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  • How Pro Athletes stay in top shape
  • Secret Celebrity training tips
  • Supplements decoded
  • Nutrition tips and tricks
  • Short cuts to six pack abs
  • Fitness myths debunked!

Muscle Building Plateau BUSTER

The Muscle Building Plateau – One of the most frustrating things that most people will face if they’ve worked out the same way for any length of time (greater than 1-2 months) is the tendency to fall into a rut and see muscle building and/or fat loss come to a screeching halt! You know what I’m talking about…because you’re either experiencing it now or have at some point in your training. It’s the dreaded “PLATEAU”.

What’s ironic is that because it’s so common, it has earned the “PLATEAU” description and in some weird way almost becomes an acceptable reason for why you aren’t getting the results you deserve to for all your hard work. It’s not much different than the word “genetics” as it relates to the ONLY reason you’re big (or not)…fat (or ripped). Truth be told. They are both excuses!

As you’ll see in the case of “TEAM ATHLEAN” member Henrik Andersson, he didn’t believe in PLATEAUS…wasn’t about to blame genetics…none of that. Instead he worked hard each and every workout, followed A-X as if it was religion, and was rewarded with progress from literally his first to his last workout. When was that last workout? Well yesterday. You see…Henrik is STILL following ATHLEAN-X almost a year after his first round of the program? Why? Because it KEEPS WORKING.

When I designed A-X I set out to create a program that could truly be a LIFETIME program option for my followers. With built in challenges (to ensure that whoever is doing the program constantly HAS to push themselves in order to test higher than they did at a previous point in the program) and rules in place that will constantly push you to new strength levels on virtually every lift, it became not only possible to do this but to do it with an effectiveness that hasn’t been accomplished in those other programs that often leave you looking for something else just weeks later.

Henrik shows that with the right plan…anything is possible. Most of all, he shows that with a plan that balances “REST AND RECOVERY” with intense but brief workouts…anything is probable!

Stop feeling as if “plateaus” and “genetics” are acceptable reasons for not getting results from every single workout you do. Start seeing how “training like an athlete” can unlock your true potential, and allow you to put away the excuses forever. Welcome to ATHLEAN-X Training. I look forward to featuring your pictures in this very blog just 90 days from now! Get started on your ATHLEAN-X transformation for 2012.

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But only if you’re one of the dedicated AthLEAN Elite looking to help spread the message of A-X to the world! You’re about to be part of a revolution…you’re about to become THE next generation of fitness! Read the rest of this entry »

Reuben Duran Chokes Out The Competition With AthLEAN-X

Have you been looking for an MMA Workout to propel you to the elite level of the sport? Read on to see what can be achieved with the right weapon in your MMA Workout arsenal.

AthLEAN-X…the MMA Workout of choice!

Team AthLEAN(creator of the ultimate MMA Workout) is excited to announce the impressive victory of one of our own. Reuben Duran made his second UFC appearance and stopped his opponent, Francisco Rivera, with a deadly rear naked choke at 1:53 of the third round! What’s the secret behind his early success in the UFC? Read the rest of this entry »

Use It Or Lose It – My #1 Problem With Supplements!

And so we find ourselves at #1! The “Top 5 Biggest Problems With Supplements” series concludes today and with it…an announcement that explains what’s been keeping me so busy these last few months (and has been one of my proudest accomplishments)! But that’s got to wait just another few moments here since I need to get one more thing off my chest! Read the rest of this entry »

Supplements That Taste GREAT…Leave a Bad Taste In My Mouth!

I hope you’re enjoying reading this “Top 5 Biggest Problem with Your Supplements” series I’ve been putting together for you over the last week or so. Not so much in that the information makes you happy or puts a smile on your face (since, like me you’ve probably come to the conclusion that you’ve wasted plenty of money and time on crappy supplements in the past!), but more so in that moving forward…you’ll be much more prepared and armed to make smarter decisions when it comes to what you put in your body to assist your efforts in the gym.

That said…if you didn’t already have a bad taste in your mouth about the information I wrote about in the first three parts…you will now (and ironically, it has to do with the supplements you have may have used or are using…that taste great!) Let me explain! Read the rest of this entry »

GNConfusion – Read This BEFORE Your Next Trip To The Supplement Store

Now I want to start out this post by saying I have NOTHING PERSONAL and no ax to grind against any particular supplement store. I’m just relaying what I know to be true in an effort to continue to showcase what I feel is wrong with supplements today (and the industry in general). It just so happens that this post may offend certain people…and if it does that’s ok, as I believe it will help more than it will pi** off. That said, let me just come right out and say it…the “trusted” advice you think you’re getting from your supplement store rep might not always be as unbiased and helpful as you may have thought! Read the rest of this entry »

#4 – They Put THAT in Your Supplements?!?

Competition and word of mouth marketing are the engine that drive the supplement industry. If it becomes known that someone gets great results from a product, then that person’s inner circle of friends is likely to want to get some for themselves. If that single person becomes ten people from the gym….the hum is likely to turn into a buzz, with quite a few members jumping on board the “new supplement” train. Project that word of mouth endorsement an a national platform (extra credit if you can throw in a celebrity endorser)…and you’re sure to have copycat companies rushing to steal the formulation to throw their own label on and call it “New and Improved”.

But what happens if the word of mouth results are great…BUT…negative side effects are equally public! What happens then? Read the rest of this entry »

#5 – The Supplement Puzzle (and it’s MANY pieces!)

To kick off the start of the “TOP 5 BIGGEST PROBLEMS WITH SUPPLEMENTS” series I had to address what I feel is one of the greatest confusions surrounding modern day supplementation. I say “modern day”, because science has certainly enabled us to do more with our bodies through new supplements than what our gym forefathers had to rely on raw eggs and whole milk to do! Advantage US….sort of! Let me explain! Read the rest of this entry »

SPECIAL SERIES: What’s Wrong With Your Supplements?!?

What’s up everyone? As you know, I’m very much a big fan of feedback and taking the requests that YOU…my loyal TEAM ATHLEAN members want to hear more, see more (or even see LESS of….you know who you are out there dissing my youtube intros!) or learn more about. As you can imagine, the popularity of the Supplement Code Breaker was enormous and that tells me one thing…

You want more information about SUPPLEMENTS! Read the rest of this entry »

“X” Out Knee Pain While Lunging

One of the most common (and debilitating…as I can certainly vouch for!) sources of pain for an athlete or active gym goer is anterior knee pain…or in laymen’s terms….pain at the front of the knee. If you’ve got it, you certainly know what I’m talking about. If you don’t have it (yet) let me describe for you quickly what the sensation feels like. Picture John Rambo carving out your kneecap like a Thanksgiving Turkey with a hunting knife he dipped in salt water! Yep…it hurts!! But there’s hope!! Read the rest of this entry »