Comments on: Natural Bodybuilders – How Big Can You Get Drug Free?

By: Veekil

Veekil — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:01:47 +0000

Thanks man, that was useful!!;-) In fact we should fight for drug free sport!!!

By: Pawel

Pawel — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 15:50:47 +0000

I think whats important to get from JEFF’s routine is his warmup. The MAX OT style. Just by warming up in this fashion i added 10lb to my regular bench press, it is quite significant increase. It goes something like this, 5 warm up sets at these percentages of total weight and rep ranges,

set 1) 50% x 12
set 2) 50% x 10
set 3) 70% x 6
set 4) 90% x 3
set 5) 95% x 1

What is nice about this warmup it doesnt fatique your muscles. So when you go heavy and do your actual set. It feels great and you are very strong. Ill never warm up another way , but MAX OT.

By: xesy

xesy — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 16:28:24 +0000

In that second video I thought he looked really small… and then the camera zoomed out and I thought he had a puny head…

In the first picture though he looks amazing…

I don’t see why people have a problem with steroids…

I’m interested in acheiving a good physique without steroids because I’m afraid of health issues steroid use may have…

If I was certain steroids were safe I’d be using them for sure…

Good books I recommend are: The Power Of Now by Eckart Tolle and A New Earth by Eckart Tolle.

Thank you for your blog! Always excited to read your new articles and have been on the M.A.N.S diet for ages…

Is your blog missing it’s footer?

I can take a crack at fixing it for you if you want…

Love

By: Usman

Usman — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 09:40:56 +0000

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By: Mark McManus

Mark McManus — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 19:53:16 +0000

@ Andrics. Actually, the 2 workouts are pretty identical apart from rep range. Failure, progression, length of rest between sets, recuperation between body parts, total no. of sets are exactly the same. I’ve covered the rep range in earlier articles.
@ Javacody. I enjoyed reading your comment. We’ve read some of the same books and I use these types of practices in my life daily. Keep learning and growing!
@ Hi Alex C. Yes I’ve heard of the Law of Attraction. I knew of those principles before ‘The Secret’ came out. There are some things I like about it and some things I think are misleading and will lead to poor results. Maybe I’ll do a post about it or I’ll speak about it when my Personal Development book comes out 😉 No problem with an 18 year old on MANS. Go to this thread in the forum for menu ideas
https://www.bodybuildingforum.ie/diet/m-a-n-s-big-low-carb-food-list-t8.html
Thanks for the comments guys,
Mark

By: javacody

javacody — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 03:09:58 +0000

Alex, I’m not Mark, but the key to changing your life is to start picturing in detail, what you want. Write it down, set goals, see yourself already having what you want. The more detail you have, the better. Don’t worry about how its going to happen, just worry about what you want. You must also act eventually, you need to learn to take advantage of every opportunity that comes your way. When you look back later in life, the things you will regret the most are missed opportunities. You won’t regret the times you tried and failed, I promise you.

Also, it is very important that you learn how to be happy here and now. There are a number of books and audio/video programs that will help. Find some that speak to you, do the exercises every day, read the books, listen to the audio, and watch the video for an hour a day for ninety days and you will be a different man after that ninety days.

As far as the MANS diet, I personally follow a generic Low Carb diet mixed with occasional fasting (I’m in a very strict cutting phase), but I did buy Mark’s ebook, and I highly recommend it. It was worth the price.

By: alex C

alex C — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 02:13:03 +0000

hey mark
I have noticed that you use many of the things tha I have read in the law of atraction
Have you read it?
because I have, but I dont know here am i going wrong
I know it works but I dont know how to make it work for me
anyway great stuff
I am starting to do the M.A.N.S. diet
but I would like you to put something like, what do you breakfast what do you eat for lunch and for dinner etc., so I have an idea
Im really exited with this because I have read the testimonials and they say that they started to notice changes in just two weeks!
Another thing is that, is it ok that an 18 years old guy (me) is usin the M.A.N.S. diet?
Thanks for the page!

By: javacody

javacody — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 11:47:49 +0000

Mark, I love this stuff! Another awesome post.

I highly recommend people build their mind and spirit at the same time they build their bodies. Our bodies are a physical manifestation of what is happening in our mind and spirit. If you believe it you can achieve it.

The key is having a picture of how you want to look in your minds eye. Even if you have to paste your face on a picture of another person’s body whom you’d like to look like, do it. Get that picture going in your subconcious. I personally look at pictures of Arnold from the early 70’s. I don’t care if he used steroids, that is how I want to look. 🙂

Since I’ve been really working on my mind/spirit as well as my body, my scale weight has gone down 20 lbs while adding muscle at the same time. Burning fat used to be hard for me until I changed my mindset that it was easy for me.

I’ve been reading books like Psychocybernetics by Maxwell Maltz, Born Rich by Bob Proctor, Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill, Harmonic Wealth by James Ray, Big Heart Big Mind by Genpo Roshi, and Conversations with God by Neil Walsch. All of these books have helped me to develop myself mentally and spiritually into a happier, more successful person. This alone makes any goal 200% more achievable.

By: Andrics

Andrics — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 07:25:14 +0000

Hi Mark ,
this is something which I think will be very beneficial to me once I grasp it and implement in the gym. What is your opinion on Jeff’s training principles of high weights and low reps (strength training). They seem to be the opposite of what you are sharing with us.

thanks.