A recurring theme in the messages I get relates to juggling training alongside parental responsibilities.
It’s an interesting subject, and one even those who are not (and do not plan to be) parents ought to take note of (because ultimately kids are just another drain on your resources, and we all have stuff like that going on that interferes with getting strong and in shape).
Here’s what I think:
* Every parent has a moral obligation to set the best possible example to their offspring,
* Part of setting that example is doing the needful to be fit, healthy, and strong,
* Whether or not you actually get as fit, healthy, and strong as you would like to be is irrelevant – it’s the intent and actions that matter,
* A lot of parents use the fact that they are too busy to follow an intense and time consuming training programme as justification for doing nothing at all, and this is very dumb,
* The reason it is dumb is that doing something (even something “suboptimal”) is inarguably better than doing nothing at all,
* Particularly when your kids are watching (and, trust me, they are watching) because they will certainly emulate your attitude when they are older which could directly result in them suffering from poor body image, sickness, and an untimely demise – all for want of a bit of exercise,
* Exercise that could, for example, be as simple as the bodyweight and cardio routine I share in June’s issue of The Phil Tyreman Letter,
* I suggest this because it’s a regime you can do at or close to home and the workouts generally take 45 minutes or less to complete,
* Moreover, training like this means your kids will see you in the act (Jess often drops by the park with our three while I’m mid-session, and our eldest tends to join in with me before charging off to play on the swings or whatever),
* Showing your kids in this way will do more to help them develop a healthy, balanced relationship with exercise than any amount of telling ever will,
* Lastly, it’s basically impossible not to lean out considerably if you do as I describe in June’s issue of the newsletter (subject to the obvious caveat of you not eating like a degenerate), meaning you’ll be able to wear nice clothes which will obviously garner you more respect from your spouse, peers, and children alike (and the only people who claim otherwise are fat and jealous).
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P.S. Here is a preview of what’s inside the June 2025 issue of The Phil Tyreman Letter
* The significant gap two very large groups of people have in their performance that wants plugging if they are ever going to get out of the rut they are stuck in.
* How Jess finally broke free from the merry-go-round of mediocrity she had been riding since probably 2019 (I am not joking when I say that the programme presented in June’s issue is responsible for the first real progress she has made in over half a decade… and… she’s done it all while juggling our three kids who are all under five, growing her business, and baking me fresh bread basically every day).
* How to strengthen your “Human Inner Tube” for vastly improved performance, injury mitigation, and, provided you eat like an adult, a handsome set of abdominals.
* What is, in my opinion, the ultimate piece of home workout equipment everybody should own because, frankly, you cannot get truly strong and in shape without it.
* My “No Gym Gym Routine” which, as the name suggests, is a complete regime you can do without setting foot in the gym (it’s actually best done outdoors, but can also be done at home if your part of the YooKay is infested with roadmen or otherwise unsafe).
* How to properly structure bodyweight workouts (a lot of people avoid bodyweight training because they think it’s ineffective when it’s actually highly effective, they just don’t know how to set their sessions up properly).
* The reason why many struggle to safely and effectively execute fundamental movements like barbell squats and overhead presses (has nothing to do with not knowing how to perform them – it’s a problem no amount of “head knowledge” will fix).
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