In order to increase muscle mass successfully you've got to understand few basic things. First of all you've got to understand that the sh** that works is right in front of you... You don't need to follow a complicated eating plan, you don't need to follow a workout plan that is used by a professional bodybuilder, you don't need any secret exercises or secret pills.

In order to gain muscle successfully you'll have to focus on the basics of bodybuilding. You'll have to focus on the things that were proven and tested by time. Don't try to reinvent the wheel. Focus on the sh** that works. 

Once you'll start to understand that nothing works better than the basic principles of bodybuilding - you'll start to experience the unstoppable growth you truly want to achieve.

Anyway. In order to increase muscle mass successfully you've got to understand how important it is for you to follow a balanced eating plan.

You can go to the most expensive gym in your town, you can spend thousands of dollars on bodybuilding supplements, but the reality is that you won't see any results if you won't get your nutrition right.

Nutrition is 70% of the game and in order to gain muscle successfully you've got to get the rules right.

You've got to supply your body with enough macronutrients, simply because if you'll fail to do so - you won't provide your body with enough building materials and you won't grow.

If you'll be constantly supplying your body with too many specific macronutrients like fats, or carbohydrates (the main source of energy) your body will start to store that energy in a form of fat and if your main goal is to add a lot of lean muscle mass - this is the last thing you want to experience. 

You've got to understand that in order to build muscle mass successfully you'll have to follow an intensive workout plan... You won't be seeing any results if your workouts won't be intensive.

First of all you need to make sure that you're following a good workout schedule. There thousands if not millions of different workout plans out there on the internet and to be honest with you - you can't find a perfect workout routine.

You've got to test and experiment with new exercise arrangement, muscle splits and etc. So if you're looking for a perfect workout routine - forget about it. What works for some doesn't always work for others and you'll have to try a lot of different workout plans until you'll the the one that will help you to experience good anabolic effects.

Apart from having a good workout schedule you also have got to make sure that you're focusing on the correct exercises. If you'll be only using the modern exercising machines - you won't be seeing the results you could...

Look, you've got to focus on the sh** that works, you've got to focus on the exercises that were proven and tested by time, you've got to focus on exercises like deadlifts, squats, leg press, bench press, dips... Don't look for a secret exercise, don't look for a perfect workout routine, because the shit that works is right in front of you.