Building lean muscle…..What the supplement company will not tell you

Building muscle, especially that nice lean muscle mass that looks good on the beach does not come in a bottle.  The supplement companies know this, but they still keep trying to sell you all of those pills.  Why you may ask, is it just to make a quick buck?  In a word yes.

I promise you if there was some sort of magic pill that would do half of what the supplement companies advertisements would claim, you would have heard about it.

The reality is that anyone who has ever built an athletic physique has adhered to four basic core principles:

• Aerobic Training
• Resistance Training
• Nutrition
  
• Rest and Recovery

No pill or magic pixie dust is ever going to be able to take the place of these.  There are plenty of people that you have known that could concentrate on only one or two of them and achieve results, but I promise you it is for a short time.  The fall is usually rather rapid.

Of course we have all gotten by with only three hours sleep before.  Maybe when you were younger you did not have to watch the desserts so much.  Unfortunately that is temporary.

If you are going to get to that looking good, feeling good stage, you are going to have to drive on all four wheels.  If you do this your journey will be quicker and you will look fantastic!

Don’t believe me about the supplement companies.  Look closely at any of their advertiserments, especially those on T.V. or magazines and you will notice some very, very tiney print on the bottom.  Usually it takes the form of ‘these statements have not been verified by th F.D.A’ or my other favorite ‘Results not typical’.  And there is always the faithful stand-by ‘when combined with a proper workout and nutrition program.’

Don’t be fooled, you can get fantastic results, you just don’t have to have your wallet systematically plendered by pharmacutical compaines in the process.

To Your Health!!

Tags: build muscle, lean muscle

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