Beyond-Brawn-2nd-Edition

BEYOND BRAWN
influenced by the role of steroids, and be out of touch with reality for drugfree
people.
4.18 Urging realistic expectations does not mean accepting mediocrity. Far from it. If
you achieve something around the goals that follow you will have developed
a physique that will stand out in almost any company. e only company
you will appear “normal” in will be that of very gifted and/or drug-using
bodybuilders and lifters.
4.19 What follows is a guide aimed at healthy males between the ages of 18 and
35. All healthy males between these ages, even if new to weight training, can
expect a gradual metamorphosis during a few years of adherence to rational
training methods. ose of you in the 35–45 age group who are already very
experienced in weight training can achieve a physique along the same lines
as for the younger group. ose of you in the 35–45 age group who are new
to training should, at least initially, moderate your expectations.
4.20 If you are older than 45 you can achieve a metamorphosis though less dramatic
than that of the much younger man. Relative to the condition of the
typical untrained 50-year-old, however, a hard training 50-year old bodybuilder
can achieve a near miracle. Age is not the limiting factor untrained
people make it out to be. e limiting factor is in the mind. Expect little
from your body and that is what it will deliver. Expect a lot from it and that
is what it will deliver.
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Get each day right, each workout right, and each week right, and
then you will get the months right; and then for sure you will keep
knocking off your poundage-gain goals.
John McCallum’s formula
4.21 In BRAWN I reported John McCallum’s formula, based on wrist measurement.
is provides a challenging yet realistic guide for indicating full-size
potential of male hard gainers. Here it is again:
chest:
hips:
waist:
thigh:
6.5 × wrist
85% × chest
70% × chest
53% × chest
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