For his role in the The Machinist, Christian Bale dropped 63 lbs down to 110(!), and then went up to 225 before dropping back down to 200 for his role in Batman Begins. You might figure that if a movie star could eat his way to a 115-pound weight gain and end up looking like Batman, then so could you. And you might think that a massive dirty bulk is the way to do it, but think again...
In the gym and with your workouts, this change comes in the form of pushing your muscles to momentary failure at every opportunity. I was told long ago that the ONLY reason we perform the first say 8-10 reps of a set is to physiologically "prime" the muscles for the ONLY reps that really matter for growth; those incredibly difficult last 2-3!!
The whole concept of cheat days is just fundamentally flawed as it is. You're working hard, eating right, training consistently and working towards getting closer to living the healthy lifestyle you know you deserve and the mindset is that your "reward" for being on your best behavior is to get to f&*k it all up with a day of bad eating?!?
The P90X Program, while wildly popular (at least in the hope that it promises those that are lured in during one of it's many showings on late night infomercials or now on QVC) is sadly leaving a large percentage of those that follow it in the proverbial pile of failed fitness products. Why is that? Let's take deeper look and find out...
