If you've been training for some time you'll be able to recall periods when your training was dialled in. You made great gains. You were strong. You looked great. And the results were almost expected. [caption id="attachment_4069" align="alignleft" width="300"] End result of training in your twenties. This training phase is commonly referred to as 'your twenties'. This is when you could eat whatever you wanted, have the most irregular sleep routine in existence, go out for beer and wings and still see good things happen as a result of your strength training. But besides being young and having all the physical advantages that come with youth there were other reasons that training in my twenties was great for results. And a big part of that had to do with the fact I was training with my brother Jon. If you know Jon you're probably smiling right now as he's a very funny guy that everyone can relate a memorable experience that involves him. And if you don't know him than imagine someone that does quite well academically but is probably as good if not better at interacting with different people. In other words his IQ was matched, if not exceeded, by his EQ (intelligence emotional  quotient). Anyways at a certain point in our young lives Jon and I decided that we would both head off to Saskatchewan for university. And since we were both into training at the time it made for a natural and obvious training partner situation for the two of us. We were both training to get as big and as strong as we could. So we would follow similar training programs. And we would eat similar meal plans. And we would invest, when we could afford them, in similar training supplements. But while all these things were beneficial to...