Hi there Lee! I spent my childhood and teen years overweight, unhealthy, unhappy and generally not respecting my body. I didn’t really make the life changing decision to look after myself till I hit my early 20’s. Since then I have never looked back. Training and nutrition have proven to be a real lifesaver! I would definately fall into the category of hardgainer. Sure I look “fit”, but I wan’t to look “muscular!”. Whenever I try to gain muscle mass it also comes with the addition of unwanted bodyfat, and when I strip that unsightly flab away to reveal all my hard work, I only have mininal results to show for it, year in and year out. However, I am totally addicted to the fitness lifestyle and have recently started studying to become a personal trainer. I hope to help others feel and look better about themselves as well. The only problem is I need to be able to walk the walk 🙂 I have tried three other programs over the past 10 years, only to be rewarded with less than satisfying results. In that respect, I am in no way short of disipline, willpower and drive. Hard training is no stranger to me! My diet has always been very strict (with occasional free days of course!), but having the same foods day in day out can be incredibly tiresome! The Anabolic Cookbook would prove invaluable to me, injecting some much needed freshness into my repetoire. My biggest genetic weaknesses by far are my arms, upper chest and traps. I generally need to get bigger all over. The Blast Your Biceps sounds like the Holy Grail to me! I hope to someday achieve the muscularity similar to that of Joey Villaincourt! In 2011 I will strive to pack on 20 lbs of lean mass, and finally have the physique that I have always dreamed of! If anybody can give me the know how to get there, it has gotta be you guys hands down! I will be happy to post you quarterly pics and accept any feedback. Feel free to use them as testimonials. I wan’t this more than anything, and won’t have any problems following all programs to the letter. I am prepared to “bleed” to finally “make it” 🙂

I am a 54 year old tennis-teaching professional, so it certainly helps if I am still somewhat in shape. I had rotator cuff surgery in May, which put me out of work for many months. Not happy with my progress and thinking there was still something wrong, I finally convinced my Dr. to let me have another MRI. He, like everybody else, kept saying to give it time… MRI showed it was completely retorn again! So now I sit here one week after my 2nd rotator cuff surgery, typing one handed as my arm is still in a sling and attached to a polar-care unit. I was already getting flabby and weak from the forced inactivity from the first time around, this time I just hope I don’t go so far downhill I never get back in shape!
I’ve always been pretty skinny, and the few times in life I have tried to work out, I never seemed to get any noticeable results…but now I am a skinny weakling with a growing pot-belly!
Help!!!

I discovered your workout blogs a few years back and they have helped tremendously! It’s been great watching you progress … great encouragement …

I am a freelance web developer so money is a challenge. I started my road back into working out about 3 years ago (Used to be very athletic since high school) … I couldn’t afford a $10 gym membership 3 years ago, so I begin working out at home and running, then I progressed to bartering (basically food for working out) my services (IT Support) to take classes at Velocity Sports Performance. They closed unexpectedly so I had to regroup, but finally was able to join a gym a few months later. My goal was eventually be able to afford a ‘LA Fitness’ type gym since they have more cardio options. I reached that goal 2 mos ago!

What I find most challenging is loosing the body fat, I don’t like stationary cardio, so would avoid it as much as possible. My diet is always very clean and I am a stickler to it. I haven’t seen the progress in my biceps and back … in the past 3 years they look, the same, just a little firmer. I always go HARD each and every time, I have encouraged 3 of my friends to join the gym and they had made MASSIVE improvements surpassing myself — I helped coach them! But my gains are SLOW … This year I want to loose 20 lbs and gain at least 10 lbs in muscle … finally break this plateau get those cut biceps, cobra back, ripped legs and boulder shoulders!

my goal body fitness goal for this year is to get stronger and faster
right now i weight about 225 6 feet tall, i bench about 270 i want to bench about 350 by the end of the year and out run my whole football team. some of my others goals are to curls 150 and squat 400, oh, im only 16 btw my bd is october 22th 1994 🙂

This is real inspiration. Going to the gym and reading all sorts of success stories, I am actually going to the gym on a regular basis. I am more disciplined now than ever. If i know I cant workout later in the day, I would sleep early and wake up at 5:00am to go to the gym and I havent missed my gym days since the last time i can remember. I’ve been looking at Steve reeves and with all his measurements, I am 4 in. short on biceps, calves and a few adjustments here and there and i want to gain atleast 4 inches on my biceps since my arms look smaller than my chest. my chest has been the weak part of my body and i hated bench press and squats. After reading about steeve reeves, reg park and Youself, lee, I’ve decided I want to have a body like you all and you and everyone commenting here from 16 year olds and moms with 5 children, who have accomplished their goals, have inspired me to be more disciplined and work hard in the gym. Since I am a newbie, I want some guidance as to how I can improve myself and I cant afford to get a personal trainer. Your books will help me achieve my goals and just like, yourself, I can be an inspiration to the future generations.

A merry christmas and a happy new years to all. Thanks for listening 🙂