When I was 18 years old, I started lifting weights with a few of my larger friends. 

We were doing a typical bodybuilding routine:

• Eating 4000 calories a day
• Going to the gym 5-6 days a week

Within 6 months I had gained about 18lbs. 

But, here’s the kicker: I LOOKED WORSE. 

At least half of the weight I gained was body fat. I had gained muscle in the wrong places. I was becoming bulkier and sloppier.

My face lost it's definition and my clothes fit awkwardly.

You see, nearly every single muscle building program in the world does the same thing. You become a bigger, more unattractive version of yourself. 

Most muscle-building programs result in this:

• You end up adding slabs of fat (this makes you look puffy).
  
• You fail to gain muscle in the key areas that give you the Hollywood Physique.
  
• You never develop that rock hard strength and muscle density.
  
• ​You spend hours and hours in the gym every week with nothing to show for it

I remember watching one of my favorite movies, Troy with Brad Pitt. His physique was flawless. He was lean with perfect muscular proportion. He had incredible shoulders and a steel-plate chest.

That is the physique that I wanted to build, but none of the fitness experts had that physique. They had typical bulky gym bodies. 

So I started to do some digging and research. 

What I realized was that the physique I was after belonged to the lifters from the early era of lifting - and what they were doing was completely different.