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Vince DelMonte Muscle Building Blog

About Vince

Read my strange but true story…

Vince DelMonte Before Vince DelMonte with ripped muscle mass in under 6 months Vince DelMonte with 10 percent body fat

Hi there, this is Vince DelMonte, and I’m really excited that you found this page because you probably want to why my strange but true story has anything to do with you.

You see, if you told me 10 years ago that I would become a fitness expert and author, I would have rolled my eyes and said, “Whatever…”

Why?

First off, I used to be nicknamed “Skinny Vinny” all through high school. I mean I was 140-150 pounds at 6 feet tall.  I was weak, scrawny, a pushover around guys, and awkward with girls.  I was the guy who went unnoticed in the room and hated taking my shirt off at the pool or beach, especially when I went to university and ended up becoming roommates with a bunch of the biggest and most ripped guys on campus.

I’ll tell you about my buff and ripped college buddies in a moment…

The worst thing about being skinny is that no one cares!  I felt like I was a part of the “Skinny Silent Society” (I just made that term up) and wasn’t allowed to complain.  What people didn’t know was that I suffered just like the overweight dude at the beach who was afraid to take his shirt off. Whether you are too skinny or too chubby, I know your pain.

If it wasn’t for my father, who introduced me and my two younger brothers to the world of long distance running, I don’t know how I would have survived the embarrassment and insecurity I suffered from being so damn skinny.

Fortunately, I became very fast at long and middle distance running and found my identity as one of those lean, mean, running machines.

I ran competitively from the age of 14 until my college eligibility ran out at 22.

I had just finished a four year Kinesiology Degree (health sciences) at the University of Western Ontario, and it was time to enter the real world.

After living with these guys, you can imagine how badly I wanted to have everything they had.

Girls. Power. Recognition. Confidence. Pride. Respect.  And they were pretty darned fit too…

And it was all because of the MUSCLE.

But my luck was about to change…

I met my Skinny Guy Savior, a natural pro-bodybuilder, from my church (of all places), who took me under his wing.

I told him about the training program I was following from Muscle and Fitness, and he laughed.  He told me to burn all my fitness magazines, and to stop wasting my money on supplements.  But the best advice he gave me was, “Stop over-killing your muscles…”

I started eating and training exactly how he told me.

I had no idea how big and muscular I could get, but after the first month I had gained 20 pounds of lean muscle mass!

I landed a date with the hottest Italian brunette at my gym!  My buddies couldn’t believe how fast I had changed, right before their eyes.  My Mom thought I was on steroids and started saying, “Don’t get any bigger…”  No one was calling me “Skinny Vinny” anymore.

Over the course of six months I went from a 149 pound scrawny distance runner to 190 pounds of solid muscle, with around 10% body fat.  I wasn’t the biggest guy in the gym but I literally felt like a new man. I felt unstoppable.

That was around the same time my personal training career started to explode….

Just like you, I wanted everything I thought I couldn’t have.

All the trainers at my gym quickly labeled me as the “the transformation specialist,” because I was working with guys and gals, young and old, beginners and athletes, who also started getting near-perfect bodies after using the same system my Savior shared with me.

I was happy making decent money working at the gym, and because of the new muscle on my body I was feeling great and I was confident in any situation.  I became “the fitness guy” in my group of friends, and I found a new identity in my new body.

Skinny Vinny was dead and Vin-Sanity was alive!  That was the nickname I earned from a trainer at my gym after we trained together.

I had no interest in writing a book or making a website.  I was pretty happy just servicing the 40+ clients I had at my local gym, but my clients, friends and fellow trainers kept bugging me to make my system available to the world.

I finally gave in and launched No-Nonsense Muscle Building: Skinny Guy Secrets To Insane Muscle Gain in May 2006. I have sold more than 30,000 copies of my book to customers in more than 120 different countries!

I continued to be one of the most sought out fitness professionals in my area, a regular contributor to Men’s Fitness Magazine, and an Advisory Member for Maximum Fitness Magazine. I’m also a regular contributor to dozens of online and offline magazines. In 2005, I ventured into the fitness modeling world and won the Canadian Fitness Model Championships.  In June 2008, I competed again and placed 3rd at the World Fitness Model Championships.

As of today, as per Clickbank.com, a site that ranks all the top programs in the world, No-Nonsense Muscle Building is the number one book on the Internet.  Who would have ever thought, eh?

I say “eh” a lot since I’m Canadian.

A few interesting things about me – I grew up in a very strong, faith-based home, have a huge Italian family, love to travel, watch loads of movies, listen to lots of house music, and have a massive business and fitness library of books.

Over the past six years I’ve fallen in love with the NATURAL bodybuilding and fitness lifestyle, and continue to practice what I preach. I am always releasing new programs and systems to give you a brand new body and brand new life.

I’m blessed to have discovered my higher calling as a fitness professional who services the skinny guy and gal, so you don’t have to make the same mistakes I did – mistakes that many guys and gals are still making today.  I really want to shortcut your journey to success and get you a near-perfect body in the next few months.

So that’s my story. I look forward to being a part of your “story.”

Look forward to speaking with you on the comment boards.

Vince DelMonte

P.S. Now I want to get to know you. Head over to this link and tell me two things about yourself.


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Steven

July 1, 2009

Hi im following your fat loss routine (morning interval with abs) for advanced fatloss. Im trying to cut from 10% down to 7-8%. I was wondering what brand of natural whey protein powder do you recommend that is cost efficient? Im trying to get a good natural protein powder without blowing my wallet. I currently use Optimum nutrition 100% natural whey protein but it contains fructose, so i was wondering if you know of a better one. Let me know, thanks.

Adrian

July 12, 2009

Nice, motivational story! I hope to repeat it! Congrats on transformation and successful business too.

Cheers

jordan

July 17, 2009

Vince you are an absolute ledgend! your tips and videos have helped me tranform my body totally in the last 6 months. Thanks a lot!

jordan

W. Schroeder

July 24, 2009

how come your success story photos below are the same pictures as on the P90-X website?

Mike

August 12, 2009

So you gained 20lbs lean muscle mass in 1 month and overall 40lbs in 6 months from starting training?! Yeah, ’cause thats believable.

But let’s say that this is true, and you did manage to do something which not even the most gifted bodybuilder could ahcieve at his peak, you then turn round and tell people that they shouldn’t take advice from someone who is genetically gifted, and instead listen to you, ’skinny vinny’ the hardgainer with ‘really poor’ genetics who manages to achieve muscle gains that are physically impossible and unheard of!

It is guys like you that are the problem for people wanting to change the way they look. Guys like you that are there to spout some lies in order to make money quick of people who could probably do with a break. Writing exaggerated stories claiming to have the ‘magic pill’ when at the end of the day it is hard-work that gets results, and you know this!

Galina

August 12, 2009

Yes, there are no miracles, but hard work. Anyone who needs a break and wants the real results read Tom Venuto’s “Burn the fat, feed the muscle”. It is realistic and truthful. Building the muscle and staying fit is hard work. Period. Enough of super stories.

mimi

September 22, 2009

Hi, I’m so happy for you, I was 210lbs 5′4″ and miserable. I lost the weight, but I lost too much and now I’m happy and miserable, I hope to be a success just like you. Keep up the GREAT work. I wish you the best

Sam

October 30, 2009

Work hard in the gym(this includes recording your workouts and tracking your progress….push yourself). Live an active lifestyle. Eat real, nutritious food, and you’re on the way to living a healthy life with a not-so-bad-looking body ;). You don’t need to pay for advice telling us how we’re meant to live. YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO IT YOURSELF! It’s people like this that are ruining it and lowering people’s confidence. There are plenty of great fitness blogs out there that are reputable and absolutely FREE!

Angel

December 6, 2009

Nice, I feel the same way you used to feel, I am skinny, and I feel the only thing I am good at it, is running, I hate that even i go to the gym, work out, nobody looks at me and think that i have fit body. and I always end doing cardio because that’s what i think my body is made for.
I am going to start your program, I have a lot of energy and expectations, I would let you know the results. 12/05/09 150lbs 14%BF 5′11

AthenaG

December 11, 2009

Nice bod, Vince! Congratulations on your engagement! Flavia is a very lucky lady! All the best, my friend. :D

santhosh Kumar J

December 22, 2009

I have just learnt all about you. Hope to get benifited from you. Thanks

Jimmy

March 11, 2010

ohh welll u giv uz ur advice den

Jason O

March 30, 2010

I have a similar story as well. Actually same exact height and weight in high school. 6'0 and about 140-145 when i graduated. I hated being skinny and that being what I was known for. So I started working out at 19. I am now 31 and have worked out the whole time, with the exception of a few years (which is a whole crazy story in itself). So I now bounce between 205-210. I have to admit I am a little skeptical about your plan as this is one of the easiest things to sell to people (hence all the weekend infomercials). However, I like a few things about you. I always said if I could invent something for abs or calves (my two weak points) and I was going to market it I would be completely honest with people which for the most part you seem to do. You have said this is not for beginners, which will definitely cost you some sales.

Jason O

March 30, 2010

You also say you stand behind what you are selling and would not sell it if you did not experience it first hand working. So far I have implemented the unstable training in my workout and I love it. I can feel the core muscles being activated and working in addition to the target muscle. So as long as its not out of my price range I am going to try your product on April 6. Hopefully it will not disappoint.