Interestingly, I will be starting M5 with 1 week of rest.  I will then launch into my 10 week workout plan.  This plan takes on specific body part focuses each week.  The layout is simple and straightforward. 

Week 1 – Basic full body workout
Week 2 – Basic full body workout
Week 3 – Thighs
Week 4 – Calves
Week 5 – Shoulders
Week 6 – Back
Week 7 – Chest
Week 8 – Arms
Week 9 – Core
Week 10 – Basic

The idea is to push some of the lagging muscles.  I am hoping for great success in this process.  This plan still utilizes the High Intensity Training principles.

Did you realize that it isn't up to Craig Ballantyne, Tom Venuto, Marc David, Nick Nillson, or Vince DelMonte to control your destiny?  It is completely up to you.  That's right!  Nobody else can control your destiny.  I hear it all the time.  "He made me do…" but that's wrong.  Nobody makes you do anything.  It is up to you.

You need to decide that it is time for a change.  You need to decide to exercise.  You need to decide to eat right.  It is completely about you.  You control your own destiny. 

All you have to do is make a decision and then stick to it.  It really is that simple.  Don't get yourself confused by the multitude of programs that are out there.  The basics have been the same for a very long time.  All you have to do is eat good food and hit the weights with High Intensity Training and you will be on your way to a changed body in a short period of time.  By handling your transformation in this manner you will also save yourself alot of money that you would normally spend on all the different programs that are available.

When you go into the gym you must have goals in mind.  If not, you are just going through the motions.  When you approach a set you need to tell yourself that you are going to exceed your repetition and weight goal.  You have to just push out as many as your body is capable of pushing out.  If you try to hit X number of repetitions, that's all you are going to hit.  The goal needs to be that you are going to exceed X number of repetitions.  If you set that goal you will beat it the majority of the time.

Think of the Anabolic Mindset as being the main container.  With that in mind, the Total Immersion Mindset is inside that main container assisting with getting you to the Anabolic Mindset state.  But what is the Total Immersion Mindset anyway?

When I do something I get really into it.  The more committed to something I am the better I do with it.  I read everything on the subject.  I learn as much as I possibly can about the subject.  I see the subject as living and breathing, a live creature so it seems.  Fitness is something that I am totally immersed in.  To me it is not about simply working out or eating a certain way, it is about immersing myself in a lifestyle that will make those things a reality.  I have come to the point where, using the Total Immersion Mindset, I know exactly how hard I can push my body.  I understand my limits and I use them to my benefit.  Unlike some, I do not use my limits to stop myself, I use them to push myself even further.

Many of you really love the Metabolic Surge program and for good reason–it works.  However, if you were to increase your calories and follow that same program, I bet you'd put on muscle at first and later you'd burn fat.  That's how it works.  You have to rev up the engine and then, after you've built up and stoked the fires, your body begins to peel off fat like mad.