Building muscle is something I’ve been obsessed with since high school (okay, not obsessed, but it’s where the majority of my fitness research and experience has taken me). I’m not where I want to be yet in terms of strength and size, but I’m well on my way and I’ve definitely had a little bit of success over the past few years. If you’re looking to start building muscle, getting bigger, and becoming stronger, these are the things you need to do:

Lift heavy things Eat a diet based on your goals Rest Although my first e-book was more focused on losing weight while maintaining and building a little bit of muscle, my next book is going to cover this topic of strength and muscle, with full exercise routines, diet plans, and more.

Until that is released (hopefully a beta release in November), here’s how you can get started.

As a personal trainer, most of my clients exhibit this behavior: they train hard, but they don’t give a heck about nutrition. So the time and effort they spend on training is wasted. Why? Because they think nutrition is complicated and they avoid the topic. I understand perfectly, because I used to be like that as well.

But we need to train smart. This means knowing how nutrition works and how to utilize it for your own fitness and strength gains. This works for anyone and everyone, be it for general fitness maintenance or muscle mass gain.