Bigger Leaner Stronger: The Simple Science of Building the Ultimate Male Body

by Michael Matthews

You don’t need to starve yourself with very-low-calorie diets to lose stubborn belly and lower-back fat and keep it off. In fact, this is how you slow your metabolism down and almost guarantee that you’ll regain everything you lose. You don’t need to obsess over “clean eating” to get and stay lean, defined, and energized, and you don’t have to completely abstain from carbs or the “cheat” foods you love most. You don’t need to constantly change up your workout routine to get jacked. All you’ll really accomplish with “muscle confusion” is, well, mental confusion. You don’t need to toil away in the gym for a couple of hours per day doing tons of exercises and sets. As a matter of fact, this is a great way to stunt your gains and get nowhere. You don’t need to grind out hours and hours of boring cardio every week to get a tight, defined core. (How many flabby treadmillers have you seen over the years?) You don’t need to spend hundreds of dollars per month on worthless supplements, “cleanses,” or fat loss pills. Supplements don’t build great biceps and bodies, and most don’t do anything but drain your bank account.