What's your goal for the rest of the summer?

I know quite a few people who reached their low body fat goal – some even achieved their lifelong dream of seeing six pack abs…

Now they want to gain some muscle, but they're scared of gaining back the fat along with the muscle (which is very common… so it's not an unwarranted fear).

If you want to:

• Gain muscle WITHOUT getting fat (NO "bulking up" – just lean gains)
• Lose fat without losing muscle (FORGET the "lean but bean pole" look)
• Or even gain muscle and lose fat at the same time (The "holy grail" of all fitness goals!)

then check out: The Holy Grail

Here's another answer chosen as "Best" at Yahoo Answers. The question was, 

I'm a 16 yr. old male. My body type is kind of hour-glass shaped ( My body is femenish ) I weigh 140. My body has no definition what-so-ever.

I want a nice, muscular body. The pecs, abs EVERYTHING.

My question is, how do I get there? I don't need to burn off any fat, It's just a matter of taking the right course and building those muscles.

I need a guide that will get me there. Advice from the experienced would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

ANSWER – Muscle-Building for Teens

Source(s):

Your level of energy every day is determined by how much ATP your mitochondria create so that the proper enzymes can be activated to make our bodies move and function properly.  This can effect your healthy weight loss since you may not have the energy to commit 100% to your exercise for calorie burning workouts.

The amount of ATP your mitochondria create is determined by genetics, exercise level, your nutritional status and thyroid activity.   Of course you can’t change your genetics, but as we always talk about you can dictate and control your exercise and nutritional status. 

More at The Energy and Weight Loss Connection Nobody Talks About.

Welcome to the July 2, 2010 edition of hardgainer blog carnival.This one is a little light on content. C'mon guys, stop sending me articles about Android applications and high blood pressure! We want to learn about how to overcome being a hardgainer.

Joshua Townsend presents Hardgainer posted at Healthy Fit Vegan: Nutrition, Diet, Fitness, saying, "Tips for hardgainers to bulk up and improve their muscle building strategy."

billspaced presents How Many Meals a Day for a Hardgainer? | The Hardgainer Manifesto Blog posted at Hard Gainer's Blog, saying, "Hardgainer success is at least 80 percent nutrition. Here's a post about the number of meals you should eat in a day if you're a hardgainer."

billspaced presents Hardgainer Bodybuilding posted at The Muscle-Build.com Blog, saying, "A mini-seminar on how to defeat your hardgainer genes and train right, eat right, and recover right!"

billspaced presents GOMAD posted at Muscle-Build.com, saying, "Bulking up is easy enough in concept but very difficult for hardgainers. Here's how to do it."

That concludes this edition. Submit your blog article to the next edition of hardgainer blog carnival using our carnival submission form. Past posts and future hosts can be found on our blog carnival index page.

I had gotten this system a while back called the Every Other Day Diet that I had completely forgotten about. That is, until the creator, Jon Benson, reminded me

He created a neat little video showing how to lose a ton of body fat by following a diet basically every other day. On "cheat days" you eat what you want.

The cool thing is, his method not only fires up your metabolism, but it sets your body up for tremendous muscle gains, too (you gotta work out, though, in a specific way and get the timing right)!

Build muscle and lose fat by dieting every other day? Where do I sign up?