By Mike GearyCertified Personal Trainer, Certified Nutrition Specialist Ideas for healthy post-workout shakes to help build muscle and enhance fat loss As you’ve probably heard before, your post-workout meal may very well be your most important meal of the day. The reason is that when you’re finished with an intense workout, you’re entering a catabolic [...]

By Sean Nalewanyj “Gain 10 pounds of muscle in 3 days” the large advert in that muscle building magazine promises you. A model with massive muscles, grinning at you, and a couple of before and after pictures have you hooked. Strategically placed phrases like “scientifically proven” and “the secret professionals use” will make you reach [...]

By Tom Venuto QUESTION:Hi Tom. I have your BURN THE FAT ebook; it’s great thanks, but now that I’m lean enough my aim is bodybuilding and muscle gain. I read your information on body types in chapter 5 of your book and it was very interesting. I am definitely an ectomorph body type. I am [...]

By Vince DelMonte Here are four ‘little known’ how-to-action-steps that will force you to GAIN WEIGHT – musle mass that is, even if you are underweight! Are you sick and tired of people telling you how to gain weight. It probably sounds like this: “All you have to do is eat, eat and eat some [...]

Makes 6 Servings Ingredients – 3 boneless, skinless chicken breasts weighing about 6 oz. / 170 g each – 1/4 cup / 60 ml of oat bran – 1/4 cup / 60 ml of wheat germ – 1 Tbsp / 15 ml coarsely ground flaxseed – 1/4 cup / 60 ml coarsely ground almonds – [...]

By Jeff Anderson Powerlifting “insiders” have learned several tricks of the trade to help them bench press more weight in the gym.  Some of these sneaky moves can even instantly help you add some more pounds to the bar. One of the ways these guys are able to max out their bench stats may even [...]

[ Editor's Note:  Fitness author Jon Benson shared this letter with me and gave me permission to share it with you. ] It’s like a dream come true. “Gaining bodyfat is the result  of a virus.” Wouldn’t that be great news? Well… Let me tell you about the AD-36 adenovirus. Adenoviruses are the same nasty [...]

By Mike GearyCertified Personal Trainer, Certified Nutrition Specialist In most of my Lean-Body Secrets Newsletters, I like to provide a healthy snack or meal recipe that not only is delicious and healthy, but also helps to get you closer to that hard-body appearance that everyone is looking for, while also more importantly, improving your health [...]

By Sean Nalewanyj When is the best time to schedule your muscle gain workouts during the day? A lot of people say that you should workout as soon as you wake up because you’re still fresh from a long night’s rest.  Some people say that you should workout later during the day because your body [...]

By Tom Venuto QUESTION: Tom, I’m really confused about eggs. I’m not even sure if you’re going to be able to answer this or not, but to me and I’m sure others, it’s a very confusing and important topic. I only use egg whites because I did believe that the yolks are bad because of [...]