Day 1 of the 5 Day Hypertrophy Bootcamp, East Greenwich, Rhode Island! Instructors: Charles Poliquin Ben Pakulski Derek Woodske Ryan Fanley Welcome to my daily report of the 2012 Hypertrophy Bootcamp!  Here’s how we were greeted: “Over the next five days you’re going to learn FIFTEEN (15) hypertrophy methods.  Each day we’ll train three times and each time we train you’ll... 

Yesterday I shared the rules and protocols behind my muscle building diet and today we’re going to show you the muscle building foods with a sample meal plan.  Be sure to read yesterday’s blog post before this one.  Don’t worry about the portion sizes of the meals, which are details provided in the muscle building diet post. Instead, understand the logic behind each decision.   Meal... 

How To Customize Your Own Muscle Building Diet By Vince Del Monte Before customizing your own muscle building diet, your general goal should be to gain a half-pound to two pounds of muscle each week.  That is two to four pounds of muscle each month. To accomplish this weight increase, you will need to gradually consume an extra 500-1000 quality calories a day above your basal metabolic rate and exercise... 

Every time I talk about gaining muscle without fat at a rapid rate, my Inbox gets slammed with criticism like this: “Gaining 12 lbs of muscle in 21 days is IMPOSSIBLE!”    “You can’t even make those kind of gains on steroids!   “Do you think I’m going to fall for this marketing hype?!” Ah, the Internet. How far we haven’t come! Below is a QnA article... 

The Top 40 Things I Learned In 2011 – By Vince Del Monte For the past few years I’ve been compiling a top things I learned list and it’s that time of year.  Just like last year I broke up my top forty list into four categories that I’m extremely passionate about and they all start with the letter M: muscle, manhood, marriage and money. Lots of personal reflection that I’m sure... 

In yesterdays blog I shared the SINGLE most underrated supplement… GREENS! I mix 1-2 scoops in with my protein powder immediately after I train to reverse the catabolic environment… ==> Read more about the specific greens supplement I use I received a lot of questions and thought I would go straight to Registered Dietitian Jayson Hunter, the creator of Genesis for an EXCLUSIVE interview... 

If I HAD to choose ONE “muscle building” supplement and ONE supplement only, what would it be? Creatine? BCAA? Beta-alanine? Protein? Arginine? Glutamine? All AMAZING muscle building supplement products but none of them match my TOP PICK: GREENS! (Fish oils would be a super close second). I believe green drinks are the single most unrated supplement. Because they don’t fall into the... 

Over the next few weeks you’re going to get an opportunity to meet my father, Luciano Del Monte. Perhaps, the most influential person in my life.  He’s going to share some things he had my brothers and I do around the “Del Monte household” while growing up.  Tonight on Live Large TV he teaches his process on reviewing the year. How to learn from our year, celebrate our year,... 

Welcome to my “world”! If this is your first time here, again, in my best Godfather voice, “Welcome to the family!” As you probably know, Ben was The Man who dialed me in for four fitness model shows in 2011 and while he’s been helping take my body to an entirely new level, I’ve been helping him in a “behind-the-scenes” capacity to launch his online fitness... 

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