Originally written and posted in April 10, 2017 in a fitness facebook group I created in 2017. I’ve edited the post to be more concise and authentic.
We scheduled the meeting for Saturday afternoon. I was well-prepared. I packed my laptop, brought my notebook, grabbed 3 back-up pens, and bought a back-up laptop battery. Lol jk. But I really thought this meeting was going to be the meeting that would answer all my questions. The meeting started off in a manner I liked. I told him everything I was confused about and what I was hoping to learn. Then it became his turn to take the floor. When he first started talking, I was voraciously taking notes on my laptop but the moment he started talking about hormones, it was all over. The whole time I was like “yea, yea, that makes sense.” In fact, I probably nodded my head a million times. But the reality is I understood about 10% of everything he talked about. I started to get down on myself. “Wow, I really know nothing.”
At the end of our meeting BK goes, “Yea man, I encourage you to do more research and studying. Read this book, it will help out a lot.” I responded, “Yea man for sure” but in reality I was annoyed. I thought he was going to be able to break down all I needed to know so that I wouldn’t have to read books and what not. After a couple days of still feeling lost on how to transform my body, I decided to check out the book BK recommended. It was the least I could do since he took the time to meet with me. I intended to only read about a quarter of it and tell him how good of a read it was lol. Oddly enough, as I started reading it, I found myself unable to stop. KEYS UPON KEYS UPON KEYS. So many previous beliefs I had were shattered and best of all, I was getting the WHY behind everything. I finished the book in just 3 days and everything changed. The book is called Biology for Bodybuilders and that’s exactly what I needed. For example, understanding the biology of training and proper eating habits lets me see why things like intermittent fasting may not work for someone who wants to build lean muscle.
BK’s book recommendation had not only helped me learn A LOT but it restored hope in me. I CAN figure all this health stuff out…….My next posts are going to be a breakdown of the keys I learned from the book.
