Have you ever heard the phrase “regression towards the mean”?
Simply put, it describes the tendency for excellent results to be followed by average results.
Imagine the new year rolls around and you decide to get back into training. You select a training programme and go at it like a bat out of hell for eight weeks and make respectable progress.
But what happens after that?
Sure as night turns to day, you don’t do half as well on your next programme. In fact, you may actually lose all your results and find yourself right back where you started on January 1st.
Why?
You regressed towards the mean.
The results you got from that initial programme were mostly a mishmash of luck and enthusiasm. You didn’t address the reasons why you needed to “get back into it”. And so, when your well of enthusiasm runs dry and your luck runs out, those factors are still present. Hence, results from your subsequent efforts are underwhelming – at best.
So what to do?
For starters, figure out exactly what you want to achieve. This must be more than some vague notion of “getting fit”. Without this, you might as well not bother because it won’t be long before you get distracted by the next freebie programme you see on social media.
Then…
Pick a programme you can stick to for more than a couple of months. One that enables you to make measurable progress from week to week, and is flexible enough that you don’t get thrown off the wagon the moment life throws you a curveball.
Yes, it really is that simple.
Alternatively, you can ignore me because I’m not offering you something New and Exciting™, and go back to trying to emulate the “hardcore” training techniques of whatever fitness influencer is popular this week.
Sure, you might get some results, but you won’t keep them, and you might even pick up a training-terminating injury.
It’s up to you.
Anyway, in January’s issue of The Phil Tyreman Letter, I’m going to explain exactly how to write a logical, progressive training programme for the entire year, so you don’t regress towards the mean.
It’s the exact process I’ve used myself the last few years to get outstanding results, maintain them almost effortlessly, and use them as a springboard to even greater achievements – all without spending hours in the gym (I rarely lift more than two days per week), following a crazy diet (I never count calories or really think much about what I eat at all), or spending a penny on supplements (legal or otherwise).
Info here:
www.philtyreman.co.uk/information
Thank you,
Phil Tyreman