There are many people who may not be familiar with the idea of social dominance and how it relates to our physical bodies.  But the idea of the ideal male physique and how people who have cultivated this can become leaders in not only their social spheres, but in business and industry as well. Let’s look at some the ways in which muscle building can and does help us achieve these goals. 

Most guys enter the arena of muscle building with the vague idea of getting as big and powerful as possible with the mistaken notion that this will not only make them more attractive to the opposite sex, but will help them health-wise as well. Well, getting strong can have some beneficial health effects, but the idea that a shirt-ripping overblown chest and biceps will send women flocking to your front door is not only wrong, but can have the opposite effect. Studies have shown that what women have found as the irresistible male form through the ages is the classic “V” shape, one that is defined by a strong set of shoulders, tapering down to a trim waistline, with a well-defined chest and midsection in between. This has been the standard of classical artists such as Michelangelo, Da Vinci and more, and they have used this as a model for their great works of art. There’s a reason for that, and even the ancients knew it! 

There is a mathematical equation relating to this form, and it is known as the “Golden Ratio”.  It is expressed mathematically as 1:1:618 and has been used both in art as well as architecture. It even shows up in some of the processes of nature. Evidently nature has a formula for perfection as well! 

As far as social dominance is concerned, we’ve all seen instances where this has played out before our eyes. Who hasn’t noticed the guy who walks into a room, possessing all the above characteristics, looking great, with an aura of confidence surrounding his every move. Heads turn, eyes drool, women stir and men defer as this guy is given all the attention. He is given the benefit of the doubt, whether he deserves it or not, and will be given the chance to succeed or fail first, before anyone else. This may not be fair, but it is the way of the world we live in. 

I built the Adonis Index workout to develop both your body and your social dominance. It aims for developing an exact set of measurements that will deliver this classic form to any man, depending on his height. It meets every man where he is, and if followed, will deliver up the kind of ideal male form we’ve been talking about and that you desire!

John

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Tuesday was my first time on National TV. Hopefully it won’t be my last.

It was fast and furious. My 5 minutes of fame felt like lasted it 30 seconds.

I was on a show that was notorious for absolutely destroying “fad diets”. They used all the classic techniques: having an expert panel that ignored scientific consensus, cherry picked research, and used classic vague definitions of the ‘right’ way to eat.

The two authors who went on before me were absolutely DESTROYED on live television. When they came back to the green room they were pale, sweating and visibly upset.

To use a cliché – The doctor and the dietitian on the expert panel ate these people for breakfast.

But my time in the spotlight was a little different.

Sure the expert panel was combative, but if you watch the tape you will notice something – they were definitely easy on me, much easier than the other diets. Not only that, but someone who studies human behavior might even say that their body language suggested that they actually liked me.

For the most part the show was a success. A small win for the Eat Stop Eat lifestyle. And a win that I owe a large thanks to the Adonis Effect for helping to make it happen.

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Don’t get me wrong; I was prepared and confident. And the fact that Eat Stop Eat is not a fad and is supported by some amazingly consistent research helped a lot. But, it was the first impressions that saved me.

Put simply, I was taken seriously, and well, they liked me.

From the moment I walked into the green room I knew that it was going to turn out all right. I don’t mean for this to sound arrogant, cocky or pretentious, but from the first moment I scanned the room, I knew I was getting the right kind of attention.

I can only imagine what would have happened if I didn’t train to improve my AI.

Would they have taken me seriously if, while in the green room, they saw 20 inch arms?

NO.

Coming from the world of sports supplements, I can tell you that even bodybuilding companies don’t take bodybuilders seriously.

Would they have believed my theories if I was 30 pounds heavier? Probably not. Even if this extra weight was mostly muscle it would not have mattered. To the untrained eye, heavy is heavy – And nobody wants diet advice from someone who is overweight.

If I had been skinny, then the argument that fasting causes muscle loss would not have gone so well for me. I would have looked like just another pencil-necked-geek-know-it-all.

The bottom line was that from the moment I walked on set, I had a good rapport with the people involved. Even after my 5 minutes of fame, I was laughing and joking with the dietitian and medical doctor back stage (as well as the women who ran the behind the scenes part of the show).

Your physical appearance sells your story. No matter how ‘unfair’ that sounds, it is the truth.

Brad Pilon on The Mike and Juliet Show

Brad Pilon in the “green room”… OWNING Everyone…

Pilon’s blog post about the entire experience…

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For some reason people continually try to make the answer to most of life’s questions incredibly complex and painfully difficult to understand. In reality the answer is usually very straight forward and logical as long as you have all or most of the known facts surrounding your question. There is a simple principle called Occam’s Razor that you should use as your guide to tell if the answer someone is giving you is a load of BS or not.

Occam’s Razor is a principle that states:

“The explanation of any phenomenon should make as few assumptions as possible, eliminating those that make no difference in the observable predictions of the explanatory hypothesis or theory.” (Wikipedia)

This gets simplified to the statement “all other things being equal, the simplest solution is probably the best”.

Let’s apply Occam’s Razor to the very simple question: “How do I lose weight?”

Based on the principle of Occam’s Razor the answer must be: “Eat Less”

This answer requires the fewest other assumptions to be true. Even though you can add exercise to help aid in weight loss it is not REQUIRED. Therefore based on Occam’s Razor “Eat Less” is the simplest and the correct answer.

Let’s try another question: “How do I lose body fat only?”

Answer: “Eat less and workout with weights”

There is a second level of complexity here because although eating less will assuredly help you lose bodyweight, over time it can also contribute to some muscle loss if you are not working out. Therefore one extra assumption has to be made here about working out to maintain muscle mass.

In the fitness and nutrition industry the answers to these simple questions gets far too complicated, when in reality the solutions are straight forward. Useless unnecessary information can only bog your life down instead of streamlining it for greater success.

With that said you can save yourself a lot of time and effort by deferring to experts for the answers to any question you have (that you aren’t already an expert in). After all you cannot be an expert in everything.

Instead you should become an expert at finding experts. This way you will have the best chance at getting the right answer to any question in the least amount of time possible.

I did an interview with Jae Ellis of AskRomeo.com about a month or so ago and I’ve got to say, the guy’s got some great insights…

Give this a listen:

Part One:

Part Two:

Part Three:

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(by Scot McKay… author of The Leading Man…)

As guys, a lot of us are telling ourselves we don’t deserve women we ACTUALLY ALREADY DESERVE.

And the results, of course, are disastrous.

Perhaps you’ve heard the saying, “You get what you hope for.” Well sometimes, if not usually, you get what you hope AGAINST also when it comes to attracting women.

It ends up being kind of like one self-fulfilling prophecy after another…which makes perfect sense, when you consider that women FOLLOW OUR LEAD.

As you may know already, the guys who pick up the phone and call me aren’t often guys who are starting from absolute square one with women.

Some are, and that’s fine also. But they aren’t typical.

Most guys who call me are interested in going from GOOD to GREAT with women. They are sick of “settling” and are ready to move on to having the highest-quality women in their lives.

But invariably, guys I talk to-even the ones who *are* at square one–are genuinely good men with a lot going for them. That goes whether they have a dating life at the moment or not.

I’ve noticed an odd pattern, though. It’s one that is especially evident when they try online dating-although everything I’m about to cover applies to meeting women elsewhere too, so hang with me here.

The pattern is this: They get rejected…A LOT. And they flat-out cannot understand why even average women are repeatedly blowing them out.

After all, they’ve got SO MUCH to offer a woman. What’s up with these chicks? Can’t they see that?

Well, here it is: YES…those women they CAN see that. And that’s EXACTLY the problem.

Here’s what I mean.

For the sake of argument, let’s draw a picture of a quintessentially perfect guy who should have no “limiting beliefs” whatsoever.

Consider a successful professional. Let’s say he’s 35-years-old, in peak physical condition and financially stable. Better yet, he’s got the “Big Four” (confidence, masculinity, ability to inspire confidence, character) in full effect.

But perhaps he’s getting over “Mr. Nice Guy” stuff, or he’s coming off a brutal break-up of a multi-year relationship that has knocked him flat.

For whatever reason, he’s not enjoying a wildly successful dating life at the moment.

So based on advice he picked up somewhere along the way, he decides to go after some “average” women online to “warm up” his skills…and perhaps build his confidence.

Well, that ends up not happening. In fact, his confidence takes a massive hit instead.

NOBODY responds. NOT ONE WOMAN.

His head spins. Clearly his pictures sucked, his profile wasn’t sharp enough and his first-emails lacked SOMETHING…right?

So he tightens everything up and goes for a second round.

Yet…all he hears in return are pins dropping and crickets chirping.

Dejected, he GIVES UP.

Well, guess what?

His initial self-assessment was 100% correct. He DOES have tons to offer a great woman.

The problem? HE WASN’T GOING AFTER GREAT WOMEN.

Instead, he e-mailed women he considered “average” enough that they were sure to like him.

Well, yeah…ironically enough, they DID like him.

But they probably also were fully INTIMIDATED by him, and were left wondering, “What on Earth does a guy like THAT want with a woman like ME?”

Yep…these are the thoughts that go through some women’s minds.

If you think I’m kidding you should read Emily’s mail sometime. Women who don’t value themselves as highly as they should seriously AVOID writing back the sharpest guys.

They automatically assume ulterior motives…and that’s IF they don’t somehow believe that the guy’s profile (and could that be YOUR PROFILE?) is a fake or a scam.

Raise your hand if YOU have ever actually gone through a “slump” online only to finally get a date and have a woman say, “So, um….when’s the REAL version of you going to jump out from behind a bush? You’re TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE.”

If that has happened to you, here’s the deal: You are SETTLING before you even get STARTED. Just like I’m talking about here.

Now listen, this isn’t something to beat yourself up over. The “rejection” you are perceiving could really be a series of backhanded compliments.

No joke.

In fact, I personally suffered through an embarrassingly long stage of it myself.

But the breakthrough came for me when I realized that it was time to TRUST the process I had worked so diligently on. I had spent ENOUGH time learning how to be the kind of man women truly want. I had spent ENOUGH time on figuring out how women think.

It was time to go perform “without a net” and actually start approaching the VERY SHARPEST WOMEN out there…online OR offline.

I put my fire suit on, believe me. After all, like most of us, I considered the highest-quality women UNTOUCHABLE.

But here’s the thing…when I started focusing on the women I REALLY FELT I DESERVED, great things started happening.

That’s the breakthrough that resulted in solid response rates online. That’s what really started to “raise the bar” all around.

Why?

Well, simply enough, great women realize they DESERVE a high-quality guy. And when he shows up, they TAKE NOTICE.

And guess what? Time and again I’ve watched guys I know experience a similar breakthrough.

It all started for them when they put their thoughts of having lots to offer a great woman into GEAR, once and for all.

So what’s the deal? Do you suspect you are what a great woman should want, but you aren’t going after great women?

Are you feeling rejected, when in reality you’ve been intimidating “average” women with your above average expectations?

Are your requirements in a woman not backed up by your willingness to swing for the fence in trusting the great ones REALLY ARE waiting for you to approach them?

Have you ever stopped to think that were you to actually get those “average” women to go out with you, NEITHER of you would be happy?

Meanwhile, have you ever considered that the truly sharpest women are often the most likely to go DATELESS?

I told you this article was going to involve yet another CRAZY concept. But it’s not so crazy once you discover how your REALITY changes…if only you’ll put what we’re talking about here into practice.

Be a man. Lead. Deserve what you want. And give those great women the rare, desirable experience in a man that they’ve been craving.

My recommendation is to start doing it today. But just in case you could use a real “wake up call” that puts everything into perspective for you, I’m going to cover that for you next time.

So stay tuned. If you are the one who today is intimidated by going after the highest-quality women, I’ll be sharing with you the mindset for making it happen.

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Hi… I just wanted to drop you guys a quick line to let you know what to expect from me in the near future

I believe a man that truly understands women is a man with complete power. The power to make women fall head over heels.

Women are going to hate me when they discover what I am about to
start teaching you. Through these blog posts, newsletters, and premium services, available through Adonis Lifestyle, I am going to reveal every secret that women have tried to keep hidden for years.

I am doing this because I believe it is time for nice guys to
finish first.

No more becoming “The Friend”, no more wishing she was yours. It is
time to get every woman you have ever wanted to crave you.

One thing I will tell you is that “GAME” is just like any other skill. It requires time, practice and dedication.

Just like any other program or lesson, it will only work if you work at it.

If your goal is to be with more women, then it is your job to take the right steps to make this happen.

You have already made the first step…

The next step is taking the lessons you learn and put them to practice.

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In the upcoming weeks I am going to be sending you tons of useful
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If you’re like most guys, when you started working out you probably had a bodyweight goal in mind that was your target.

When you were 170 pounds 180 was the goal. When you were 180 lbs 190 lbs was the goal, then there was the monumental day you hit 200 lbs when you were finally in the big leagues. 200 lbs is the universal cutoff point where you go from being on the all hands team to being one of the proverbial big dogs.

From there 210 lbs became the goal, and then 220 lbs…it seems to never end. So this brings up the question:

1) Why do you want to be so big?

The answer is not one that most guys can quite put into words but they all feel it. The need to be bigger is rooted in a uniquely male instinct to exert dominance over other men.

Physical dominance still reigns supreme in our world. Negotiating and talking can only get you so far until brute force takes over. At the end of every conflict and at the end of every argument is always someone who is either physically bigger or carrying a bigger stick, end of story.

This could mean a one on one fight where the bigger man wins.

Or nation vs nation where the bigger better equipped army wins. Either way physical dominance is still the way conflicts are resolved.

Every government rules its people by force, just think of what will happen to you if you don’t pay your taxes, men with guns will forcefully detain you until you pay them. Powerful countries also exert their will over other countries by military force (think of any current or past war).

The male instinct to possess physical dominance is one and the same as the instinct for survival and the need to be free. This is where the feeling of constantly needing to be more muscular or bigger comes from.

However being the biggest guy clearly isn’t the answer, as even the biggest guys still want to get bigger, physical dominance isn’t necessary to succeed in our modern society.

There is a more targeted way to design your workouts for a more specific goal.

It is pretty easy to see that in our modern society we have evolved past the need to physically dominant others to succeed in life. You can’t just fight and physically intimidate your way to a successful career, relationship, or any other aspect of your life. (Unless of course you are a professional fighter, which I’m sure most of you are not)

True success doesn’t come from physical dominance, it comes from social dominance and social status.

This is what the Adonis Lifestyle is all about.

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Today’s podcast goes into how men can discover how to IGNITE femininity by being more masculine guys.

However, we go over a few of the pitfalls that most men make when trying to be masculine… and what masculine really entails.

For more into an Scot McKay… you can check out his Leading Man program.

(Read and listen to the Leading Man review here)

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Are you wasting your time thinking about losing weight?

Of all the things in your life that you could be spending mental energy on, burning fat should not be one of them.

Your family, your friends, self improvement, relaxing, avoiding stress, making money, meeting women, how badly you got beat by some punk kid while playing Madden ’09 on-line…all of these things deserve more of your time than fat loss.

Here’s a straight-up cold, hard fact -

Since the day you were born, your body has known EXACTLY how to burn body fat.

Unless you have some ultra-rare metabolic disease, your body is already AMAZING at burning body fat…you just have to give it the opportunity.

It does not matter how many books on fat loss you read, how many articles you review or how may experts you question, this will not change how well your body burns fat.

If you give it the opportunity, it will do exactly what it is built to do.

So do yourself a favor, eat a little less than you need to, then step back and watch your body do its job.

You have better things to do with your time, than to read about how to do things you are already an expert at doing.

Fat loss can be incredibly simple, if you let it be.

BP

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