Have you seen professional athletes recently?

What is the secret to their lean, muscular physiques?

Genetics? Money? Time?

Of course all of these play some role. I've had the opportunity to train many professional athletes, and I can tell you that the real secret is their training programs. I can't give you the genetics, money, or time of a professional athlete, but below I will show you some of the principles for how to build muscle and lose fat like a professional athlete. These are some of the principles that I use when training pro athletes, and now you can use them in your own training programs.

Aggressively Positive Mindset Above all, high-level athletes have a very positive mindset. This manifests itself as high self-confidence, and is sometimes referred to as cockiness. This mindset starts with positive self-talk. We all talk to ourselves in our heads. You know that voice that talks to you when you lift that heavy bar off the rack. Does is say, "I got this. Easy weight," or does it say "Holy crap this heavy"?

Changing from negative to positive self-talk is a difficult thing to do, and can only be done through lots of practice. However, the practice is worth it, because positive self-talk magnifies the results of every other aspect of your program. If I give two otherwise identical people the same training program, one who attacks every set because he believes in the program and himself, and one who believes he is destined to never gain weight or strength, who do you think will have better results? I have repeated this experiment hundreds of times with the Athletic Muscle System. Without fail those who believe that they will never gain weight struggle to put on even 10 pounds. While those who believe in themselves every step of the way gain 30 pounds or more.

This isn't magic, or "The Secret." Your mindset affects every action you take. If you think that nothing will help you gain weight, how motivated do you think you'll be to stick to your diet and training program? Not very. Contrast this with someone who believes that they can get bigger, and that each meal and training session is another step in the right direction.

Training Background Every pro athlete has played sports and trained for years before ever reaching the professional level. This gives them an advantage because they have a high work capacity. Their bodies are able to train hard for hours and be ready to go again the next day. If you haven't been playing sports for years, you probably don't possess this quality. However, dedicating a few weeks out of the year to build your work capacity will greatly enhance your results on every program you undertake in the future.

High Volume of Training The schedules of professional athletes can be grueling. They can train for 20 hours or more every week. This is a huge volume of training which burns thousands of calories. Pro athletes can accomplish this without overtraining because they have the time, work capacity, and a variety of training protocols.

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