Dr.Jekyll and Mr.Hyde
Body Transformation From Both Sides of the Force
We live in a superficial world; most people will do anything to give the
impression or illusion of being something that they aren’t in hope of gaining
respect, adulation, admiration or other such things. And as a society we do
encourage that type of behavior because we seem to only look at the part of
the iceberg that we can see, ignoring the submerged portion which might
really be more important. If it looks the part then it’s good enough. “That
guy has a BMW, a fancy house and all the new techno gadgets money can
buy… he must be rich!” , never mind that the guy has two mortgages and a
slew of credit companies harassing him to get their monthly dues. The guy
looks like he’s rich but in reality he’s probably poorer than the average bum
because of all the money he owes! This is what I call the “modified Honda
Civic syndrome”: when I walk around town I see all those young bucks
adding flashy body parts, tinted windows, demonic logos and shiny mags to
their car, yet they rarely invest in their engine. Sure the car looks like a
street-ready NASCAR racer, but it still only has 115HP! Bottom line is that
as a society we reward looks first and foremost. And this is no different
when it comes to your physique and appearance.
Not so long ago when men went out they might spend a few minutes
combing their hair and made an effort to select the shirt that wasn’t as dirty
as the others and that was it. Now we have men going to the hairdresser right
before hitting the supermarket, selecting the right fuchsia tank top to fit
perfectly with their brand new shirt… unbuttoning said shirt just enough to
let that tank peak just right, giving that “neglected” look (that’s right, men
now spend 30-45 minutes adjusting their clothing in such a way that they
look neglected). Basically looking good is now just as important for men as
it is for women. Face it; most men want two things when going out:
1. To impress and seduce women
2. To intimidate other men
And in many circumstances focusing on clothing will work. Just buy the
coolest treads, get a jazzy haircut (or go for the shaved look… all real men
are shaved you know!) and voila, you are an instant sex symbol. However
what happens when your amour of illusion (your clothes) aren’t there to
improve your image? When the clothes fly off? Do you look good nekkid?
You bring a smashing girl to your place; she was seduced by how great you
looked when you met her. You get ready to start to know each other when all
of a sudden your armor falls off and, as Homer Simpson would say “Look at
that flubber fly”. You built yourself pretty high up and now you’re sure to hit
the ground pretty hard when you fall of your pedestal sire!
And what about summertime? Your
mighty armor will be of little use at the
beach, unless you want to be that weirdo
wearing a three-piece Armani suit while
playing beach volleyball!
Both of us (Anthony and I) are first and
foremost performance guys. We both
come from an athletic background
(football and Olympic lifting for me, rugby for Anthony) and as such we
can’t help ourselves thinking that a body should not only look good, it
should be able to perform too. We don’t want that flashy Civic with 115HP,
we want the new Dodge Charger that can rip the asphalt off the ground!
However we do understand that those who start to hit the weights do so only
to look good. They don’t care if they can run a 4.3 forty or be the king of the
scrum. We can’t blame them; it’s the way society works nowadays. With
that in mind we decided to come up with a book detailing how you can build
the Greek God body you want. While we love to talk about improving
performance, in this book we will focus on the methods and strategies that
will help you gain muscle, lose fat and sculpt the physique that will make
you stand out when showing some skin. We will provide complete training,
nutrition, supplementation and even performance-enhancing substances
plans to help you get the results you want as fast as possible.