But how did this 5 foot 11 inch 160lb symbol come to be? And most importantly, how can I look like that! Well, my friend, there are two very healthy lifestyle changes you need to make if you want to look like Akilles or Tyler Durden - diet and exercise.
I started off as a 5 foot 8 inch, 126lb weakling! Now, fair enough, I had a six pack that the majority of guys would be jealous of, but that was only because I had hardly any fat (or muscle) on me at all.
What I needed to do was bump up my bodyweight, but not just eat chocolate or crisps all day to gain the pounds.
I wanted to build my body to a strong buffed up weight lifting machine, but stay sculpted to keep my enviable six pack at the same time.
There are programs out there you can get that can help you do it, and this is exactly what I did.
I got the info I needed and learned some pretty interesting and surprising things, that not a lot of people know, on the way.
If you want to gain weight, like I did, the first thing you must note is that it is VERY unlikely that you will ever gain muscle and lose fat at the same time.
A lot of bodybuilding programs claim that they can help you do this, but this is a completely bogus statement.
The reason why is because to put on muscle, you must intake more calories than you burn off during the day - a specific mix of protein, carbohydrates and fats.
If you're doing this properly, you will put on mostly muscle and some fat.
Not enough protein and not enough carbs and you won't put on any weight at all, and too much carbs and not enough protein and you will just gain fat.
You want to get it just right, so that you're eating just enough protein and just enough carbs so that you're gaining maximum muscle and as little fat as possible.
I learned that without taking any illegal muscle building prohormones, your body will gain around 1-3lb of weight per week on this diet and training routine - the vast majority of this will be muscle (around 80-90%).
Now, as a general rule you should take in 15-20 calories per lb of bodyweight to build muscle.
Of course, these calories have to come from a certain ratio of calories from protein, calories from carbs and calories from fat, like I said earlier.
So in my case, 126lb x 18 = 2268 calories per day.
This is what I had to consume to put on muscle.
As I ate my way through these calories (six meals per day) I found myself gaining 1-3lb per week! Success! 9 weeks on and I was a healthy looking 150lb.
Benching and squatting more than double the weight I was before I started the program.
But I had gained some dreaded bodyfat too! One of the secrets I had learned was that to burn bodyfat, the best thing you should do is a half hour cardio session in the morning.
Why you ask? Glad you're paying attention! The reason is a commonly unknown one but makes perfect sense.
When you awake in the morning your body is in a fasted state.
Your stomach has eaten up and burned all the calories you ate the day before while you slept.
This is the perfect time to get your heart going.
When you start to train and your muscles work, they will be gasping for energy.
But wait, your body's in a fasted state - where will the energy calories come from? Straight out of your bodyfat supply! By cutting my carb calorie intake and doing these half hour sessions in the morning on top of my weight training routine, I lost 7lb - mostly bodyfat.
I went from 13% bodyfat down to 8%.
Now I've got my cheselled abs and 16lb more muscle than I started off with.
Never mind Brad Pitt, now I want to look like Arlold!