The other day, I was swapping voice notes about training with an acquaintance.
He astutely observed guys get stuck “down in the weeds”.
In other words, they fiddle with minutiae that contribute little or, in most cases, nothing towards their progress.
Classic examples include (but are not limited to):
* Tracking the exact weight they use for machine and cable exercises.
* Timing rest periods to the second.
* Filling their programmes with junk exercises.
* Worrying about the optimal time of day to train.
* Obsessing over set and rep schemes.
* Overcomplicating their routines with gimmicks like drop sets and circuits.
That’s not to say you shouldn’t attend to the little details at certain times and under certain circumstances.
Just beware falling into the trap of believing little tweaks hold the secret to your success.
Because the reality is, your success lies at the end of a long, boring, and painful road. We’re talking years of you doing broadly the same stuff week in, week out – taking two steps forward and one step back until you eventually arrive at your destination. (And experience tells me people with the mental and moral fortitude to get there invariably realise there’s more to be done).
On a related note, April’s issue of The Phil Tyreman Letter includes a system called “Operation: Beach Body” that you can use to build a physique that looks every bit as good as it performs in preparation for the summer.
It’s a 12-week programme revolving around the most efficient and effective lifts for building strength and power, supplemented by plenty of arm, trap, and ab work because nobody argues with a man who has a thick neck, huge arms, and a strong midsection.
A subscription costs less than some bags of whey protein, and working with me will almost certainly do more for your physique than consuming a waste product from the cheese manufacturing process.
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Thank you,
Phil Tyreman
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