THE BASICS

Getting Aesthetic


 Bodybuilding Myths:

 You can change the shape of your muscles This isn’t physically possible. While you can improve the size of your muscles, and enhance your definition by lowering your body-fat, it’s impossible to alter the shape of your muscles by training in specific ways. Unfortunately you’re limited by genetics. You can spot-reduce fat Have you ever seen those infomercials that try to sell you something that will work your abs and reduce your bodyfat? It doesn’t work


 Where you carry more fat is limited by genetics, what you can however do is reduce your overall bodyfat and your abs will follow. High Reps make you ripped While High Reps will increase your muscular endurance, they won’t actually help in altering your definition at all. This is completely a myth


. Train like a bodybuilder and look like a bodybuilder So you think by training like Ronnie Coleman you’ll be able to look like him? Unfortunately not. Ronnie blessed with genetics you could only dream of. The up side is you can still make massive gains and look incredibly aesthetic, regardless of your genetics.

All Fat is bad fat Fat’s are an essential part of your diet, and not all fats are made equal. You will find out later in this book what the difference between the fats is, but the main thing to remember is, fats are absolutely essential.


You can get big and cut at the same time It’s basically impossible to put on muscle while losing fat at the same time. While it can theoretically happen to a small extent, the results will be minimal. This is why you need to have bulking and cutting cycles, it is the only way to achieve the body of your dreams


. You don’t need to eat – you just need supplements Supplements are just that, they’re there to ‘supplement’ your diet. You need to eat food, good food. If you live on supplements or rely on them too heavily, you risk missing out on vital nutrients that you need to grow, and will ultimately hinder your results dramatically.


 You grow while you’re in the gym This is another un-truth. While you will ‘pump up’ in the gym, this is simply blood going to your muscles supplying them with energy.


 When you leave the gym, these will go down as you have noticed. All of the actual growing and muscle building occurs while you are resting and recovering.


 You can turn fat into muscle Fat cannot convert into muscle. This cannot biologically happen. Fat needs to be burned off and used, and muscle needs to be built – it is two separate processes