I ate nothing but rice and black beans and protein shakes.

When the tide does shift, you'll be cruising on Easy Street while the others are still getting in the water, adjusting their goggles, and warming up their muscles.

This is the time I use muscle over legal.

Hard part is keeping on the muscle mass.

You do have time and motivation and muscle, but sometimes these turn into a lot more work than meets the eye. 

So he pushed harder, put his shoulder into it, and he's a big guy, 6' and 240lbs of more muscle than flab, and he said he got further in that time, but he said that something pushed the door closed so hard that he fell back on the stairs, and all the lights went out for a few seconds, and he heard the door upstairs slam shut again.

What helped me learn real estate investing was just analyzing as many properties as possible to build the muscle. 

Practice regularly so your muscles are strong and fast.

I will have a chance to exercise my creative deal-making muscles early that will hopefully serve me well in the future.  

Their muscles get stronger.