Archive for June, 2009

If you’re thinking about getting No-Nonsense Muscle Building…

Monday, June 29th, 2009

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You know those times where you find something online that looks good, but you can’t find the information on it you’re looking for?

Or how about those times where people keep selling at you trying to make you buy something but they won’t tell you what you want to hear?

Yeah, that annoys the crap out of me as well. Some of my past reviews on this site about No-Nonsense Muscle Building have been absolutely sh*thouse and for that, I’m sorry.

To make up for it, feel free to ask me any questions you might have about the muscle program by commenting through this post and I’ll do what I can to get back to you. As you can see from the video, I own the Gold package, so I can answer any questions about any component of both programs.

I might get back to you personally or if the question is recurring, then I might turn it into a video FAQ or something like that. I explain it all in the video above.

Looking forward to giving you a hand.

No-Nonsense Muscle Building Review: 29-Week Beginner-Intermediate Workout Program

Sunday, June 7th, 2009

This is a “No-Nonsense Muscle Building” Review, covering the 29-week beginner-intermediate workout program, written by Vince DelMonte. The 29-week beginner-intermediate workout program is the “explosive periodization” stage where you’ll hopefully see some significant gains if you follow this program and all the tips and advice correctly. In this No-Nonsense Muscle Building Review, I’ll specifically talk about how the exercise routines are structured and, as a combined workout routine, how it will make your muscles grow.

Standard Periodization was popularized in the ’60s by fitness experts who extolled the virtues of spending hours in the gym working out single muscle groups. Say in a 12 week program, you would typically spend 3 weeks doing one set of 10 reps. This is still used now, but it’s usually for beginners and people who have no clear muscular goal and are happy to “stay fit”. Then there’s this new, innovative way of structuring your workouts called “Undulating Periodization” that Vince heard about from the Arizona State University before they published it. It’s basically where you control the amount of reps you do and alter the weight you lift accordingly. A typical structure is 3 sets of 15 reps on Monday, 5 sets of 5 reps on Wednesday and 4 sets of 10 reps on Friday.

The confusing part here is where Vince says that the 29-week beginner-intermediate program is based on Undulating Periodization, but then later he goes on to say that weeks 1-9 are based on Linear Periodization. In weeks 1-3, you do 3 sets at 15 reps at a 311 tempo (lift in 3 seconds, hold for 1, lower in 1) with a 30 second rest after every 2 exercises; in weeks 4-6 you do 4 sets of 10 reps at 311 with a 60 second rest after every 2 exercises; in weeks 7-9 you do 5 sets of 5 reps at 311 with a 90 second rest after every 2 exercises. Then it gets tricky here.

Vince says that for week’s 10-12 you do one of the previous week’s workout structure per day. So you work out Monday, Wednesday and Friday still, but every Monday for 3 weeks, you will do the 3×15, 311 tempo you followed for weeks 1-3. Then every Wednesday you do the 4×10, 311 tempo, 60 sec rest and Friday’s the structure of the week 7-9 work out. BUT… then Vince backtracks and says that you don’t follow this way of working out and you only choose one of the previous days’ work out structure to follow, ie. either Monday’s, Wednesday’s or Friday’s. After working out for 12 weeks, you take one week off. This will allow your body some much needed recovery time, especially for your immune and neurological systems.

This is just 12 week’s worth of workouts in the 29 and is very hard to explain in this “No-Nonsense Muscle Building” review. The actual e-books will structure it nicely for you, though you will have to read them through thoroughly a few times before you properly understand how you’re meant to use this program. As you can now tell, it’s far from simple, but it’s safe to say that men that have at least had some experience with working out will understand this faster and take action earlier as a result, where as men who have had little experience lifting weights seriously might be info-overloaded for a while and just get a feel of weight lifting before they start off. It’s recommended that men try out the bodybuilder’s lifestyle prior to purchasing this program: eating 5-6 meals a day, always drinking protein shakes, getting up early for cardio and getting a feel of lifting weights seriously.

Don’t worry if this “No-Nonsense Muscle Building” review went right over your head, or you skimmed over it and scrolled down to this paragraph. Truth be told, the reason why he structures the workouts this way confused the hell out of me and I just decided to opt to follow his advice and stick to the program. Ultimately, Vince DelMonte knows best, having been there and done that. Most men have left the logic and science of the workout to him and just followed his advice in this 29 week work out program. If you do manage to follow this program to a T, you shouldn’t be surprised if you gain up to 10 kgs or around 20 lbs after just 3 months working out in this manner.

It’s been a while…

Monday, June 1st, 2009

Wow, I haven’t written a post on this blog for a while. I feel sort of guilty, since I started the 12 Week Transformation Contest with so much vigour and then I just sort of fizzled out.

Having said that, I think my body has changed noticeably since I first started. My body was just getting used to working with heavy weights and, well truth be told, it’s gained some weight. Not all good, dry muscular weight, but weight nonetheless.

Probably the more annoying this is that I’ve gained more weight in my lower body, so my pants have been feeling tighter and I’m pretty sure I’m holding more junk in my trunk, know what I’m sayin’? Yeah, I’ve fallen into the trap of only working out the upper body and leaving the lower body. That’s something I got to work on during the Winter break in July.

Oh yeah, I’ve also started participating in a dance club at uni. I’m in the street hip-hop routine so I need a lot of lower body core strength, perfect for compensating for my lack of lower body work outs. The side-effect is that it also looks cool. Well, at least to me.

I’ve started to do diamond push ups, you know, having your hands flat on the ground together in a diamond shape, then doing the standard push up motion. My next goal is doing one-arm push ups. ;)

At the moment, university is priority for me. I’ve got exams coming over the next 3 weeks so I’ve got to fully focus on that. I actually haven’t lifted for about two weeks. I feel sort of bad for that but it’s justified.

This blog’s going to come alive again around the end of June and throughout July. I promise I’m going to start throwing up more posts that will be helpful for you all. Not only have I neglected myself, but I’ve neglected visitors to my blog as well.

I coulda sworn I only bought the Basic Silver Package, but apparently I bought the upgraded version, so I’ve got some good ideas on some videos for No-Nonsense Muscle Building that will help guys who have a copy make the most of it. Even though it does have directions inside on where to start once you get it, it is still pretty overwhelming for the beginner/novice.

There are some awesome tools inside I want you fellas to see; I’ll be making a video on the Insane Virtual Exercise Demonstrator, which doesn’t get enough credit from Vince DelMonte and I’m anticipating my video on how to bulk with No-Nonsense Muscle Building to be popular.

I’m thinking of revamping the structure and design of this blog as well. I’m getting sort of tired of the Grunge theme. At least that’s what I think it’s called. I might even go so far as to hire a web designer who specialises in Wordpress themes to make it more… muscly.

Stay tuned for those things. It’s about 5 to midnight, Sunday night down here. Tomorrow’s the first day of Winter… brr… I’m a summer man, through and through. Why else do you think I’m trying to gain 10 kgs of lean muscle? Anyway, stay cool and lift hard.

Brothers in arms,

Cheng.