Read, Study and Learn
By Tom Venuto GHF’s
Fat Loss Expert
I know you're just a budding "intermediate" now,
but would you like to know how to rapidly blast through the intermediate
stage, into the advanced stage and then ultimately go even beyond the
advanced stage and become an expert? If so, here's how: Read one hour
a day, five days a week, about training, nutrition, and personal achievement.
In three years you will be an expert.
Suppose you only read 30 minutes a day, but you do it every
day as a discipline. That's one book per week, 52 books per year, 520
books in ten years. Think about the level of knowledge you'll achieve.
I personally read two or three hours a day, I have 1700 books in my
library and several hundred audio and video programs. I'll miss an hour
of sleep before I'll miss an hour of reading. People always ask me how
I learned so much about bodybuilding and nutrition. Now you know.
Here are some good places to start: Get a good book about
motivation and psychology. Here's one of the best: "Maximum Achievement"
By Brian Tracy. Also, get a good cassette program about motivation so
you can listen in your car and while you do your cardio. What? You listen
to music? Thought so. Most beginners do. Highly effective people and
achievers always double up and do two things at once whenever possible.
Why not kill two birds with one stone? Learn while you get lean! Here's
a suggestion: pick up Jim Rohn's audio program "The Art of Exceptional
Living."
Get a good book about nutrition for fat loss. So far, the
best book I've ever read on nutrition for fat loss is Chris Aceto's
"Everything You Need to Know About Fat Loss." (read the reviews
on Amazon if you want verification of the value of this book - all 5
stars). Finally, get a good book about weight training. I recommend
Ian King's Get Buffed. Pick it up at: www.getbuffed.net or www.kingsportsinternational.com.
Tell Ian Tom Venuto sent you.
Next month, the conclusion to the Fat Loss From Beginner
to Advanced Success Series. I'm going to reveal a few of my competition-level
training and nutrition secrets that I usually only share with my protégés
so stay tuned.
This article originally appeared in the March 2002
issue of Tom Venuto's Bodybuilding and Fitness Secrets E-mail newsletter.
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