The foolish approach of a lot of people is that they obsessively weigh themselves, and it seems that their goal is to just become heavier, reach a certain target weight, or track their progress in terms of their weight on the scale. For example, a lot of skinny guys who aspire towards bodybuilding always want to weigh more.

However, the reason why this is foolish is because you want to augment your muscle mass and your muscle weight, not your body fat and your fat weight.

Also, the reason why you should never weigh yourself is that because it is impossible to ascertain when you step on the scale, how much of that weight is muscle mass versus fat.

For example, let us say that you’re 160 pounds, and then you go up to 180 pounds. If that is 20 pounds of fat, that is bad.

Therefore what we want is “lean gains“. That means, to retain your same body fat percentage, let us say that is 5%, and then just keep augmenting your muscle mass.

The secrets:

1. Intermittent fasting, no breakfast no lunch, only one insanely massive dinner. Aim to eat at least 4-5 pounds of meat a night. Preferably steak, beef ribs, organ meats, lamb, ground lamb, etc. Aldi or Costco Business Center is good to buy your meat.
2. Lift fasted. The big myth is that you have to consume something, either snack, or, have a protein shake before workout and after working out. Proteins shakes, whey protein powder, creatine, pre-workout powder, etc. Stick to plain water and black coffee.