Beyond-Brawn-2nd-Edition

BEYOND BRAWN
1984. en I left due to an opportunity to visit the Hawaiian island of Molokai.
I lived there for almost a year, and then returned to Cyprus in summer
1985. Shortly afterwards I married Maro, a Cypriot I had known since my
first stay on the Mediterranean island, and decided to settle in Cyprus.
In 1989 I founded CS Publishing and started my own magazine, naturally
called THE HARDGAINER (later changed to HARDGAINER). At the time I
lived in a two-bedroom apartment with my wife and two very young daughters.
My office was also my daughters’ bedroom. I was working as a full-time
teacher while I established the business, and in addition was working for an
advertising company in trade for services provided to CS Publishing. I was
also helping in the rearing of the children. e first couple of years of running
the business were incredibly rigorous.
During 1990–91 I wrote BRAWN, and in 1992 I started writing BEYOND
BRAWN. In 1993 I was able to give up teaching and thus work solely for
CS Publishing. In 1995–96 I put BEYOND BRAWN aside in order to write
THE INSIDER’S TELL-ALL HANDBOOK ON WEIGHT-TRAINING TECH-
NIQUE. I then resumed work on BEYOND BRAWN. During 1997 I took
a short “break” to write and design THE MUSCLE & MIGHT TRAINING
TRACKER, and then returned to BEYOND BRAWN for the final leg.
I have the qualifications that are needed for providing training instruction
for hard gainers and/or trainees with very demanding jobs and family lives.
I am an archetypal hard gainer who has never used bodybuilding drugs. I
have been an inveterate muscle and strength buff for most of my life. I have
suffered the frustration and injuries that result from zealously following
conventional training methods and abusive exercise technique. I have been
heavily involved in the raising of two children, and have worked 70–80
hours each week year round. And as described in Chapter 17 I have lifted
some substantial iron to show that I am no armchair athlete or theoretician.
–Stuart McRobert
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