A Review Of
Marc David's
No-Bull Bodybuilding
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Marc David's ebook, No-Bull Bodybuilding, asks the question: Why do the vast majority of people fail when they attempt physique-changing goals?
If anybody were to ever do a study to determine an answer to this question, undoubtedly they would come to the same conclusion that Marc presents - The main thing that prevents hard-working trainers from accomplishing their bodybuilding goals is simply a lack of knowledge.
No-Bull sets out to provide that knowledge, to give the beginner the basic education he or she needs to effectively work towards their goals.
The ebook is organized into detailed responses to questions that, as a beginner, you either are asking or you should be asking. Marc has done a terrific job of putting together a comprehensive list of beginner questions from his bodybuilding forums and other online fitness ventures.
Let me emphasize, the answers he provides to these questions aren't of the "yes or no" variety. Marc knows his subject matter and he explains his answers in detail with both facts and common sense reasoning that make you comfortable with their accuracy. He includes expert articles from others to answer some questions and links to quality resources to help explain others.
All training aspects are covered, from nutrition to supplementing to weight lifting to tracking. From fat loss to muscle mass gain. From age-specific issues to gender-specific issues. From training partners to personal trainers. From picking a gym to gym etiquette. From overtraining to training injuries. From HIT to HIIT to German volume training.
In short, No-Bull is comprehensive.
As a reader of this site, you may be most interested in the mass gain information Marc provides. This is not a straight mass gain program but rather a general introduction to the world of bodybuilding and fitness. Mass gain, however, is one of Marc's passions and how to gain weight is sufficiently covered. A sample nutrition and weight training program are provided. |
To characterize the ebook as just what is presented above, as just a Q&A session for the beginner is really selling it short.
The true value of No-Bull is its ability to turn you into an educated evaluator of all things fitness and bodybuilding.
The ebook isn't attempting to be your end-all source of information. The first thing you learn coming to the sport is that bodybuilding information is everywhere. You will find it in magazines, online, in product advertisements and you will certainly hear it from your neighbors at the gym. In fact, announce your intentions to begin a fitness and bodybuilding program on a busy street corner and you'll likely have several new advisors by your side in a matter of seconds.
Unfortunately, the second thing you learn is that not all bodybuilding advice is good bodybuilding advice.
The advice you'll receive will be, more often than not, conflicting. One source says this while another source says that (and likely a third source that tells you another thing and that your first two sources are bunk). This can leave you in a perpetual state of confusion.
If you are going to have success reaching your goals, you will need to learn a third very important thing. You will need to learn how to tell the good information from the bad, to know what to ignore completely and what to apply religiously.
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It is on this third thing that No-Bull places its emphasis and excels. Marc teaches you to analyze and evaluate the various sources of information. He knows he can't teach you everything there is to know so he gives you the basics AND he educates you on how to think for yourself, how to intelligently approach and best utilize the truly massive amount of bodybuilding information out there.
Don't underestimate the importance of this education. With it, you can literally walk into any gym and be one of its most knowledgeable members on your very first day.
Think that's nuts? That a complete novice could become one of a gym's smartest members before even performing his first squat?
Well, it might be a somewhat dramatic way to put it but, honestly, it shouldn't be considered that outlandish of a suggestion.
There will certainly be trainers with a lot more "experience" than you. But will those trainers be experienced in doing things the smart way, the way that builds quick and significant muscle? Or will they be experienced in doing things the wrong way, the way that produces little results and lots of frustration?
Unfortunately, it is the latter case that makes up the majority of a gym's occupants. And, as Marc explains, it is these people who unknowingly make the largest contribution to the bodybuilding misinformation trap that sucks the hope from so many beginners.
These people are beginners and they don't even realize it. They are practiced in doing things the wrong way and are ready and willing to lead you down the same frustrating path that has rewarded them with unremarkable results despite years and years of hard work.
Remember this: Bodybuilding experience does not always equal bodybuilding knowledge.
Marc David tells his story of spending 16 years as a beginner before "getting it" and accomplishing more in 90 days than he did in all those years (read his Bodybuilding Beginner for 16 Years? article). I can tell you my own story of spending more than a decade stuck on stupid.
And you can find thousands of similar stories, stories of people who wasted year after year because they simply didn't have the basic knowledge that would have allowed them to succeed. Once the light bulb flipped on, they realized just how wrong their training approach had been. And they started getting the results they were after.
The question becomes...
How much time do you want to waste before you take the time to get the education that will reward you with results?
Advancing from a frustrated, results-free bodybuilding beginner to a results-producing beginner can take anywhere from a few hours to a few decades (or never). It all comes down to taking the time to get the correct knowledge ingrained in your head.
Notable Bonuses
A "Quick Start" Guide helps get you started in the right direction. Layne Norton's "Competition Guide" provides some useful information if you're headed in that direction. "Beginning Bodybuilding Over 40" has some good tips for those who remember the moon landing.
Perhaps my favorite bonuses are the Meal Plans. Marc has gone to extreme effort to make sure that, whatever your goal and whatever dietary restrictions you might have, that you get the right idea on how you need to eat for results. These are some of the best meal plans you'll find anywhere.
Included are base plans for "fat loss," "lean bodybuilder," "low cholesterol, low fat," "wheat free," "low fat vegetarian" and, most importantly, "mass builder." Each of these plans has a full weeks sample meals and the grocery shopping list to get it done. And then Marc includes a food-exchange guide which allows you to easily switch out foods to your tastes or to eliminate boredom.
It's dieting for dummies and a fantastic bonus.
Upgrade Opportunity: On the order page you're given the opportunity to upgrade to the "Deluxe Edition." The unique thing here is that you actually get the No-Bull Bodybuilding System at a $10 discount if you take the offer. You are then signed up for Marc's Uncensored Bodybuilding Live membership site ($7.95 monthly) which is a huge database of bodybuilding audio. Literally hundreds of hours of top-notch instruction from Marc and other top bodybuilding gurus that you can download and listen to at your leisure. Definitely something to jump on if you are more a "listener" than a "reader."
And, with the deluxe edition, you also get Marc's Shredded Abs ebook which is a solid guide to achieving the 6-pack.
If I had to complain...
In places, the ebook's organization is a little suspect. In fairness, it is a broad topic and organization is going to be a challenge. The information is all there and if you devour the entire ebook (which you should do), you aren't going to be phased by how it is organized.
I'd like to see more defined sample programs for beginners as well. And it seems a natural fit that Marc could devote a private message board that would allow purchasers to exchange solid information and get questions answered away from all the "noise" that typifies the "free-for-all" message boards (this feature is just months away according to Marc).
Conclusion
Marc David has produced an excellent resource for the beginning bodybuilder. It is obvious that he developed it from a passion to help others avoid the mistakes he made. From passion comes the most useful products.
No-Bull Bodybuilding lays out the bodybuilding foundation from which all successful physique-changing programs originate. It equips the prospective trainer with the "bodybuilding common sense" that it often takes years and even decades to acquire.
It is an excellent first step for the person wishing to train smart and get results right from the get-go. It not only gives you the foundation, it gives you the skills to expand on that foundation - It teaches you how to evaluate and best utilize all the various informational resources available to you.
With so many sources vying for your attention and the knowledge that the majority of these sources have their eyes focused on your wallet, this is an education that every beginner needs. No-Bull can give you that education the easy way... so you don't have to learn it the hard (and expensive) way like so many trainers end up doing.
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