Recently, I wrote about how people who track everything to the nth degree generally look and perform like garbage.
Worse than the gymbros who smash themselves silly on nonsensical programmes (or no programme at all) in many cases.
It was not a popular email.
(The “home truth” ones never are, in my experience).
Anyway.
Today, I will furnish you with a way to keep an eye on your progress – or lack thereof – that doesn’t involve entering every last detail into a spreadsheet or, Heaven forfend, an app.
The method is called:
“Total Reps”
What you do is thus:
* Pick an exercise
* Pick a target number of reps you’d like to do (this will generally range from 20 to 100, with “harder” exercises sitting towards the lower end)
* Hit that target using as many sets as you need (you could complete 50 reps via five sets of ten or one set of twelve, one set of eight, five sets of five, a set of three, and a set of two, for example)
* Next time, try to hit the target using fewer sets or increase the rep target
I’m sure you’ll agree this is a far less complicated and error-prone way to ensure progress.
Not one for those OCD types who think it’s important to track the exact weight they use on the leg extension machine. What’s more, they’d probably have a stroke if they saw the near-total absence of tracking in “The Running Starter Kit”.
People who want to focus on what will get them results without all the tiresome bookkeeping will love it, though.
That said, there are two very important points to note before proceeding:
1) I am printing the reports to order on my personal printer using regular printer paper. An attractive document this is not, so please don’t buy it if you’re more concerned with how it looks than what it contains.
2) There are no refunds or guarantees beyond the 14 days on receipt of goods I’m obliged to give to comply with consumer protection legislation.
If that hasn’t put you off, more info and order below:
Thank you,
Phil Tyreman
P.S. Do not purchase “The Running Starter Kit” if you own either “The Conditioning Codex” or March’s issue of “The Phil Tyreman Letter” (where it was given as a bonus) because you’ll be paying for the same information twice.