Beyond Bigger Leaner Stronger: The Advanced Guide to Shattering Plateaus, Hitting PRs, and Getting Shredded

Michael Matthews

Aug 2014 · Oculus Publishers

About this ebook

The Sequel to the Bestselling Workout Book for Men Bigger Leaner Stronger

Is this a bodybuilding book that’ll show you how to obliterate your PRs and get jacked and swole in just 30 days?

No. 

Is it a fitness book full of radical diet and exercise strategies and techniques for packing on slabs of lean mass and shredding piles of body fat faster than a roided cheetah?

Absolutely not.

But is it an exercise book (and nutrition book) that’ll show you exactly how to eat and exercise to gain your next 15-to-20 pounds of lean muscle without having to force feed yourself (and just get fat), train a couple of hours per day (and just burn out), or sweat blood in every workout (and just get hurt)?

Yes. 

And faster than you probably think possible.

Because here’s the deal:

Achieving your genetic potential for size and strength isn’t complicated as you’ve been led to believe.

You don’t need to: Follow newfangled diets like intermittent fasting, keto, or carnivore. No individual style of eating is a universal win—some methods work well for some people, and others for others. That’s it.

You don't need to: Bother with “sophisticated” training techniques like drop sets, supersets, negatives, and the rest of them. In fact, the more "boring" your training is (familiar exercises, simple progressions, repeating workouts, etc.), the more likely it'll produce long-term results.

You don't need to: Spend a couple of hours in the gym every day until your muscles feel like your dog’s chew toy. Don't mistake many bouts of sweaty exhaustion for progress. You want to work hard, but be intentional. You want adaptation, not annihilation.

You don't need to: Grind your joints to dust with cardio exercise to get to 10% body fat (or even leaner). In fact, you don’t ever need to do more than a couple hours of cardio per week, no matter how lean you want to be.

You don't need to: Waste coin on sketchy bodybuilding supplements like fat burners, hormone boosters, and amino acids. Most of these products either haven't been scientifically proven to do what you’re paying for or have been proven outright ineffective.

Those are just a few of the harmful fitness lies and myths that keep guys from getting the lean, muscular, and strong body they truly desire (and expect from years in the gym).

And Beyond Bigger Leaner Stronger will teach you something that most men will never know:

How to keep gaining muscle and strength after your “newbie gains” are gone with just 4-to-6 hours of challenging (but not grueling) strength training workouts per week and without resorting to “dirty bulking,” complicated workout programming, risky drugs, or other silly strategies.

Here are just a few of the things you’ll discover inside this workout book for men:

The biggest (and most common) mistake even experienced weightlifters make with their diet that makes it almost impossible to keep gaining muscle and strength no matter what they do in the gym (and it’s not skipping meals, eating too little protein, or eating too much in general).

A tried and tested way to “cycle” your calories and carbs when cutting for having more energy, less hunger, and fewer cravings, and when lean bulking for gaining a lot more muscle than fat.

A little-known but science-based method of accurately determining how much muscle and strength you can ultimately gain given your anatomy and genetics (including calculators to do the math for you).

How to “periodize” your training using the time-proven principles of undulation and wave loading to gain up to 22% more strength, according to research (and remember—with more strength comes more muscle).

12 months of paint-by-numbers resistance training workouts for building a fuller chest, wider back, thicker legs, and stronger arms . . . in only 3-to-5 weight training sessions per week.

And that’s not all, either . . .

252 peer-reviewed scientific studies support the Beyond Bigger Leaner Stronger system of eating, training, and recovering for losing fat and building muscle and strength.

Beyond Bigger Leaner Stronger has sold over 100,000 copies and was recently revised based on the latest findings in nutrition and exercise research (hence the second edition).

Beyond Bigger Leaner Stronger is written by international bestselling author and trainer Mike Matthews, who has sold over 2 million books and been featured in Esquire, Men’s Health, Elle, Women’s Health, Muscle & Strength, and more.

So, imagine . . . just 12 weeks from now . . . looking at the changes in your physique and thinking, "I did that. That's awesome. I'm awesome." And believing it.

The bottom line is you can go from “kinda fit, kinda fat” to “superfit, sub-10% bodyfat” without following a bland, boring, bodybuilding diet and without doing exhausting weightlifting workouts you hate. And this exercise book shows you how.

Get your copy now, and start your journey to a bigger, leaner, and stronger you.

Ratings and reviews

I bought this book last week and couldn't stop reading until I finished. As a sequel to BLS, Mike really encourages you to read the first book and deeply understand all the concepts and training techniques explained there. With this in mind, Beyond Bigger Leaner Stronger dives deep into advanced training routines and nutrition advice such as sarcoplasmic and myofibrillar sets, breaking through plateaus, intermitent fasting or carb cycling. Although I have just started his Year One Challenge and consider me a newbie in weightlifting, I think that it is a great idea to also read this book and bear in mind everyting explained in order to apply it when necessary. Needless to say, I love Mike's no-bs approach to lifting and the way he supports everything in the book with reliable scientific research. I cannot wait until his own line of supplements, Legion, ships to the EU at reasonable prices. If you don't know it yet, check it out!

Mike lays out tons of great info in this book and emphasizes key points from the previous book. In all honesty I'm impatient with progress and so I thought if I jumped here I'd be able to make more strength/size gains faster. Mike lays out a good formula to see if you're ready to move on up and I didn't meet those requirements. *sniff sniff* I made good gains through BLS and so I'll be going back to that and hopefully jump on this program soon. I'm close, but still have work to do. Will finish reading this.

I respect Mike Matthews as a writer, fitness professional and human being. This book is filled with information that can take someone with any health and fitness goal to the next level. It is also backed up with studies from all over to support each claim. Each chapter of information, if applied, can produce major results for anyone who follows through and places these practices into action. Small price to pay for the knowledge that you gain. Highly recommend

About the author

 Hi,

I'm Mike and I believe that every person can achieve the body of his or her dreams, and I work hard to give everyone that chance by providing workable, proven advice grounded in science, not a desire to sell phony magazines, workout products, or supplements.

Through my work, I've helped thousands of people achieve their health and fitness goals, and I share everything I know in my books.

So if you're looking to get in shape and look great, then I think I can help you. I hope you enjoy my books and I'd love to hear from you at my site, muscleforlife.com.

Sincerely,

Mike