Our principles work great in these conditions but are meant to be applied by anyone looking to tone up. When it comes to bodybuilding, I have seen one too many 'bodybuilders' compete at a weight far too low for their own good. Fat loss CAN BE DONE without dropping muscle. The entire KNOW HOW program is a complete blue print to do this. If you follow it in detail, you will have abs year round.
Most people achieve their goals by accident.
Hard work and perseverance are taken into consideration, but if you ask people what works, no one really knows or realizes what it was exactly that got them where they are. I went from 180 to 270 drug free in a year. No, that wasn't when I was fat. That was later. 15 to 20 pounds is all most men need to gain to look their best ever.