I have felt so much more relaxed because I’ve upped my cardio to, at times, twice a day.  The extra cardio is relieving my stress in a big way.  This is important because when my stress is down my concentration is up.

Most people start out by cutting calories down so severely that they can’t possibly gain muscle.  Eating should be clean, but you have to keep your calories up if you expect to grow.  Some people are able to see growth right at their maintenance level.  Others, like me, need a slight increase in calories to grow.

I will let you in on a secret.  When you see those people who have done tremendous physique transformations and they look like they’ve gained so much muscle, the real truth is that they’ve cut out their body fat so much that the muscle underneath shows better.  They have not gained muscle, they have created an illusion by removing fat.