One thing that has become clear to me over all these years is that people tend to look for that 'magic' answer when it comes to achieving above average results. They want that one exercise, that one supplement, that one fad diet or that one fancy workout that is going to magically propel them past mediocre results.
Let me be the first to tell you.....there is no 'magic' answer. There is, however, one best combination of things that will allow you to maximize your results and that combination involves continual execution on your part. If you are looking for just one thing to plug into your plan than you are barking up the wrong tree.
I've trained the same basic way since about 1998 and that is with the Max-OT principles. If you have followed my career at all then you are very familiar with this. These are the training principles I live by and the principles that I instruct everyone to use who comes to me for guidance.
So before I go any further, let me make this very clear. I believe in, use exclusively and
prescribe the Max-OT principles only because I feel it is the best way to train to maximize results. I believe this from my personal experience and success as well as the success of countless others who've followed it over the years. Don't waste your time asking me what I think about 'this' training method or 'that' training method because I will always point back to Max-OT. I am not here to argue it. If you like to train another way then by all means do what you feel is best. I practice what I preach and always have. If I thought there was a better way to train than I would have trained a different way.
OK, now that that is out of the way, let me continue.
When I speak about Max-OT I guess I am talking about the
philosophy as a whole which includes the
cardio principles and the diet principles I used to become one of the best natural bodybuilders in the world. The greatest illustration of the the
philosophy can be seen perfectly in our documentary "I Want to Look Like That Guy".
http://www.iwanttolooklikethatguy.com/I mentioned in another post that this documentary in many ways validates my career and the reason I say that is because it proves that a person can maximize their potential if they are willing to fully execute this plan without excuses.
In the film Stuart MacDonald is a great student who executes daily and achieves results in 6 months that many would have said he shouldn't have been able to do, especially considering his age and career demands. He achieved outstanding results because he trusted me and he didn't look for that 'magic' answer. (Speaking of magic...an interesting side note, Stuart MacDonald is an incredibly accomplished magician respected highly by his peers and an inductee in the magic hall of fame.)
What was interesting to me is throughout the process, Stuart posted progress pictures here at the gym. The better he looked, the more people would come to me and ask "What is Stuart doing". Again, they assumed there was one 'magic' thing he had added into his plan. They often seemed almost disappointed when I would tell them that Stu is not doing anything different than I have told you to do. The difference is he is executing it on a daily basis and doing so for weeks on end. He also isn't making any excuses. He is doing all the elements the best he can...training,
cardio and diet.
It is not easy and the documentary shows this clearly. But it also shows that it IS possible to achieve great things drug free.
The first step to achieving great things is to give up the
notion of that 'magic' answer and start executing an intelligent plan that is based on physiology and has a proven track record of success.
Also remember the better you do all aspects of the plan (weights,
cardio and diet) the better and faster your results will be. If any one of those elements suffers, so will your results.
Just ask Stu. He lived it.
http://www.thatguymovie.blogspot.com/Believe. Achieve.
