Here’s a grim thought for you:
Getting results from your efforts in the gym that you are truly satisfied with takes years of diligent effort, without breaks or pauses (other than planned rest periods), and even then are not guaranteed.
Worse:
The later you start, the longer it takes.
This means chaps and chappettes who are in their late 20s and upwards who have not trained at all or have not trained with discipline and intent for a long time are looking at around five years of diligent, patient effort.
You will, of course, make progress along the way. Progress I am sure you will be pleased with and that will garner praise and respect from others.
But the vision of where you want to be that’s nestled deep in the most private corner of your mind?
It’ll be a long time coming, of that there is no doubt.
So it pays to do things correctly.
Not to speed the process up, but to give you a shot of reaching your desired destination.
And what is “correct”?
1) Lift weights with a focus on building confidence and competence in the core movement patterns (squats, presses, pulls), supplemented with work for little muscle groups like the arms and calves.
2) Do cardio, ideally outdoors (all the better for building character) – not too hard, not too easy, and always remembering that you do cardio to make you a better lifter and avoid an early demise – not to get good at doing cardio.
3) Walk every day without fail because there really isn’t an excuse to do otherwise.
If you want more detail than that, you will have to cough up £3.99 for a copy of my latest book:
“The Muscle and Strength Building Manual for the Natural Trainee: A straightforward guide for those who have made the bold decision to train without using steroids or other PEDs”
It’s very inexpensively available from Amazon at the below link:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DL4G6C1B
Thank you,
Phil Tyreman