A Phase 3 weight lifter is defined as some one who has not only developed a solid base of lifting experience and uniform muscle mass on their entire body but has also made the decision to make muscle building the primary focus of their life.

I define "primary focus of life" to be the activity outside of your family to be the thing you WANT and WILL do MOST. For example, to take advantage of training to this level missing workouts because of ANYTHING is unacceptable. But see, you already should know that if you are even considering it. I use the Phase 1 plan to introduce people to weight lifting and hopefully give some guidance to becoming a more healthy person.

The phase 2 plan is intended to take people that have managed to stick with it to a level of training that actually will change the appearance of the body for the rest of their life. To be successful in the second phase you had to learn 3 primary things in phase 1.

First is that Consistency is the key to even having a chance at altering your physque. You can not build muscle efficiently and consistently taking steps back every few days. The whole concept of building muscle centers on retraining body parts at precisely the right time.

The second is Discipline. If you’ve developed consistency then you have developed some discipline as well.

Finally, Effort = Muscle.

For the people that did learn these 3 things in phase 1, they were able, if they wanted, to move into phase 2.

The phase 2 plan uses the same muscle building principals as the first, that being use 5 pyramided sets of 6 reps, appropriately heavy weight, stay consistent and have the discipline to PUT FORTH MAXIMUM EFFORT each set..

With the increase in work load set forth in the second phase, anyone that stayed true to the plan and lessons will have made a significant change in how their body looks and how they feel. Some websites would at this point have a bunch of unbelievable transformation before and after photo's. I don't. The reason is when you are a magician, you know the trick. It's not magic. If you are considering taking your muscle building workouts to a level more serious than my phase 2 plan, you KNOW how they have improved your appearance. No photo convincing required.

The point is anyone who learned the good training habits in phase 1, and then used them in conjunction with the greater workout demands from phase 2 are the only people I'm talking to. Remember, there are solid, concrete reasons why an individual DOES NOT add muscle weight lifting because it has been proven scientifically that EVERYONE can. The single biggest reason is they never learned how and what it takes. Hopefully you have.

But to go to the next level the 3 lessons learned in Phase 1 and then applied to greater demands in Phase 2 will have to be "ramped up". Consistency, discipline and knowing that effort = success have level's as well. So how much consistency, discipline and effort you got? The more of each = THE MORE SUCCESS.

So all that remains is that you have to decide that you want to go to the next level. Phase 1 lifting techniques will continue to add muscle on most people. Phase 2 lifting techniques will continue to add muscle on everyone. But Phase 3 will do it faster.

But if the next level of lifting knowledge and muscle building interests you (and for most I hope it does, you can NEVER be too strong), let's learn how to build even more muscle!

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