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Contents
Contents
Part
Part
1:
1:
The
The
Adonis
Adonis
Index
Index
and
and
the
the
Natural
Natural
laws
laws
of
of
Physical
Physical
Attraction
Attraction
Part
Part
2:
2:
The
The
History
History
of
of
the
the
Golden
Golden
Ratio
Ratio
and
and
the
the
Adonis
Adonis
Index
Index
Part
Part
3:
3:
How
How
beautiful
beautiful
people
people
live
live
–
–
the
the
Untold
Untold
Benefits
Benefits
of
of
an
an
Ideal
Ideal
Body
Body
Part
Part
4:
4:
Nutrition
Nutrition
–
–
The
The
Art
Art
of
of
Eating
Eating
For
For
the
the
Adonis
Adonis
Index
Index
Part
Part
5:
5:
Getting
Getting
Started
Started
--Calculating
Calculating
your
your
Waist
Waist
Size
Size
and
and
Shoulder
Shoulder
Size
Size
Part
Part
6:
6:
The
The
ADONIS
ADONIS
INDEX
INDEX
WORKOUTS
WORKOUTS
--The
The
Golden
Golden
Ratio
Ratio
and
and
the
the
Fibonacci
Fibonacci
Numbers
Numbers
Part
Part
7:
7:
Choosing
Choosing
the
the
Right
Right
Weight:
Weight:
It’s
It’s
all
all
about
about
Feel
Feel
Part
Part
Part
1:
1:
The
The
Adonis
Adonis
Index
Index
and
and
the
the
Natural
Natural
laws
laws
of
of
Physical
Physical
Attraction
Attraction
Take
Take aa secondsecond beforebefore youyou startstart readingreading thisthis bookbook andand thinkthink aboutabout allall thethe peoplepeople youyou knowknow whowho lift
lift weights.weights. ChancesChances areare somesome of of themthem areare veryvery dedicateddedicated gymgym goers.goers. TheyThey mightmight workoutworkout three,three, fourfour even
even fivefive timestimes aa week.week. However,However, dodo anyany of of themthem reallyreally havehave anan ultimateultimate goalgoal thatthat theythey areare workingworking towards?
towards? MoreMore importantly,importantly, dodo theythey havehave aa planplan toto getget there?there?
Most
Most likely,likely, theythey areare workingworking outout forfor oneone reason:reason: toto getget bigbig andand toto looklook good.good. Unfortunately,Unfortunately, gettinggetting bigbig and
and lookinglooking goodgood areare twotwo veryvery differentdifferent goals.goals. InIn fact,fact, workingworking outout withwith thethe intentionintention of of “getting“getting bigbig”” cancan actually
actually preventprevent youyou fromfrom “looking“looking good”.good”. ManyMany trainerstrainers havehave reportedreported personallypersonally seeingseeing guysguys makemake themselves
themselves looklook worseworse just just becausebecause theythey haphazardlyhaphazardly startedstarted workingworking outout andand tryingtrying toto “get“get big”.big”.
There
There isis aa specificspecific areaarea of of researchresearch calledcalled AnthropologyAnthropology thatthat involvesinvolves thethe inin
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depthdepth examinationexamination of of howhow peoplepeople interactinteract withwith oneone another.another. ThisThis researchresearch hashas shownshown usus thatthat allall humanhuman beingsbeings havehave thethe abilityability toto pick
pick outout aa beautifulbeautiful andand attractiveattractive person.person. ThereThere isis aa truetrue artart andand sciencescience toto creatingcreating aa perfectperfect bodybody andand it
it appliesapplies specificallyspecifically toto howhow womenwomen viewview thethe malemale physique.physique. ThisThis isis truetrue nono mattermatter wherewhere youyou areare fromfrom or
or howhow oldold youyou are.are. AnAn 8080 yearyear oldold womanwoman fromfrom ParisParis willwill pickpick outout thethe samesame goodgood lookinglooking malemale bodybody just just as
as easilyeasily asas aa 2222 yearyear oldold girlgirl fromfrom Brazil.Brazil.
For
For yearsyears anthropologistsanthropologists havehave beenbeen searchingsearching forfor thethe reasonreason whywhy you,you, II andand allall peoplepeople findfind thethe samesame body
mathematical
mathematical equationequation governsgoverns thethe wayway thethe humanhuman mindmind indentifiesindentifies allall beautybeauty inin thethe world.world. WhatWhat isis even
even moremore startlingstartling isis thatthat thisthis samesame mathematicalmathematical equationequation cancan bebe usedused toto developdevelop aa bodybody thatthat womenwomen find
find irresistible,irresistible, becausebecause itit cancan bebe uniquelyuniquely appliedapplied toto weightliftingweightlifting methodologymethodology toto createcreate thethe idealideal masculine
masculine body.body.
This
This secretsecret mathematicalmathematical principleprinciple isis calledcalled thethe
ADONIS INDEX
ADONIS
INDEX
andand itit isis basedbased onon thethemathematical
mathematical equationequation of of thethe
GOLDEN
GOLDEN RATIO
RATIO =
= 1:1.618
1:1.618
The
The ADONISADONIS INDEXINDEX waswas createdcreated byby applyingapplying thethe mathematicalmathematical principleprinciple of of thethe GOLDENGOLDEN RATIORATIO toto thethe perfect
perfect malemale physique.physique. ResearchResearch studyingstudying thethe idealideal proportionsproportions forfor aa man’sman’s bodybody hashas foundfound thatthat thethe ADONIS
ADONIS INDEXINDEX isis thethe roadroad mapmap toto thethe idealideal malemale bodybody thatthat willwill attractattract allall womenwomen andand holdhold socialsocial powerpower over
over allall men.men. TheThe ADONISADONIS INDEXINDEX WORKOUTWORKOUT isis thethe onlyonly workoutworkout inin existenceexistence thatthat isis mathematicallymathematically designed
designed toto constantlyconstantly movemove youyou youryour bodybody towardstowards havinghaving thethe idealideal ADONISADONIS INDEXINDEX proportions.proportions.
To
To understandunderstand thethe powerpower of of thethe mathematicsmathematics behindbehind thethe ADONISADONIS INDEXINDEX andand harnessharness thethe hypnotichypnotic effecteffect it
Part
Part
2:
2:
The
The
History
History
of
of
the
the
Golden
Golden
Ratio
Ratio
and
and
the
the
Adonis
Adonis
Index
Index
When
When appliedapplied toto thethe proportionsproportions of of aa man’sman’s body,body, thethe GoldenGolden RatioRatio createscreates thethe AdonisAdonis Index,Index, thethe exactexact ratio
ratio thatthat holdsholds thethe keykey toto physicalphysical attraction,attraction, aa superiorsuperior malemale bodybody shape,shape, socialsocial powerpower andand ultimatelyultimately aa better
better life.life.
The
The goldengolden ratioratio isis foundfound bothboth inin naturenature andand inin thethe architecturearchitecture andand artart createdcreated byby thethe world’sworld’s brightestbrightest minds.
minds. InIn nature,nature, thethe proportionsproportions of of thethe goldengolden ratioratio areare foundfound fromfrom thethe contourscontours of of seashellsseashells toto thethe spirals
spirals of of pineapples.pineapples. SomeSome of of thethe mostmost astoundingastounding architecturearchitecture inin thethe world,world, likelike thethe pyramidspyramids of of EgyptEgypt and
and thethe ParthenonParthenon inin Greece,Greece, werewere constructedconstructed usingusing thethe proportionsproportions of of thethe goldengolden ratio.ratio. Michelangelo’s
Michelangelo’s “David”“David” andand LeonardoLeonardo dada Vinci’sVinci’s “Vitruvian“Vitruvian Man”Man” areare consideredconsidered amongstamongst thethe mostmost beautiful
beautiful artisticartistic representationsrepresentations of of thethe humanhuman form.form. ItIt shouldshould comecome of of nono surprisesurprise thatthat theythey tootoo displaydisplay the
the perfectperfect proportionsproportions providedprovided byby thethe goldengolden ratio.ratio.
The
The importanceimportance of of thethe goldengolden ratioratio toto thethe humanhuman formform cancan bebe furtherfurther explainedexplained whenwhen wewe taketake aa closercloser look
look atat thethe dimensionsdimensions of of thethe humanhuman body.body.
Euclid
Euclid of of AlexandriaAlexandria firstfirst wrotewrote aboutabout thethe goldengolden ratioratio inin hishis bookbook “Elements”“Elements” backback inin 255255
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265265 BC.BC. EverEver sincesince then,then, scientists,scientists, designersdesigners andand artistsartists havehave foundfound thatthat thethe goldengolden ratioratio notnot onlyonly governsgoverns thethe properties
This
This DiagramDiagram illustratesillustrates somesome of of thethe sectionssections of of thethe bodybody thatthat areare proportionedproportioned in
in thethe goldengolden ratio.ratio. ForFor exampleexample thethe distancedistance fromfrom thethe toptop of of youryour headhead toto youryour navel
navel isis inin thethe goldengolden ratioratio toto thethe distancedistance fromfrom thethe toptop of of youryour headhead toto youryour fingertips.
fingertips.
The
The lengthlength of of eacheach sectionsection of of youryour fingerfinger isis inin goldengolden ratioratio toto thethe nextnext sectionsection asas well
well asas youryour hand.hand. YouYou havehave beenbeen subconsciouslysubconsciously lookinglooking atat thethe goldengolden ratioratio your
your wholewhole lifelife andand didn’tdidn’t eveneven knowknow it!it!
Even
Even humanhuman DNADNA isis builtbuilt accordingaccording toto thethe goldengolden ratio.ratio. TheThe cyclecycle lengthlength of of youryour DNADNA doubledouble helixhelix isis inin the
the goldengolden ratioratio toto itsits width!width! EveryEvery cellcell of of youryour bodybody isis filledfilled withwith millionsmillions of of examplesexamples of of thethe goldengolden ratio
Both
Both LeonardoLeonardo dada VinciVinci andand thethe famousfamous architectarchitect LeLe CorbusierCorbusier consideredconsidered thethe idealideal humanhuman bodybody proportioned
proportioned toto thethe goldengolden ratio.ratio. TheseThese proportionsproportions areare thethe cuescues thatthat drawdraw usus toto thesethese people.people.
The
The goldengolden ratioratio waswas usedused toto createcreate sculpturessculptures thatthat defineddefined thethe ideal,ideal, powerful,powerful, masculinemasculine body.body. GreekGreek gods
gods andand powerfulpowerful warriorswarriors werewere allall depicteddepicted withwith thethe goldengolden ratio.ratio. ArtistsArtists wentwent toto greatgreat lengthslengths toto insure
insure thatthat theirtheir sculpturessculptures exemplifiedexemplified thisthis ratioratio toto perfection.perfection.
Simply
Simply put,put, if if youyou werewere toto assignassign aa singlesingle ratioratio toto describedescribe nature’snature’s abilityability toto perfectlyperfectly balancebalance structurestructure and
and function,function, thatthat ratioratio wouldwould bebe 1:1.618.1:1.618. ThisThis ratioratio allowsallows forfor thethe mostmost efficient,efficient, effectiveeffective andand aestheticaesthetic growth
growth possible.possible. WhenWhen thisthis ratioratio isis appliedapplied specificallyspecifically toto thethe malemale body,body, itit becomesbecomes thethe ADONISADONIS INDEX.INDEX. These
that
that isis mathematicallymathematically designeddesigned toto transformtransform youryour bodybody intointo thethe mostmost attractiveattractive andand powerfulpowerful lookinglooking male
male physiquephysique possible.possible.
The
The ADONISADONIS INDEXINDEX isis aa specificspecific waistwaist toto shouldershoulder ratioratio designeddesigned basedbased onon height,height, andand inin comparisoncomparison toto other
other circumferencescircumferences of of youryour body.body. ItIt isis thethe mostmost importantimportant ratioratio forfor anyany guyguy whowho wantswants toto developdevelop thethe body
body thatthat womenwomen lovelove andand thatthat automaticallyautomatically commandscommands respectrespect fromfrom otherother men.men. ItIt isis aa physicalphysical lawlaw of of attraction
attraction thatthat isis undeniable.undeniable. TheThe ADONISADONIS INDEXINDEX waistwaist toto shouldershoulder ratioratio forfor thethe idealideal malemale physiquephysique isis
1.618:1
1.618:1,, thethe GoldenGolden Ratio!Ratio!
For
For decadesdecades menmen havehave beenbeen tryingtrying toto rere
‐‐
create thiscreatethis ratio.ratio. ThisThis isis whywhy footballfootball playersplayers wearingwearing shouldershoulder padspads looklook powerfulpowerful andand dominatingdominating andand whywhy businessbusiness suitssuits havehave builtbuilt inin shouldershoulder pads.pads. MakeMake nono mistake;
mistake; thethe widewide shoulderedshouldered designdesign of of aa businessbusiness suitsuit isis nono coincidence.coincidence. BroadBroad shouldersshoulders givegive off off thethe air
air of of dominancedominance powerpower andand status.status.
Research
Research clearlyclearly illustratesillustrates thethe goldengolden ratioratio isis thethe secretsecret of of thethe naturalnatural lawslaws of of physicalphysical attraction.attraction. Women
Women fromfrom allall culturescultures andand of of allall agesages areare attractedattracted toto menmen withwith aa VV
‐‐
tapertaper (broad(broad shouldersshoulders andand aa slimslim waist).waist). TheThe amazingamazing thingthing isis thethe closercloser youryour shouldershoulder toto waistwaist ratioratio comescomes toto thethe ADONISADONIS INDEX,INDEX, thethe more
more powerfulpowerful thethe effecteffect becomesbecomes1,2,4,61,2,4,6!!
The
The AdonisAdonis IndexIndex WorkoutWorkout isis mathematicallymathematically designeddesigned toto givegive youyou thethe goldengolden shouldershoulder toto waistwaist ratio.ratio. NoNo other
designed
designed specificallyspecifically toto givegive youyou thesethese perfectperfect proportions.proportions. If If youryour goalgoal isis toto createcreate aa powerfulpowerful bodybody thatthat commands
commands respectrespect fromfrom allall menmen whilewhile hypnoticallyhypnotically drawingdrawing womenwomen toto you,you, thenthen thethe AdonisAdonis IndexIndex isis thethe only
only workoutworkout forfor you.you.
Since
Since thethe 1970’s1970’s researchresearch hashas shownshown thatthat womenwomen areare turnedturned off off byby thethe supersuper
‐‐
muscularmuscular buildbuild of of bodybuildersbodybuilders5,9,10,115,9,10,11.. ResearchResearch hashas provenproven womenwomen looklook forfor aa muscularmuscular bodybody2,62,6,, withwith broadbroad shouldersshoulders1,41,4,, aa tight
tight waistwaist2,42,4andand aa muscular,muscular, defineddefined chestchest1,61,6.. ForFor thosethose of of youyou whowho areare thinkingthinking thatthat youyou cancan just just bulkbulk up
up youryour shouldersshoulders withoutwithout workingworking onon youryour waistline,waistline, thinkthink again.again. GettingGetting ridrid of of excessexcess fatfat isis aa keykey component
component – – asas womenwomen whowho werewere surveyedsurveyed saidsaid thatthat beingbeing overweightoverweight ruinedruined thethe attractivenessattractiveness of of thethe male
male body,body, nono mattermatter howhow broadbroad oror muscularmuscular thethe shouldersshoulders werewere11.. TheThe keykey toto thethe ratio’sratio’s powerpower isis thethe slim
slim waistwaist combinedcombined withwith broadbroad shoulders,shoulders, eithereither oneone onon itsits ownown isis notnot enough.enough.
This
This maymay seemseem likelike commoncommon knowledge,knowledge, butbut whenwhen surveyed,surveyed, menmen typicallytypically overestimateoverestimate thethe amountamount of of muscle
muscle theythey thinkthink womenwomen willwill bebe attractedattracted toto byby upup toto 3030 lbslbs1313!! YouYou can’tcan’t relyrely onon youryour instinctinstinct here,here, bodybuilding
bodybuilding typetype workoutsworkouts mightmight makemake youyou bigger,bigger, butbut thethe onlyonly peoplepeople thatthat areare impressedimpressed byby anan overlyoverly bulky
bulky frameframe areare otherother bodybuilders.bodybuilders. OnlyOnly thethe AdonisAdonis IndexIndex WorkoutWorkout isis designeddesigned specificallyspecifically toto shapeshape your
your bodybody intointo itsits idealideal andand sociallysocially powerfulpowerful form.form.
Research
Research showsshows thatthat sociallysocially powerfulpowerful changeschanges occuroccur forfor menmen whowho havehave anan AdonisAdonis IndexIndex ScoreScore closeclose toto the
the goldengolden ratio.ratio. ForFor exampleexample,,thethe closercloser youryour shouldershoulder toto waistwaist ratioratio isis toto thethe goldengolden ratio,ratio, thethe betterbetter chance
chance youyou havehave of of earningearning moremore moneymoney1313,, gettinggetting moremore respect,respect, invokinginvoking jealousy jealousy andand envyenvy fromfrom other
married
married womenwomen33.. ItIt soundssounds unbelievable,unbelievable, butbut thisthis isis allall substantiatedsubstantiated withwith research;research; thethe AdonisAdonis IndexIndex isis just
just thatthat powerful.powerful. If If thethe shouldershoulder wasn’twasn’t suchsuch aa multimulti functionalfunctional andand complexcomplex joint joint itit wouldwould bebe aa suresure bet
bet thatthat guysguys wouldwould bebe gettinggetting shouldershoulder implantsimplants just just asas oftenoften asas womenwomen getget breastbreast implants!implants!
Part
Part
3:
3:
How
How
beautiful
beautiful
people
people
live
live
–
–
the
the
Untold
Untold
Benefits
Benefits
of
of
an
an
Ideal
Ideal
Body
Body
The
Thelifelifeof of privilegeprivilege
Physical
Physical attractivenessattractiveness hashas aa significantsignificant effecteffect onon howhow peoplepeople judge judge you.you. YourYour abilityability toto impressimpress othersothers with
with thethe shapeshape of of youryour bodybody willwill affectaffect youryour successsuccess inin business,business, youryour sexsex life,life, friendshipsfriendships andand allall otherother forms
forms of of socialsocial opportunity.opportunity. PeoplePeople subconsciouslysubconsciously attributeattribute positivepositive nonnon
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physicalphysical characteristicscharacteristics likelike intelligence,intelligence, honestyhonesty andand humorhumor toto physicallyphysically attractiveattractive people.people. InIn short,short, attractiveattractive peoplepeople wieldwield moremore social
social powerpower thanthan lessless attractiveattractive people.people. ThisThis isis whywhy TheThe AdonisAdonis IndexIndex WorkoutWorkout isis designeddesigned toto reshapereshape your
your bodybody intointo itsits mostmost attractiveattractive form.form.
By
By changingchanging youryour bodybody intointo thethe idealideal humanhuman form,form, thethe AdonisAdonis IndexIndex WorkoutWorkout transformstransforms youryour entireentire life.life. As
As youyou changechange youryour body,body, youyou cancan expectexpect toto havehave thethe benefitsbenefits of of allall thethe socialsocial powerpower thathatt comescomes withwith being
being moremore attractive.attractive. YouYou willwill livelive howhow thethe beautifulbeautiful peoplepeople live.live.
Attractive
Attractive peoplepeople areare alsoalso assumedassumed toto bebe moremore outgoing,outgoing, moremore popular,popular, andand happier.happier. ThisThis willwill becomebecome aa self
self fulfillingfulfilling prophecyprophecy forfor youyou asas youryour transformationtransformation intointo goldengolden proportionsproportions willwill bringbring allall of of thesethese changes
changes intointo youryour life.life. AsAs youyou developdevelop youryour newnew body,body, getget readyready toto receivereceive moremore andand moremore attention.attention. This
How
HowthetheBeautifulBeautifulPeoplePeopleLiveLive
Case
Case 11 – – JobJob InterviewInterview
Picture
Picture thethe followingfollowing scenario:scenario: you’veyou’ve just just finishedfinished anan interviewinterview forfor aa newnew job, job, andand you’veyou’ve beenbeen told
told it’sit’s beenbeen narrowednarrowed downdown toto 33 candidates,candidates, andand you’reyou’re oneone of of them.them. AllAll threethree of of youyou areare highlyhighly qualified
qualified forfor thethe positionposition andand havehave ththee experienceexperience andand credentialscredentials thethe employeremployer isis lookinglooking for.for.
Now
Now imagineimagine thatthat youyou havehave beenbeen followingfollowing thethe AdonisAdonis IndexIndex WorkoutWorkout forfor thethe pastpast 44 monthsmonths andand youryour shoulder
shoulder toto waistwaist ratioratio isis comingcoming closercloser toto thethe goldengolden ratio.ratio. NowNow imagineimagine oneone of of thethe otherother candidatescandidates isis a
a skinnyskinny guyguy withwith smallsmall weakweak lookinglooking shouldersshoulders andand nono chestchest toto speakspeak of.of. TheThe thirdthird candidatecandidate isis significantly
significantly overweightoverweight andand hashas aa hugehuge beerbeer gut.gut. AllAll otherother thingsthings beingbeing equal,equal, whichwhich candidatecandidate dodo youyou think
think thethe employeremployer isis goinggoing toto choose?choose? YouYou knowknow exactlyexactly whatwhat thethe answeranswer is.is. YOU!YOU! YouYou willwill bebe thethe oneone getting
getting thethe job job offer.offer. ItIt mightmight notnot bebe politicallypolitically correct,correct, butbut it’sit’s thethe truth.truth. ItIt hashas beenbeen studiedstudied andand wewe know
know peoplepeople makemake judgments judgments onon attractivenessattractiveness andand physicalphysical beauty,beauty, soso it’sit’s aboutabout timetime youyou startstart capitalizing
capitalizing onon youryour newnew attractiveattractive body.body.
Case
Case 22 – – NightNight ClubClub
You’re
You’re outout atat aa clubclub inin youryour towntown andand therethere areare 22 singlesingle girlsgirls atat thethe bar.bar. You’veYou’ve beenbeen followingfollowing the
the AdonisAdonis IndexIndex WorkoutWorkout andand nutritionnutrition programsprograms forfor thethe pastpast 1212 weeksweeks andand you’reyou’re shouldershoulder toto waistwaist ratio
ratio isis muchmuch closercloser toto thethe goldengolden ratioratio thanthan whenwhen youyou started.started. WithWith youryour newnew shapeshape thethe girlsgirls atat thethe barbar will
will automaticallyautomatically bebe drawndrawn toto youyou withoutwithout youyou eveneven sayingsaying aa word.word. WhenWhen theythey scanscan thethe roomroom theirtheir gazegaze will
even
even speakingspeaking aa wordword thethe girlsgirls willwill havehave alreadyalready categorizedcategorized youyou asas oneone of of thethe mostmost attractiveattractive andand interesting
interesting guysguys inin thethe club.club.
You
You alsoalso noticenotice asas youyou workwork youryour wayway overover toto thethe girlsgirls thatthat theythey areare standingstanding nextnext toto aa bigbig bulkybulky bodybuilder,
bodybuilder, he’she’s wearingwearing aa shirtshirt 33 sizessizes tootoo smallsmall forfor himhim andand takestakes aa directdirect brutebrute forceforce ‘look‘look atat meme I’mI’m awesome’
awesome’ approachapproach toto thethe girls.girls. YouYou noticenotice thethe girlsgirls areare obviouslyobviously turnedturned off off byby hishis advancesadvances andand theythey are
are glancingglancing atat youyou forfor aa ‘rescue’.‘rescue’.
Case
Case 33 – – BeautifulBeautiful WaitressWaitress atat aa RestaurantRestaurant
Picture
Picture aa timetime whenwhen youyou havehave beenbeen outout forfor dinnerdinner oror drinksdrinks withwith aa fewfew friendsfriends andand youyou werewere served
served byby anan exceptionallyexceptionally attractiveattractive waitress.waitress. NowNow imagineimagine thisthis waitresswaitress gotgot allall of of thethe foodfood andand drinkdrink orders
orders wrong.wrong. SheShe servedserved youyou aa PepsiPepsi whenwhen youyou askedasked forfor aa beer,beer, andand gavegave youyou aa burgerburger whenwhen youyou askedasked for
for aa clubclub sandwich.sandwich. EvenEven so,so, allall youyou couldcould thinkthink aboutabout waswas howhow beautifulbeautiful sheshe was.was. NoNo doubtdoubt youyou andand your
your friendsfriends carriedcarried onon flirtingflirting withwith herher andand probablyprobably stillstill laidlaid aa bigbig tiptip onon herher simplysimply becausebecause sheshe waswas attractive.
attractive.
Now
Now picturepicture thethe samesame scenarioscenario withwith aa waitresswaitress thatthat youyou didn’tdidn’t findfind attractiveattractive atat all.all. ChancesChances areare herher tiptip wouldn’t
wouldn’t bebe nearnear asas goodgood asas thethe firstfirst girl’sgirl’s andand youyou probablyprobably wouldn’twouldn’t havehave hadhad asas muchmuch funfun withwith her.her.
These
These examplesexamples showshow thethe kindskinds of of socialsocial powerpower andand influenceinfluence thatthat youyou cancan havehave withwith thethe ADONISADONIS INDEXINDEX ratio.
Part
Part
4:
4:
Nutrition
Nutrition
–
–
The
The
Art
Art
of
of
Eating
Eating
For
For
the
the
Adonis
Adonis
Index
Index
Nutrition
Nutrition isis aa keykey componentcomponent toto movingmoving youryour bodybody closercloser toto AdonisAdonis IndexIndex proportions.proportions. MostMost guysguys whowho are
are closeclose toto thethe AdonisAdonis IndexIndex eateat aa dietdiet thatthat helpshelps themthem staystay there.there. AfterAfter all,all, onceonce you’veyou’ve experiencedexperienced the
the amazingamazing effectseffects of of thethe AdonisAdonis Index,Index, there’sthere’s nono wayway you’llyou’ll wantwant toto givegive itit up.up. BeerBeer andand chickenchicken wingswings every
every nightnight just just isn’tisn’t worthworth givinggiving upup thethe powerpower of of thethe AdonisAdonis Index.Index. NowNow don’tdon’t getget meme wrong,wrong, I’mI’m aa fanfan of
of thethe funfun foods,foods, butbut therethere hashas toto bebe aa limit.limit. TheThe fastestfastest wayway toto burnburn fatfat isis withwith aa goodgood nutritionnutrition plan.plan.
Years
Years of of nutritionnutrition andand metabolismmetabolism researchresearch hashas combinedcombined toto illustrateillustrate thethe wayway wewe needneed toto eateat inin orderorder to
to loselose fatfat andand movemove ourour bodiesbodies closercloser toto AdonisAdonis IndexIndex proportions.proportions. TheThe AdonisAdonis IndexIndex nutritionnutrition program
program outlinesoutlines aa scientificallyscientifically soundsound nutritionnutrition programprogram thatthat isis thethe perfectperfect complementcomplement toto thethe WorkoutWorkout and
and isis essentialessential toto achievingachieving successsuccess asas quickquick asas possible.possible.
There
There areare 33 differentdifferent AdonisAdonis IndexIndex NutritionNutrition Programs:Programs: BURN
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1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13,
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21, 34, 55, 89, 144, 233, 377…
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The Fibonacci numbers are a unique set of numbers. The sequence starts with the number 1. of numbers. The sequence starts with the number 1. You get eachYou get each number in the sequence by
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Part
Part
7:
7:
Choosing
Choosing
the
the
Right
Right
Weight:
Weight:
It’s
It’s
all
all
about
about
Feel
Feel
The
The sets,sets, repsreps andand restrest youyou useuse inin aa workoutworkout areare whatwhat determinedetermine howhow muchmuch weightweight youyou willwill use.use. ThisThis requires
requires aa bitbit of of trialtrial andand error.error. AfterAfter youryour firstfirst fewfew workoutsworkouts youyou willwill knowknow exactlyexactly howhow muchmuch weightweight toto use
use duringduring youryour 2121 reprep setssets comparedcompared toto youryour 88 oror 55 reprep sets.sets. TheThe samesame exerciseexercise willwill feelfeel veryvery differentdifferent simply
simply byby changingchanging thethe amountamount of of restrest andand thethe numbernumber of of repetitionsrepetitions youyou do.do. ThroughThrough mymy experienceexperience from
from trainingtraining withwith worldworld classclass athletesathletes II knowknow whatwhat repsreps andand setssets shouldshould ‘feel’‘feel’ like.like. ThisThis feelingfeeling isis youryour best
best indicatorindicator thatthat youyou areare usingusing thethe rightright amountamount of of weight.weight. I’veI’ve includedincluded anan explanationexplanation of of thethe feelingfeeling you
you shouldshould experienceexperience forfor eacheach of of thethe differentdifferent reprep ranges.ranges.
Once
Once youyou knowknow howhow eacheach setset shouldshould feelfeel you’llyou’ll havehave aa betterbetter ideaidea of of howhow toto choosechoose youryour weight.weight. YouYou can
can obviouslyobviously dodo 5,85,8 oror 1313 repsreps withwith aa weightweight thatthat youyou cancan dodo 2121 repsreps with.with. TheThe tricktrick isis knowingknowing howhow toto choose
choose thethe rightright weightweight forfor aa 55 reprep setset comparedcompared toto thethe 8,13,8,13, andand 2121 reprep set.set. ThisThis isis aa keykey factorfactor inin maximizing
maximizing thethe effectivenesseffectiveness of of youryour workouts.workouts.
21
21 reps
reps
Light
Light weightsweights youyou cancan handlehandle inin goodgood formform upup toto thethe 2121ststrep.rep. TheseThese setssets shouldshould bebe aa gradualgradual increasingincreasing burn
burn feeling.feeling. TheThe firstfirst 1313
‐‐
1515 repsreps shouldshould bebe aa constantconstant flowflow graduallygradually becomingbecoming moremore difficult.difficult. PastPast thethe 1313thth – – 1515ththreprep youyou willwill experienceexperience aa noticeablenoticeable increasingincreasing ‘burn’‘burn’ inin youryour muscles.muscles.
13
Moderate
Moderate weightsweights youyou cancan handlehandle inin goodgood formform upup toto thethe 1313ththrep.rep. If If youyou cancan dodo aa 1414ththandand 1515ththreprep inin good
good formform thenthen thethe weightweight isis tootoo light.light. ChooseChoose aa weightweight thatthat becomesbecomes muchmuch moremore challengingchallenging atat thethe 1111thth rep
rep andand requiresrequires moremore concentrationconcentration toto finishfinish thethe 1212ththand 13and13ththreprep inin goodgood form.form. YouYou shouldshould noticenotice thethe ‘burn’
‘burn’ feelingfeeling aroundaround thethe 88thth
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99ththrep.rep.8
8 reps
reps
Heavy
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form thenthen thethe weightweight isis tootoo light.light. TheThe properproper weightweight shouldshould becomebecome veryvery challengingchallenging byby thethe 66ththoror 77thth rep,
rep, thethe 88ththreprep shouldshould feelfeel likelike thethe lastlast youyou cancan dodo inin properproper form.form. AllAll 88 repsreps shouldshould bebe challengingchallenging although
although youyou willwill notnot feelfeel asas muchmuch of of aa burnburn duringduring thesethese setssets asas youryour 1313 reprep sets.sets. TheThe muscularmuscular efforteffort toto move
move thisthis typetype of of weightweight doesdoes notnot produceproduce thethe samesame ‘burn’‘burn’ asas highhigh reprep sets.sets. TheThe endend of of anan 88 reprep setset should
should feelfeel moremore likelike anan overalloverall muscularmuscular exhaustion.exhaustion.
5
5 reps
reps
Maximum
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maximum concentrationconcentration fromfrom thethe firstfirst toto thethe lastlast rep.rep. YouYou willwill mostmost likelylikely notnot experienceexperience anyany ‘burn’‘burn’ sensation
sensation duringduring youryour 55 reprep sets.sets. LongerLonger restrest periodsperiods duringduring thethe 55 reprep setssets allowallow youyou toto useuse heavyheavy weights
weights forfor eacheach set.set. CompleteComplete eacheach setset inin goodgood form.form. ItIt isis okok if if youyou findfind youyou cannotcannot useuse thethe samesame weightweight from
from setset toto set.set. AdjustAdjust thethe weightweight downdown soso youyou cancan completecomplete 55 repsreps onon eacheach set.set. DoDo notnot taketake aa longerlonger rest
rest periodperiod toto handlehandle heavierheavier weights.weights. AlsoAlso dodo notnot speedspeed thethe restrest periodperiod upup asas thisthis willwill causecause youyou toto useuse lighter
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