If these vids don’t motivate you then nothing will ! >_<

Everybody wants to be a bodybuilder, but don’t nobody want to lift no
heavy-ass weights!”

-Ronnie Coleman

Stick to these principles for at least the first 3-6 months of training if you are new to bodybuilding. Your needs will be vastly different from someone who’s been lifting consistently for more than 12 months – don’t try to copy an advanced trainee’s methods.

Never blindly follow anyone’s advice, including mine! These are general, rule-of-thumb, principles that have proven to be an effective basis for a beginner bodybuilders training (of course you should keep a lot of them in mind even if you are advanced!). Everyone’s different. By keeping these principles in mind you will be able to enjoy impressive gains while, over time, learning what works for you and how to experiment safely with different training methodologies.

I’ve separated these principles into 3 equally important sections – training, resting and diet. I consider them equally important because if you neglect any single one of these you will get nowhere at all!

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One of my goals over the next few months is to be able to complete a few tuck planche pushups. This will be quite a feat seeing as I have never attempted a planche before. Such an exercise requires a massive strength-to-weight ratio and a fair bit of coordination (at least for a beginner like me). After contemplating the best strategy for progressing towards this goal, I thought back to the massive frequency-volume training approach I successfully used last year to improve my chin-up strength. I decided to share a few words on what I learnt about this approach to training and to help anyone decide whether this style of training may help them off a plateau.
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