What Prisoners in Maximum Security Lockups Know About Building Muscle (That You Should Know Too)

BUILDING MUSCLE IS NOT ROCKET SCIENCE Have you ever wondered why long-term prisoners incarcerated in correctional facilities all seem to be so BIG and POWERFUL? Do you think they know something about building muscle that you don't? In fact, they don't know any more than you do, but believe it or not, despite their obvious problem (being in PRISON) they have several ADVANTAGES over you.
Prisoners who bulk up and build muscle in jail are using a few OVERLOOKED workout principles that most fitness gurus either think are too OBVIOUS to mention, or haven't put any thought into.
BUILDING MUSCLE TAKES TIME If there is one thing prisoners have a lot of, it's time.
They're not going anyplace fast.
Many skinny guys get excited about working out and bulking up, but after a month or two they give up and lose interest.
Instead of COMMITTING to a long-term process, they jump from one thing to the next without putting in the time needed to see results.
If you want to succeed, be like a prisoner: in it for the long haul.
BUILDING MUSCLE REQUIRES CONSISTENCY There are very few surprises in prison.
You wake up, eat your breakfast, rest a bit, eat lunch, rest some more, WORK OUT, eat dinner, try to avoid dropping the soap in the shower, and sleep for eight or ten hours.
While this may not be the perfect schedule for a busy and productive business-oriented go-getter, it's great for people who want to build muscle.
CONSISTENCY is the key to reaching your fitness goals.
Make the time to exercise and don't let anything or anyone derail your plans.
EAT LIKE A PRISONER On the first day of their prison sentence, many convicts are led into the lock-up skinny, undernourished, and scrawny.
It's no wonder they get picked on.
But on the day of release (for those lucky enough to get out), they're barely recognizable because they are bigger, stronger, and more powerful.
What is the SECRET to this almost magical transformation? It is the prison diet.
For maybe the first time in their miserable lives, these convicts are getting three square meals per day; meals prepared by dietitians who provide well-balanced, nutritionally-sound menus that provide the prisoners with everything their bodies need to be healthy and strong.
You want muscles, but they don't grow on trees.
And even if they did, there are no trees in prison.
You have to eat like a prisoner and consistently get good-quality food in the quantity that will make you gain weight.
WORK OUT SMART, NOT STUPIDLY Prisoners are not concerned with aesthetics or GOOD LOOKS.
For obvious reasons, most of them probably want to look tough and mean rather than pretty and attractive.
Consequently, they use the exercises that make them strong, powerful, and big instead of exercises that build showy but nearly useless muscles.
Prisoners use compound exercises like squats, pushups, and pull-ups to bulk up their bodies and develop a base of strength that translates into real-world RESULTS.
If it doesn't work, prisoners don't waste time with it.
Nobody said they were not lazy; they do what they have to to survive.