I’m 50 years old, and have been working with weights most of my life since high school sports. For the most part, my workouts were sporatic, but I love to do it. As I got older, it became more important to me, and I joined a gym for the first time 2 years ago. I worked my way up to being stronger than I was in high school, and felt really good about where I was at in the gym. Using some of the techniques that Lee, Vince, and Charles promote, I continued to make gains, but I desired to be lean. As a youth pastor, my schedule is constantly taking over, and needed something more to reach my goals. I just finished Joel Marion’s Xtreme Fat Loss Diet, which was successful, and now I would like to work on being stronger. I trust Lee, and used just a few of his techniques to gain 50lbs on my bench, before the diet. I trust anything Lee promotes, and with the opportunity to win a copy of this program, I know it will help me move closer to a lean, and stronger body. Thanks for the opportunity! Kevin

This coming year I will be a high school senior. This comes with slight sorrow because it will be my last year for high school sports. I have competed in Football,Wrestling,Track, and Basketball and have competed in the West Virginia State Championship Tournament in Track,Wrestling,and Football(google my name and the sport for details). To date i have received 1 athletic scholorship to an out of state school. I desperatly need this program to become as strong as possible for my senior year so I may earn a scholorship to a West Virginia school. I am not financially gifted and I know my chances at college are athletic based, I do have Honor roll status and many AP classes for academics but my main thing is athletics. I am strongly dedicated to my training regimen and I know if i were to receive this program I would follow it without question and go full intensity with every workout. My point being this program could mean the difference in me getting the athletic scholorship I so dearly desire and work for. Thanks Lee.

hi i think i need the programe as im 30 and just getting started there are so many programes out there and they all cost so much and as im on a very tight budget its hard to know where to star to help me look good i startde about 3 weeks ago just in my mates garage to try and build myself up a bit before hitting a gym as im not the biggest person 175 lbs lol and didnt want to get laughed at in the gym would love a programe to follow and be able to show you the results of how it worked for me
ian

The more mature person might like to know that even at 71 years of age, a good weight training programme can offer enormous benefits, health wise.

I started your weight training programme about eight weeks ago and my heart recovery rate has noticeably improved, and there has been significant improvement to by biceps and abs. but the biggest improvement has been in the amount of weight I can now manipulate from when I first started your programme.

Although I cannot lift the same volume of weights I used to when I first started weight training over 50 years ago, when I was 17 years old, and I have been weight training for over 20 years, there has definitely been an improvement, and I feel so much healthier and fitter.

Many thanks for making your weight exercise programme available to everyone.

Brian Wells, aged 71, Sheffield, United Kingdom

I’m trans-gendered, female to male. Working out to build a masculine body has always been the number one priority for me. It’s a love hate thing, it gets me down when I feel I’m not accomplishing anything, but when I see gains or look back at how my body has changed I feel on top of the world. I first got into bodybuilding because I wanted the masculinity I never had but always knew I should have. But now bodybuilding has become a passion rather than a chore. I love every workout. I’ve been on testosterone treatment for a year now which has helped my gym progress and nobody would ever suspect I was once ‘female’. I feel I’ve reached a plateau, I’ve achieved a lot over the years but I’m still a small frame, small in height too. I’ve just finished a fitness instructing course. I want to be a personal trainer to inspire others to change their bodies like I did. I would really appreciate your help with getting bigger and stronger, I need to be the best I can be, I know I have so much more potential. Your mass and strength building program would do wonders for me and my life, I want to look the part of the personal trainer I aspire to be and the strong man I always knew I was. Thanks Lee, hope to hear from you
Lewis

Hi, I’m 60 yrs. young. I also have M.S. I want to show that even with a debilitating condition, that anyone with guts and intestinal fortitude, can have the health and strength to continue the good fight of just plain living.

God Bless,
Manny Olmo

Hi
well i could sit and write all the crappy reasons and sound desperate to why i should win, but lets be honest. have you ever felt like you wanted something, but it just seemed impossible even though your friends would tell you, its not. have you ever felt when you wanted to achieve something, yet you couldnt, even though you tried everything. thats how i feel. i have trained for 4 years, and seem like i have reached a point in my life, where i cant seem to grow any more. when i first started bodybuilding, i was a skinny 132 lbs guy, who wanted to be like all the pro bodybuilders. but never seemed to gain an inch. now after 4 years i only weight 176 lbs still skinny. to me thats nothing, when i have nearly tried everything. i mean eating like a pig 6-7 meals per day from training fullbody worksouts to split programs, by now u can guess that i am a hardgainer, but i refere my self to a ultra hardgainer. yes i have read that the most important worksouts for a hardgainer should be compound moves such a bench. squats, deads. trust me i have been doing those for 4 years now, all from high reps to low reps. still nothing. now im not saying i should win for these reasons, cuz i bet many out there are just like me. ultra hardgainers, but i would really apreciate, cuz it seems like nothing else have worked for me. im not trying to be the next mr olympia, but i want a certain weight, physique where i can feel confident by my self

I am 49 years old and very motivated to gain muscle and strength. The last few years have been very hard for myself and my family. I lost my brother to a tragic car accident and my father died when he went in for knee surgery. They were both big and strong ex college All American football players who could bench press a ton. I was always the little guy and with them as motivation would love to become more like them. Strong! I want to be the 50 year old that everyone talks about. “No way, your not 50 years old!”

Lee,

I have read every one of your blogs along with Elliots, Mikes, Doberman Dan, etc. and each of you have “programs” and supplements to help build muscle mass and strenght. I am an engineer but have been working out for many years, actually only off and on. I am a test away from being a Certified Firness Trainer myself. For those who know me, I say what needs to be said, not what anyone wants to be said. As you are very well know, each of us, men and women individually are made up generally the same, but reacts differently to “programs and fads”. I think most of all you guys are saying make sense and I really enjoy the “tweaking” of some of the the exercises you show. You make the request to explain WHY I need a proven program. Do I really need a proven program, or do I need to prove a program works for ME? I think the latter. I stand 5 feet-even, as a grown man. I have great genetics and feel that I can develop the mass body that I desire, but I don’t want to be bogged down with the multiple programs out there. I could design my own as well, which I have done many times. Nonethelss, as the business world say, “why reinvent the wheel”. I would like to try your program and see what its all about. I am not goint to tell you how cool you guys are and suck up to you in hopes of getting your program, but I honestly enjoyr most of you guys blogs.

Health and fitness is my passion. I have been strength training for 20 years and powerlifting for 10 years. I am pursuing the state record for unassisted bench press and have reached 425lb. lifts on my own. However, I know that with your Proven Mass & Power Building Training System I would exceed my goal of a 500lb. unassisted bench press. I have found incredible information in your Critical Bench program and look forward to adding this System to my arsenal.

I’ve read over all the other posts and they all seem worthy, but my reason for wanting this is different. I’m 33 years old and have always been smaller. I have a 7 year old daughter, and the first day she came home and told me that she has a boyfriend my world changed. I remembered what I had on my mind as a teenager, and i decided that by the time she starts dating I want to be BIG!!! Not to do anything to anyone, but just to let the boys she brings home know that her daddy means business. I’ve been working out for 3 years now and I’ve noticed some good gains, but just not getting the size I want. I need this product….

Good Day Lee & Mike,

Wow you guys are going to have a tuff time trying to chose winners for your NEW training book. Lee I have been reading your e-mails the longest and I have inculded Mike Westerdal, Elliott Hulse and Vince Delmonte to my e-mailing list. You guys are awesome and by looking at the responses by your reader ship they are growing at a favorble rate for the better of you all. I am 56 years old grew up watching Tarzen with Johnny Weismullar, Hercules with Steeve Reeves, ( even my nick name growing up was given to me by my peers little Hercules ). Aronld and other top action figures came later, I Joined the Marine in 72 during Vietnam, I have grown children that I have coached in Basketball, Baseball and Football. I am a grandfather with two guy boys that I hope I’ll be around to see them play sports as well. Bottom line Lee & Mike I have shared the knowledge I know from the old warriors and hope to continue to do so with the NEW top warriors like Mike and yourself. It will be a plaesure to have your New book to read, do some workouts myself and pass along the tremoundes new info on Power-Building to my family and friends. Well, good luck in picking a winner because I have read all the interies and your readers sound very sincere in getting a healthy good looking body. As always Keep up the good work Guys… Herc.

I NEED this program to prove to everyone else once in for all that I’m not a pussy. I’ve been bullied a lot since I was in middle school and two years ago I started lifting weights so I could get bigger so they wouldn’t pick on me as much. While I got a little stronger, and a little bigger, I realized that even though I may look bigger than before, I’m not nearly as strong as them. I figure that if I look big, but it’s not just body-building muscle that has no power strength then nothing is going to change, but if I look huge with a great deal of power strength as well, everyone will finally leave me alone.

My reasons are to show everyone that you’re never too old & you get nothing by giving up(Never say Die!)I’m 66yrs old & have Diabetes &Ulcerative Colitus.We(wife & I)have a winter home in Fla but we reside in NH.Even at my age,I still workout daily!I love to go to the beach(in Fla)& suprise people with what my age is.I see people there that are 10/15 yrs younger & are nowhere near in any kind of shape!I have also been married for 45yrs & have two daughters in thier 40s.
It’s nice having them look up to me!I’m also a Recovering Alcoholic(16yrs on the 15th)I would like this course to let people know that detirmination is worth it.

Hi I need the programme because i am a rugby player and having utilized some of your killer tips I have managed to push my weight from 81 kg to 88 kg. I need the programme to gain additional mass and power and explosiveness to aid me in the center position. It would also aid me greatly in the Caribbean u-19 championships and it would not only help me but i would refer my teammates to the programme, meaning we would be closer to realizing our collective goal of winning the tournament. I’m from Barbados

I need help building mass because I’m old (71). I can and do get stronger, but adding mass is extremely difficult.

Having a big muscular body is directly related to my career goals. i am a political science major and a striving politician. A big muscular body can help to get me respect and send a subconscious message that we need to listen to this guy. I would have more respect amongst my fellow representatives in student government. It can help me make a difference in the world as I would be more present in a room. In student government I help raise money for charities and do whatever i can to make the student life at my University better. it would make it easier to control the discussions and amongst my fellow scholars as well.

Also getting bigger would help me achieve my goal of being able to do a bodybuilding contest. I am have been dubbed Mr Iowa because my friends can tell I’m passionate about being able to compete in that contest.

Hi Mr Hayward!,

I am responding to this email in regards to why I need to put on some mass and up the strength to the max. I am 30 years old and have been training for an almost consistent 15 years. I was a soccer player, gymnast, martial artist, runner, ocean lifeguard, lacrosse player, and volunteer firefighter. I am now a Emergency Medical Technician, and hope to soon be a Career Firefighter in South Carolina. I feel I have proven from my past accomplishments that I do have the dedication and committment to do what it takes and whatever is necessary to do this program! I know that I am the perfect candidate for this program and ask for the opportunity to achieve the results necessary to become a firefighter! Thank you for your time and consideration. Sincerely, Garrett Athenas

I had worked out most of my adult life until I was physically disabled by a disease back in 2001. Over a period of 8.5 years I spent every dollar I had fighting this disease. Since then I have used up all my investments, lost my business, lost my home and on 8-3-2009 I received a denial letter from the Social Security Administration for disability income. A year ago I found a Doctor that has finally got me on the road to recovery but the rehabilitation process will take awhile. I have such desire to feel strong again but I want to rebuild my body with the proper body building techniques. I don’t have a lack of discipline or determination but I do need the right body building plan.

Hey lee,
Its your avid follower and disciple of the muscle Jay here and I’ve jus read every other
submitted reason for someone to receive yours and mikes programme. I think we
Should all get a copy as everyone deserves it for each reason. I think I need one as I’m a
Martial arts instructor and experienced powerlifter, I’ve engineered some of my own
Training programmes utilising explosive excercises using heavy weight ie short arm dead
lift using 300ibs plus. I also follow your blast your bench and biceps programmes and have
Had some great results increasing my arm size to 20inches and my chest to 54inches my max
unassisted bench is 450ibs. You and mike make a great partnership but my physique is
more similar to mikes. I want to strip off the last of the fat and be able to walk with
Pride. My girlfriend is 5 months pregnant aswell so I want my child to see me in the best
Possible condition. I admire you and Mikes results and advice is always pin point
Accurate I’m sure whoever you choose will make the best use of your advice just not
As much as I will. Cheers guys keep up the immense work.
Regards

Lee, I’m a dad of an 11 yr old son who still thinks his Dad is cool, and I’m a youth coach of both football and baseball. The reason I would like to be considered for your program is two fold. I’m 42 yrs old and have found my way back to the gym after a long absence due to family and career. In the past 2 yrs I’ve lost almost 40lbs and decreased body fat from 30% to 18%. I need your program to help feed that fire of becoming the best I can be in the gym.
The second reason I would like to win your program leads me back to my intro. I remember growing up reading muscle mags and wanting to be like Arnold S. and Lee H. as a kid. I wanted to be ripped and become a beast on the field of play.
I believe with the aid of your program, I could continue to inspire young athletes to become the best they can be by practicing what I preach when I coach them and presenting myself in the absolute best physical condition that I can push my body to be in.
I want to share bodybuilding and powerlifting with the next generation of athletes in my community.
Thanks for your consideration.

I am a 6 ft 195 pound senior highschool school football player. I have been lifting for 4 years and used your blast your bench program twice now and im almost at a 300 pound bench. I have hopes of playing collge ball somewhere but i need to increase my wieght by 20-30 pounds of mass over the next year or 2. I have followed your blog religiosly and i feel that your the only man that can give me the help i need to achieve my goals and a football player and powerlifter.

Lee,
My name is Eric Olson and I am 16 years old. I have had a passion for weightlifting since I was in grade nine and was allowed to take Strength and Conditioning in high school for the first time. The teacher was an avid bodybuilding enthusiast, so most of our training reflected that. However, my training partner and I were both far more impressed with the strength gains that we would make. We would constantly push each other to new heights. I was stronger at squats and he had the edge with dead lifts, so we we’re always competing, trying to get better. On testing day it was like we were both high all day after, we had smashed our old PR’s! Since then I have amazed not only myself, but my friends and family as well. I have grown much stronger and not to toot my own horn, but have remained quite lean in the process. I’m looking for some regularity and consistency in my training as I often switch focus between power lifting for maximum numbers and bodybuilding for an absolutely shredded body program. I was a three sport athlete up until recently, for I found that I looked forward to the off season training in the gym more than the monotonous practicing. I still continue to wrestle and play rugby in order to use the strength I have gained, but weightlifting is the sport where my passion truly lies. Thank you for your consideration.
Eric Olson

howdy,
My name is Darnell Wells, i’m 18 yrs old. I have been training since i was 14. At first it was only recreational, then i started training with a powerlifting team (Lake shore powerlifting) I trained there for about 2 yrs, but now i have a new goal: I am joining the Canadian military, signing up for an infantry position!!! i want to be as strong and powerful as i can, loading artillery isn’t easy XD.
thank you for your consideration!!

I am a 55 year old male with diabetes, two bad shoulders and two bad knees, who is sitting at a desk all day. I have gone from 400 pounds to about 280 pounds but I want to get stronger. I now believe I can get bigger with your program AND get smaller BUT stronger with your program too. I am not shooting for a low-end weight of 180 pounds anymore. I think I can look great at as high as 230 pounds. I won’t have to lose as much weight, which is difficult enough. In other words, I believe your program will help me do both. Have a great day!