’s the total TUT of the workout that’s most important, not just the set.

No matter what your theory, you need variation to see consistent gains.

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