Building muscle in the gym is actually way simpler than you think. 

When I first got into lifting I was overwhelmed by all the info online.

How many sets should I do?

How many reps per set should I do?

How heavy should I be going to build muscle? 

You get lost in gym tutorial hell. 

Don't do this exercise. Do this one. This is killing your gains. Blah blah blah. 

Then you give up because it's all so complicated and you still look the same.

In reality, it's way simpler than anyone is making it out to be. 

You can boil it down to a few important elements:

Intensity

Most people you see at the gym have built hardly any muscle since they started going. 

You can make faster visual progress than 98% of people in the gym by pushing harder.

For actual footage of what this looks like, go watch my first set of curls in today's video: I Lifted For 8 Years To Learn What I Can Teach You In 8 Minutes

Technique

It doesn't matter how hard you push if the tension isn't going through the muscles you want. 

Stop swinging the weight. Go all the way down. Don't get sloppy when it gets tough. 

Progression

Do the same workout with the same 20 pounds dumbbells week after week. 

Your body will never have a reason to change. 

Consistency

How long will it take to build visible muscle? If you're only showing up when you feel like it... 

I hope you're a patient person. 

Most people don't realize just how impactful muscle is. 

Whether you're a lady looking to have that hourglass figure with big, round glutes...

Or a guy who wants to build bigger arms, shoulders, and pecs... 

Or someone who still needs to lose a lot of fat... 

This is how you get exceptional results: 

1. Push your sets close to (or all the way to) failure

2. Keep a workout log, tracking your sets, reps, and weight

3. Repeat workouts, aiming to add reps and/or weight where you can

4. Miss a maximum of 1 workout per month for 6 months

Unless you want to keep getting the results everyone else is getting... 

you have to do things differently. 

Hope this helps, 

- Matteo

PS: if you'd rather take the faster route instead of years of trial and error - check out my 1:1 coaching program, where we lay this all out for you: details here