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Welcome! I’m very excited to go through this life revitalization with you. Investing your hard-earned money is something I take very seriously, as you will find out over time. Please follow everything I say, and you will have your desired body. I know because there is nothing in here I have not done myself. A few things before you get started:

You need a gym membership. I understand it’s another expense in life, and I don’t want to sound snotty, but even at my poorest times, I’ve always kept a gym membership. California has many 24-hour fitness centers and LA Fitness centers. Most areas have these types of gyms. They have everything you need to do the exercises I list here, and they are reasonably priced (I pay $25 a month). Despite what our Government says, most of us are all wired close to the same. Home workouts are far too easy to blow off, I know from experience. Join a gym.

First, you must find an old picture of yourself when you were in the best shape of your life as an adult. Post it somewhere in your home where you will see it every day. Now, strip down to your skivvies and take a picture of yourself, print it, and post it right next to your fit one. The best time to check these out is first thing in the morning and right before bed. Hungry and thinking about binge eating, look at both before you pop open the fridge. This isn’t forever; 16 weeks from now, you will know exactly when you can binge eat and what you want. GOT2MANUP!!!

Let me clarify: nothing matters more than using proper form. Every exercise in this program is explained in detail regarding how to use the appropriate form in the exercise guide. I have also linked every exercise to an uploaded audio with these details for you to listen to as you prepare to do each exercise in the gym. There is also a photo of the equipment you will use. Each gym may have a slightly different-looking piece of

equipment, but you will walk into the gym the first day confident about what needs to be done.

Check your ego at the door: Nobody cares how much weight you lift. This program does not include any exercises where you throw on the maximum weight you can lift and then throw it up and down as fast as possible. Why? Because it’s one of the quickest ways to injury. We will focus on lifting weights slowly and controlling them with proper form to ensure we are working the muscle(s) we want to work on and that they grow. This may sound easy, but it’s not. I read an article in Men’s Health by the Rock in the early 2000s. One of the ways he trains was spent going 5-5-5-5, which means 5-second lift, 5-second hold, 5-second down, and 5-second hold, so anyone that says low and slow doesn’t work? Well, there’s a solid reference. Of course, we won’t be doing 5-5-5-5, but it will be available in Advanced.