KAISA
MIM testimony (Kaisa):
I've been a personal trainer for 11 years now and have been more or less fit always but not necessarily lean until the last few years. I lifted intensely in college but since grad school I've been doing weights in an unstructured manner and without a proper goal and had hardly been to a weight room in the last year. Instead my workouts have been circuit types and outdoor intervals and that seemed to maintain a decent level of fitness for me.
I had never tried "on-line" training or on-line programming and really have always thought it would be hard to be motivated. I was so wrong! The MIM experience is probably the most motivated I have ever been and I really enjoyed the on-line training component and community. It was great to have other people to keep me accountable and posting photos and blogs was a great way to keep myself on top of the trainings and the nutrition.
It took me 3 weeks to organize my calendar and reserve time for all the workouts. This was probably the hardest part of the entire program! Not knowing how long the workouts would take and not being able to match the long workouts to my easier work days complicated my life quite a bit.
The first week was pretty aweful. The workouts left me destroyed and the first two days (weekend) I had to take a nap. All week the soreness was so bad that I could hardly sleep. Then my body adapted and I hardly had sore muscles the rest of the time. Or maybe I just got used to the soreness and liked it. :) At first the results were frustrating because I got kind of thick. Then in the second week I started to lean out and my guns started growing like crazy! At the end I almost started skipping arm workouts because I didn't want my biceps any bigger!
The final results were just as promised: more muscle and less fat. I gained 2.5kg of muscle and lost 1.5kg of fat. I gained 3cm at my shoulders, 1cm at chest, and 1cm at each bicep (relaxed). I lost 2cm at my waist, 1cm from my buns, 2cm from each thigh. As you can see from the pictures I became a lot more defined. In addition to the body transformation benefits, I also gained a lot of strength and best of all, I feel really accomplished. I stuck to this plan 100%. I didn't miss a single workout. I did all the workouts with high intensity. I stayed on the diet 100%.
I would recommend the Muscle in a Month program for people wanting fast muscle gain and definition. However, it is a program for people who already have a base level of fitness and a good handle on technique and a desire for pain. This program is REALLY HARD. It will kick your ass. You will hate Dax Moy during the workouts but you will love him when you see the results. I would also recommend doing the program with a partner or participating in a forum to help stay motivated. If I hadn't made a public commitment to this program I would have given up on the first day. This program is also time consuming. You will need to manage your time well and schedule in your workouts. You will need to sleep more and eat a lot. Even though it is intense and time consuming, the results are worth it and really, you can do anything for 28 days. It is a short time to sacrifice for awesome results.
Thanks Dax!
