Reach your natural maximum plan
Do you think that after couple of months of training your progress is over, and you’ll get stuck in the mediocre stagnation? Do you feel that all the workouts you do are now in vain and all the foods you eat are now a waste of precious cooking time and tastebud asceticism? Have you already googled steroids, fantasised about some cool-sounding supplements, joined the scientologists, and started to dose rotten kombucha juice intravenously? Well, I have bad news for you that is actually good news:
Your initial progress was rapid, because your body adapts quickly to the new circumstances, but that does not mean the journey is over, moreover, it just starts!
I am sorry, but you can’t just expect that your progress will be linear, and grow into an elk-sized cauliflower. Our bodies have evolutionary limits, otherwise your organs and skeleton would not be able to support the increasing muscle mass and training weights, and eventually you’d die. Sorry not sorry. I know some people are literally dreaming about that. This is why the pros reach for steroids. I mean pros, who reached their limits so-so, and not the noobs who just lack the knowledge how to get big. And as you can see, even with steroids the upper caste of bodybuilders is glad if they can pick up 1-2 kg per year at their peak. Keep that in mind!
To achieve a top-shelf physique is easy, but to become extraordinary, you will still not need to put in extraordinary work and commitment, but you will still have to make sacrifices.
And no, I don’t mean to sacrifice virgins, even if they are gymcels, no. I mean that your well-balanced lifestyle will need some adjustment in order to accommodate your new aspirations. Don’t worry, you’ll still have a better and more enjoyable life than any peasant, and you will still need less self-discipline than anyone who works with customers, but you will still spend more time on your body that you could spend on something more important, like learning a new language or skill, but if you really want to become one of the many extraordinary people on Earth, then here is your guide.
Phases of reaching your natural maximum
Phase of denial: You’ve reached a level that is not so extraordinary, you go to the beach, and recognize your body doppelgängers. You put in hard work that you think was a tremendous amount, and now you expect you’ll be bigger and ripped than anyone else who worked hard for years. You have to give space to your brain and let it to process this. You need to make amends with the situation. You did not underperform, you did well, and I am very proud of you, as should you.
Change your mentality: You are the best, you go to the gym, and you’ll rule. You know how to train well, you know how to eat well, you know how to own everyone else in that gym. Command your brain to display on your physique that you are the dominant one. Remember, mindset is not some esoteric bullshit, but an actual governing mechanism. Not only your mindset will influence your brain how to build muscles, fine-tune your hormone levels and metabolism, it also boosts your actual strength and overall well-being. You have to choose to be happy, and you will be happy! Sounds easy? Well…because it is!
Embrace the lifestyle: Workout is not something temporary, not something just to get into shape, it’s part of any normal human’s life, just as eating properly and not junk like low-level people do. Remember, you rule! It’s crucial to understand that while you don’t want to follow a fitness freak’s lifestyle, you also can’t follow the toxic self-destructive path you’ve been on. Neither is natural.
Make tiny adjustments: If you are scarce in time, you can save up some by simply eating a main meal for breakfast, thus cooking only once every second on third day. You can also find some useful podcast or audiobook for workouts, so by spending more time in the gym you can actually build your mind as well, not just your body. I know, eating fresh food, and listening to your favourite songs during workout can contribute a lot to your comfort zone, but if you want to push your life forward, while you are afraid that reaching your natural maximum may deprive you from getting ahead in your life, then just always keep in mind that by tiny adjustments you can always turn the tide in your favour.
Push your limits: Striving for progress is our inner drive and it’s the language muscles understand. Workout plans on this website are far from dangerous, so don’t be afraid to unleash the beast, which will not only benefit you mentally, but will build on you the last layers of shredded mass, so the WADA agents will spy on you like crazy! The Golden Rule is that when you feel comfortable with a weight, and can do more than 6-8 reps, you’ve already got qualified for the further plates. Would you like more reps rather? There you are! The goal is progress, everything else is just a way to achieve it.
Enjoy: It may sound cheesy, but it’s only up to you if you will see these necessary parts of your life as obligations or as its natural part, and bring out the most from them. Choose workouts that you will love, cook the foods that you desire! Forget the indoctrination that you have to pay a price for looking good and being healthy. Bullshit! Remember, discipline is freedom, chaos is shackles! If you ever want a free, self-fulfilled life filled with joy and success, you have to learn self-discipline, otherwise you will always be lost.
Discipline is freedom, chaos is shackles!
In case of this plan, I will go with the universal 20-4 rule. Obviously, if you snacky-snack way more than your body could tolerate, while neglect workout as well, don’t be surprised, if it turns to a 16-8 week cycle. Nonetheless, if your metabolism is fast enough, you mastered self-discipline, and barely gained any excess fat or you just wanna look swole, then you can leave out the weight loss part completely, and then just bulk.
…TO THE MOON!
Here are some examples, so you can hopefully relate:
Your plan
Week 1-20
-weight gain meal plan
–Natural Maximum Training Plan
Week 21-24
-morning cardio
-weight loss meal plan
“The plan chooses the bodybuilder. That much has always been clear to those of us who have studied fitness… If you are any bodybuilder at all you will be able to channel your workout through almost any instrument. The best results, however, must always come where there is the strongest affinity between bodybuilder and plan. These connections are complex. An initial attraction, and then a mutual quest for experience, the plan learning from the bodybuilder, the bodybuilder from the plan.”
—Mr Boddyvander
If you think more complicated means better results, then complain to your parents why did they make you the simple way.
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