Developed Resources - Case-Study Results

The author/study was a 43 year old male when this program was followed. Years ago he used to compete in body building in lightweight and middleweight class. When he was very serious about the sport, an "off-season" body weight of 170-175 lbs. was maintained. After accomplishing results from this program, it was obvious that he had been OVERTRAINING for many, many years.

In the in latter part of 1992 he underwent surgery to reattach a shoulder muscle that was torn off (infraspanatus, rotator cuff). Surgery required a very long recovery time; 8 months. He started back working out again after recovery then quit. Body weight jumped to 190+ lbs. from that layoff. Started working out and watching diet in November, 1995. Got body fat down and was getting back to feeling good about the amount of weight used in workouts. Body weight stayed around 180 lbs.

Then, he hit the infamous plateau. He knew that his diet could be better controlled and could lose bodyfat but was not able to make any gains in muscle (increasing lean body mass). He decided to undertake this "gain lean" program that his old nutritional guru supplied, Dave Ryan, LEAN systems. He had no idea it would work as well as it did! He wished he had learned this years ago. That is why he is sharing this information with you, to offer you a method that provides results.

Some people have tried to speculate these phenomenal results as "muscle memory." Muscle memory is a term used that describes when a person gains muscle and loses it, it can be regained again. This was not the case, because the highest LBM the author had recorded prior to this study was 158.5 pounds of LBM!. Note: He was not taking any pro-hormones during this program, only creatine.

Here is a link to an article called How Drug-Free Bodybuilding Jonathan Lawson Transformed His Physique - and How You Can Do It Too . This is another testimonial for a HIT program. Jonathan purchased a classic HIT program that is promoted in this article. The program on our site is a modification of that program (actually it has no close similarity other than HIT fundamentals). It is an inexpensive program that you can purchase or you can try our program. Both programs work; we are offering ours free of charge!

Results:
Same scale, weigh-in same time of day, body-fat analysis via ultra-sound (most consistent way to test LBM)

09-06-96 Lean Body Mass = Body Fat % = Fat Weight = Total Body Weight =	155.6 lbs. 14.03% 25.4 lbs. 181 lbs.
9-30-96 Lean Body Mass = Body Fat % = Fat Weight = Total Body Weight =	165.62 lbs. 12.37% 23.38 lbs. 189 lbs.

Nutritional Outline
This is probably the most important ingredient of the program. Here is a description of what was eaten almost religiously. This part of the program is what most people will not or cannot do. Meals were eaten at least 5 times each day. About 2-½ hours between each meal. Two meals consisted of drinking weight gain mix (Not enough time to fix 5 real meals each day). Weider weight gain (not based on their reputation, good or bad) was used, only because it met criteria and was cheapest found. Mix had to be 1) high in calories, 2) low in fat, and 3) no sucrose. Used non-fat milk and powder to get about 500-600 calories per serving. Real food: breakfast - 1 to 1-½ cup (uncooked measurement) oatmeal with about ½ cup of no-sugar fruit mixed in, cinnamon, sweet & lo; bring 2 cups water to boil, then pour over mix in bowl (not cooked in pan), cover, let steep for about 10 minutes. Pour non-fat milk, about 1 cup, and sweet and low over completed meal. Next 2 meals - about <2 cups cooked long grain brown rice with ½ can of clams or about 6 oz. cooked lean fish mixed together with either salsa or nonfat sauce; or about <3 cups cooked whole grain pasta instead of rice. At night, if still hungry (which was not very often), ate a bowl of low fat, no sucrose, cereal with non-fat milk. This was eaten all 24 days (He has been eating this type of food since getting serious about getting back into shape).

Exercise Outline
This was his "first cycle," of this modified HIT program. Please read the Training page for details on this program. One "major mistake" was made on this first cycle, and probably the reason it only lasted 24 days. He did not take "any rest" between the "first 3 sets" and "last 3 sets!" Not very much weight could be lifted on the last 3 sets (a major mental let-down). He was actually discouraged about the whole deal until his body composition was verified! This emphasizes the importance of having an "accurate method" of tracking body composition to verify results of any program!