Practice AND Progress makes Perfect

In search of the results of your hard labor in the mirror every morning? Skeptical as to why your physique is resistant to change? Before you run to the nearest supplement store or do something totally irrational to your diet, more often than not, you can find the answer in your training. Everyone and their mother wants to claim they're bustin' ass in the gym and moving all kinds of weight. The peculiar part of it is I'd say more than half of the population of your average gym goer looks the exact same year in, year out. SOMEBODY IS LYING. 

Guys it honestly pains me to see so many people fall prey, and worst when I see them in their own deluded "making gains fantasy". People ignore the essential basic principle of Progressive Overload.Your body must be introduced to new levels of stress over time in order for your body to adapt (grow) and change. Jumping onto your favorite bench every week and banging out sets of 10 with 135 won't allow you to look like Arnold any sooner than the next guy. Neither will hopping on the elliptical for an hour on the 1st level and consistently burning a hundred or so calories.

Whether it is muscle gain or weight loss, you will need to progress. Bodies are just smart like that :).