Summer weather and beach vacations mean layers are being peeled off — for better or worse — exposing what’s underneath.
Many people are concerned with losing fat when faced with the prospect of summer attire (or lack thereof). But we also receive a TON of questions from people who are way more concerned with putting on some extra muscle.
Well, if you’re one of those people we’ve got a special treat for you. Our buddy Brad Pilon agreed to to share some little known muscle secrets with us. You can access the 20 minute audio interview below.
As always, Brad stirs up some controversy with this audio. You’ll probably find some of your assumptions being challenged. Brad doesn’t blindly accept conventional wisdom. He scours the science for proof and builds his programs from what he finds.
We’re sure you’re going to have questions. You might even want to tell Brad he’s full of crap — he won’t mind — and engage him in some debate. Drop your thoughts in the comment section below and Brad will be along to answer all of your questions.
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It’s great to see this come to light, I’ve been saying this for years , some clients used to get freaked and guzzle down the protein shakes fearing I was mad! They got big but like bloated big
Hello,
My internet connection over here is really intermittent. Listening to a streaming audio usually encounters big difficulties.
Any chance you could provide a download link?
Thanks!
Here you go Bobby:
http://audio-bwc.s3.amazonaws.com/Brad Pilon_muscle.mp3
Hi Angela,
The link didn’t quite get automatically hyperlinked properly because of the space in the file name. On the internet they use ‘%20′ to denote a space, I’ve pasted the corrected downloadable link below.
http://audio-bwc.s3.amazonaws.com/Brad%20Pilon_muscle.mp3
Oh, I forgot to mention, to save the file to your computer, right click the hyperlink and use the ‘Save As…’ option from the pop up box that appears.
Hello,
I have just finished listening to to your audio interview with Brad concerning muscle building a big thank you, I found it very informative, it’s always refreshing to get a professional’s opinion without them trying to sell you either a product or some newfangled exercise system.
I do have a question, as a gentleman in his mid 40s would you recommend supplementing my testosterone levels, or is there anything I can do to naturally boost my “T” levels through training, to add lean muscle mass.
In case it makes a difference I have just returned to exercising after a lay-off of over a year.
Regards,
Michael
Supplementing your big T will help ya!!
My best tips???
ZMA and Tribulus
Search around and you will get it cheap
Hey Brad,
I have a question regarding muscle recovery. I’m currently 20 years old and have been working out for a decade already. I try to give myself rest between work outs, but I feel at my best and still make consistent strength gains when I work out every day. To give you more detail, I’ll do a strength work out one day and then a muscular endurance one the next (maybe a gymnast ring strength routine Monday and a kettlebell circuit Tuesday). Is it possible that, over time, I trained my body to have an increased recovery time?
Thanks for your time,
Ben
Link is really poor. Stops and starts with long pauses in between. Very frustrating.
Hypertrophy and hyperplasia are each the definition of muscle growth. Muscle growth is a direct compensatory result of the associated stimuli induced. Simple example is to compare the body of a marathon runner vs a sprinter. Here in lies the key to pure muscle growth. You must cause your body to compensate to the stimuli. The more intense the stimuli aimed at muscle growth, the more intense the body’s attempt to compensate in order to adapt to that stimuli i.e. muscle growth. As the body compensates to handle that stimuli, you must change that stimuli in order to cause the body to continue to compensate i.e. continue growing. The body does not care what the exercise is…it is merely neurologically responding to a given stimuli. Here is the secret to muscle growth. Too much money in marketing the latest gizmo but the science is everywhere. 99% of muscular training is performed under false premise and performed incorrectly. Study the science, not the magazines.