About Brian
Hi, and welcome to my blog. I put this blog together so that I could tell my story about how I gained 25 pounds of muscle in just 6 months from Late December of 2008 to June 1st 2009.
You see I had gotten lazy for a couple of months prior to starting my transformation and dropped from about 154 pounds down to a scrawny and weak 135 pounds, and was just disgusted with myself and the way I looked.
So I decided to get my ass back in the gym and hit the weights HARD for 6 months straight and ate like an animal too so that I could get back into peak form.
But before I explain how I got back into incredible shape I’d like to tell you the story of my very first transformation back when I was in high school when I actually gained 38 pounds of muscle mass in 9 months. Now I’m writing this for those of you who, like me have had a hard time gaining weight, in particular – hard gainers. You know who you are, you train hard, eat a lot of food, take all the latest “break through” supplements, and still can’t seem to gain any weight.
Well if this describes you then you might want to read on because in my story you might find some comfort knowing that your not alone. I was there. I was a skinny, self conscious weakling, and I eventually found a way to build a strong, muscular body that helped me gain confidence, respect and admiration from others.
If you’ve been struggling, hang in there. There is an answer to your problems. There is still hope, and my goal is to help you find the answers you’ve been looking for and to help you build your best body ever.
First off let me tell you a bit about myself and how I got into lifting weights.
Growing up I was always the skinniest kid. I was athletic and strong, however it always bugged me that I was so skinny. And despite eating plate after plate of food I couldn’t gain weight for the life of me. Now when I say I ate a lot of food I mean it. I easily out ate the majority of my friends and could also out eat most adults I knew too.
People would always make annoying comments about me being so skinny and how I needed to eat more, but those that did witness me eat would always be like “Holy Cow! we’re do you put it all?”
Part of my ferocious appetite was due to actually being hungry and the other part was just me making a statement!
If anyone said anything wise about my slim figure, or said that I should eat more I would simply eat them under the table just to shut them up. I would eat plate after plate and literally force feed and stuff myself with massive quantities of food just to prove them wrong!
I was very athletic growing up and played sports all the way through high school, but I knew that if I wanted to excel and be the best I would have to start hitting the weights and pack on some muscle mass, because really skinny guys don’t make it far in most sports.
But that was easier said than done, especially when you are a skinny Hard Gainer with a super fast metabolism like I was.
So here I am, a high school freshman, standing 5 feet 2 inches tall and weighing in at a whopping 98 pounds soaking wet, and my Dad buys me my first weight set. It was one of those Gold’s Gym sets with about 100 pounds worth of weights, a bench and that silly uncomfortable leg extension kit.
Anyway, with the help of my trusty old muscle and fitness magazines (I have accumulated hundreds of them over the years) I managed to put together a training routine and promptly began hitting the weights.
I remember only being able to bench like 60 lbs and I also remember how heavy it felt! I used to eat peanut butter and jelly sandwiches during my workouts because I thought that if I ate pretty much all day long I would get huge. Oh yeah and I also did 20 pushups in between every set I did because I figured the more the better right?
WRONG! You see I busted my butt 6 days per week, doing the routines that the magazines taught me to do (and adding some extra sets, reps, and oh yeah 20 pushups in between sets), and I was eating during my workout and following that up with a huge dinner as well.
But I still wasn’t growing like I wanted to, I mean I did start getting a little bigger and stronger but clearly my approach to training and diet was not exactly correct.
So what did I do? Well I kept on buying more and more magazines, figuring that If I just kept following the advice of the pro’s I’d one day be just like them. (back then I was naive and believed that bodybuilders were “natural” athletes and wouldn’t possibly be taking steroids). I also bought and used all the latest and greatest supplements hoping that they would magically deliver the muscular body that I desired.
But still, I was getting nowhere. By my Junior year, I was now standing a bit taller at my current height of 5 feet 8 inches, but I was only tipping the scales at 125 pounds. Hardly impressive. I still didn’t look like I lifted weights and still got teased about my skinny body.
Then finally, one day while working out at the gym, I ran into an old friend of mine who I hadn’t seen in years. Like me, he was always a very skinny kid, but this time he was JACKED! I could not believe my eyes, this dude had gotten so much bigger since I last seen him and did I mention he was strong as hell too!
So I started training with him and following his nutrition advice and finally started gaining some weight.
Things were going good and I managed to add about ten pounds of muscle in about 3 months training with my buddy when all of a sudden I did something really stupid and was forced to stop lifting for almost 6 months. You see I had gotten into a fight at a party one night and broke a knuckle in my right hand. I thought I’d just bruised it and never went to the doctor to have it looked at, but when it just got worse and the pain just wouldn’t go away, I finally went and discoverd I had broken my knuckle. Because of my stupidity and because I waited so long to have it checked out, the bones had already started healing – but completely wrong!
So the doctor stuck this huge needle (to numb my hand) into my knuckle (that sucked!) and then advised me to look the other way and proceede to re-break my knuckle so that he could set it back properly. Man you should have heard the loud snap it made when he did that, it sounded like a tree branch snapping in half.
I was in a cast for about 45 days and when it came off my hand looked like that of a skeleton. It was real hairy and smelled like a car full of stinky feet. Anyway I was unable to lift weights for like 6 months due to the pain and naturally shrunk right back down to about 120 pounds.
I was very depressed to say the least. During my hiatus from the gym I found myself out partying a lot and drinking too much, which was fun at the time, but it got old quick, and my desire to be strong and muscular burned in the pit of my stomach, so much in fact that In the fall of my senior year I gave up drinking altogether and decided I was going to focus 100% on getting bigger.
I wasn’t going to screw up this time. Everything I did was going to be spot-on. My training, my diet, my mind set. It all had to be perfect for me to do what I ended up doing, which was to shock my friends and family, grab the attention of all the girls that I had been trying to pursue throughout high school but with no such luck, and demand respect that I had longed for my whole life!
Finally I had a body that I was proud of, I felt incredibly good inside, a sense of real accomplishment from all the sacrifice and hard work I put in. I had inspired some of my closest friends to start lifting, most of whom are still hitting the weights today and It’s a good feeling knowing that I was responsible for turning them on to the benefits of weight training.
From late fall of my senior year to the spring of my senior year I had gotten totally serious about my diet and training and in the process gained 38 pounds of pure muscle. I graduated weighing in at a muscular and ripped 158 pounds and got strong as hell in the process.
I didn’t follow the advice of the bodybuilding magazines, I didn’t continue stuffing my face with any and all food put in front of me, I didn’t take steroids, and I didn’t waste a lot of money on crappy over-hyped, and overpriced supplements.
The secret to my success was following a sound training and nutritional program and being CONSISTENT.
I believe that I can help ANY Skinny Hard Gainer to pack on lots of muscle mass quickly and naturally so I put together a free report that includes the training and nutritional strategies that I successfully used for both of my transformations.
I hope that I can in some small way inspire you and help coach you in building your best body ever so that you can gain confidence, respect, admiration and better health.
You can grab a copy of the report at http://www.freemusclereports.com
All the best and good luck!
-Brian
p.s. Here’s a picture of me when I was 18 years old after making my original transformation from a scrawny and super weak 120 pound pencil neck to a respectable, strong and ripped 158 pounds. I wish I had a picture of what I looked like at 120 pounds so you could see how frickin skinny i was-LOL
About
Welcome to My Insane Muscle Gain Blog. My name is Brian and I have recently made an incredible body transformation. You see, from January of 2009 to June of 2009 I was able to sucessfully pack on 25 pounds of Rock Solid Muscle Mass without having to resort to dangerous drugs and without spending a small fortune on supplements. I just busted my ass in the gym and ate like a machine during those 6 months and it truly paid off for me, but I'm not done yet! I wanted to start documenting my progress on this blog as I go forward in my quest for bigger muscles and I want to help as many others who find themselves unhappy with being skinny and weak to transform their bodies as well.
I'm originally from the Boston area, but about 7 years ago, my lovely wife and I moved to Sunny Florida, where we continue to reside.
I love bodybuilding. I love the challenge, the dedication and hard work that goes into looking and feeling my best.
I am currently focusing on being able to help others achieve their fitness goals and dreams. I hope to inspire you to become your best.
Take Care,
Brian
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