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The Value of Following
A Complete and Solid
Muscle Building Program

I hear this a lot...

"Why should I pay for a muscle building program when there is so much free bodybuilding information all over the web."

On the surface, this logic appears to hold water. The amount of bodybuilding information out there is staggering. Thousands of sites and message boards and millions of pages.

However, it really isn't the lack of access to the right information that causes the majority of trainers to fail so miserably at gaining muscle. It is those trainers' inability to identify and avoid the bad information.

The right advice is out there but residing right next to it, and looking suspiciously similar, is the wrong advice.

The Cafeteria Approach The most common approach beginner and intermediate trainers take to bodybuilding is the "cafeteria approach." They sort through the various sources of information and then incorporate into their program those things that "sound good" to them. They take something from this article and something from that one, they get some advice from the guy on the message board and then some more from "the guy at the gym." They get a little bit from some stuff written by a pro bodybuilder (actually, probably his ghost-writer) and they get a little more from the quack science of the supplement manufacturers. They then pull it all together with the "beginner's logic" that they brought with them and... What they end up with is a program that is all over the place, everywhere except precisely targeted at muscle gain. The "big picture" gets lost in the maze of misinformation. The problem with the cafeteria approach is that there is a ton of conflicting information out there. Trying to evaluate all of it presents a major problem for even the seasoned bodybuilder. Who actually knows what they are talking about and who only thinks they know? Who is telling you things based on science and solid experience and who is telling you things just to feed their misguided egos? Who is giving you all you need to know and who is just glossing over things leaving you even more lost? Who has the motivation of making you bigger and who has the motivation of making your wallet smaller? Who is giving you advice for natural training and who is giving you advice based on the juicers? With the cafeteria approach, it is just difficult to end up with a program that isn't based at least somewhat on myth, misinterpretation and pure crap. And that stuff will simply destroy your ability to gain maximum muscle mass. Stick with the cafeteria approach, keep trying to learn, and eventually, through trial and error, you may happen on a formula for big gains. That can be a long process though, and most won't make it that far. Those that do make it that far? They'll end up right about at the point a quality personal trainer or one of the top muscle building programs have the ability to put them right now.

Following bad advice, incomplete advice and misinterpreting the good advice all played a role in my decade-long training disaster. You can think me stupid and stubborn for taking so long to get it right, but don't think me all that uncommon.

If you ever get around a bunch of accomplished trainers, take note that the conversation will almost always turn to the poor training habits that once stalled their progress. It becomes a competition to see who was the bigger idiot as a bodybuilding beginner.

Whenever I witness odd training habits, I just think...

"If that guy ever figures it out, he is going to be able to tell some funny stories."

And hopefully that guy figures it out before he gives up. If he does, there will be a moment where he pops himself on the forehead with the palm of his hand. In the final analysis, the basic recipe for significant muscle gain isn't anywhere near as complicated or time-consuming as people imagine it or make it out to be.

But as simple as the recipe is, there are millions of ways to screw it up. And there are trainers currently inventing new ways to screw it up (and then rushing to message boards to advise others on how to screw it up).

The top programs, programs like Anthony Ellis's Gaining Mass and Sean Nalewanyj's Truth About Building Muscle, present the best opportunity to come out of your corner and hit something solid with your very first swing, instead of flailing away as most trainers do. They effectively screen out all the crap, present the right information and present that information in the form of a proven plan of action. They force-feed the prospective mass gainer right past all the distractions and keep him focused on the methods that will create the impressive gains.

There IS value in that. Gaining significant muscle mass requires desire, dedication and knowledge. Starting out, everyone has the desire and most can muster up the dedication. But if they don't have the knowledge, they will get frustration instead of results.

And frustration will quickly tear down desire and dedication. This is why most people fail. They allow bad information to lead to frustration and frustration to take away their desire.

Quickly getting the right information has extreme value. For most people, it is the difference between succeeding and failing.

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