I am not someone who is afraid to change his mind.
People who want me to be as bad as they feel choose to interpret this as me being unqualified to talk about the things I talk about.
More discerning types understand that not only being able to change your mind but admit it in a public forum is a mark of wisdom.
Appropriately, here are 19 examples of where I have changed my views.
I now believe…
1) Taking a proper warmup consisting of a little light cardio and some basic stretches is essential for health and longevity in training.
2) Cardiovascular work is non-negotiable and anyone who doesn’t do it with discipline and intent is lazy.
3) Libertarians are a bunch of edgelords with daddy issues.
4) While the basic compound lifts (squats, presses, pulls) should always form the core of any serious programme, there is much to be gained from a smattering of isolation work – even when training for raw strength.
5) You can get great results (sometimes profoundly better results) by lifting as little as two days per week, provided your training is set up properly.
6) Every able-bodied and generally healthy person ought to take a daily walk of at least thirty if not forty-five minutes or more (unless they’re too ill or injured to do so, but let’s not pretend that happens often).
7) Bodybuilding is not a sport.
8) The most efficient and effective way to look “bigger” is to focus on building up your shoulders and arms.
9) Guys who train only bodyweight, on average, look far better than guys who only lift weights.
10) Believing it’s possible to make huge changes to your physique in a short period of time (under a year) is a highway to frustration and failure.
11) It’s OK to just walk out of the gym and try again the next day if you’re not feeling it.
12) There’s nothing “hardcore” about needing a handful of painkillers to get through your training (it’s just stupid)
13) Chasing strength gains past a certain point (that’s lower than you might think) is pointless.
14) You can learn a lot from people who follow training methodologies you don’t like.
15) You can learn a lot from *people* you don’t like.
16) It’s OK to take your phone to the gym, so long as it doesn’t distract you too much.
17) Most commercial gyms are actually pretty good places to train.
18) It’s better to do “something” – even if that something is suboptimal, subject to the obvious caveat that it is safe and sane.
19) Christ is King.
I’ve no clever segue into the pitch today, so I’ll just come straight out with it.
If you would like to get stronger and more muscular without abusing steroids or other PEDs, I will teach you how in my three month programme, “Silver Era Secrets”.
All the info is in the below-linked letter.
Please read it carefully before proceeding (and if you are put off by the length of the letter, the offer is not for you because it involves a lot of reading).
https://philtyreman.co.uk/programme/
Thank you,
Phil Tyreman