Burned out father of three gets fed up with being an unpaid extra in OnlyFriends content, cancels his gym membership in a rage, and creates arguably…
“Believe it or not, I thought I’d be shuffling to and from the gym until the day I die. Turns out, I was wrong and, honestly, I wish I’d canned my gym membership years ago.”
“It’s not just about the results. Far more important are the profoundly positive impact doing most of my training outdoors has had on my mood and how much easier it is to lead my wife and kids by example on the training front.”
If you are OK with getting strong and in shape slowly and you’d like to do it without ever setting foot in the gym, this short letter explains how.
Here’s the story:
After fifteen years of slogging away at heavy weights week in, week out, without fail (planned rest weeks aside), I decided I’d had…
… enough!
Why?
I was tired, my joints ached like billy-o, and, frankly, gyms ain’t what they used to be.
But…
I wasn’t going to stop training altogether because my wife and kids deserve me at my best, and they wouldn’t be getting that if I chose to let myself get fat and out of shape.
So I needed to invent a way of staying strong, fit, and resilient that I could do outside with minimal equipment.
Moreover, what I came up with had to slot in alongside my long (and often unpredictable) working hours and set a good example to my wife and three children (because showing what a healthy relationship with exercise is an order of magnitude more effective than telling).
Anyway, that’s obviously what I did or else I wouldn’t be writing this to you now.
And what I’ve cooked up is a great way to train, in my shamelessly biased opinion.
So great, in fact, that I feel a moral obligation to share it with whoever will listen. Hence, I put it all in a book called:
Bodyweight Buccaneer is a 79 A4-page, 24,306-word Real Paper book showing you how to construct and execute shockingly effective bodyweight-based training regimes.
But first, the bad news…
The book is very expensive.
Worse,
There are no refunds or guarantees, and all sales are final!
With limited exceptions per your rights under UK consumer protection legislation.
OK. That’s the bad news.
The good news is, if you are a disciplined and patient person, and if you are willing to follow the instructions I’ve laid out for you in the book…
I believe you will be stronger, fitter, and leaner within months
Better:
Because my methods are designed from the ground up to be sustainable, you’ll be able to maintain your hard-won results with little fuss or hassle… and… use them as a springboard to catapult you closer to (and perhaps beyond) the body of your dreams!
Enough hype.
It’s about time I told you what’s in the book. So here is a rundown of exactly what you’ll find…
- 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).
- The serious limitations of bodyweight training (that if left unaddressed will prevent you from becoming as strong, in shape, and aesthetically pleasing as you otherwise could be)
- One fundamental movement pattern that everyone short of trained gymnasts will struggle to perform (but probably won’t ever be able to perform it at all) using their bodyweight, yet must be included in any programme you’re going to run for a long time, unless you fancy becoming intimately acquainted with an orthopedic surgeon.
- An apocryphal exercise you can use to build a vice-like grip and powerful upper back (the former has tremendous carryover to literally everything you do in training and in life and the latter is essential for keeping your shoulders healthy).
- Two ways to work “minimalist” (i.e. short yet effective) weightlifting workouts into your bodyweight training regime for the best of both worlds.
- How to leverage the unique advantages of bodyweight training to make swift progress without doing more reps, tackling tougher variations, or making your regime more complex (ideal for those who prefer to “punch the clock” over diddling with calculators and spreadsheets).
There’s much to learn, that’s for sure. However, you’re getting something you can use and, all being well, benefit from for years, if not…
... Decades!
But I am nothing if not thorough, so to make as sure as I can that you have everything you could possibly need to succeed not just over the next ten weeks but, maybe, the next ten or twenty years, I’ve further stuffed the book with some juicy…
Bonus Bounty
Starting with the entire October 2024 issue of The Phil Tyreman Letter, which includes:
- The oft-overlooked impact of training too hard for too long that emerges without warning before slamming into your life like an asteroid from behind the sun with equally devastating results.
- How to strike a stellar balance between meeting your needs, fulfilling your professional and familial duties, and training for steady, sustainable results.
- A clever framework used by emergency services personnel to render aid to casualties without becoming casualties themselves (essential reading for fine, upstanding people who are selfless to a fault – even when it is to their detriment).
- How to deal with people the late, great copywriter Gary Halbert called “Human Deadwood” who do nothing but drag you down and make your life a misery (mine is not the typical suggestion, although not in the way you might expect).
- Four things that, when optimised, create the right environment for fantastic results from training and, in my opinion, a healthy, happy life in general.
- How Yours Baldly gets cracking results despite training very little compared to most people and working all the hours God sends. (I call it “The 5% Programme” and, with little critical thinking, just about anyone who is Very Busy Indeed can benefit from it greatly).
Next up:
The Marcus Tyreman Letter #1
This is the first in a series of letters I am writing to my son to explain to him how to become a Good Man.
It’s provocative to the point I expect it’ll be illegal to say what I say by the time he is old enough to read it, but it needs to be in a world where the odds are undeniably stacked against young boys from the get go.
It’s also short, meaning the teachings can be consumed in one sitting, pondered, and then acted upon without delay.
If you’re wondering what any of this has to do with getting strong and in shape, the answer is:
There is no such thing as a Good Man who is not also strong and in shape!
So if you are the parent of a boy or a grown man, you’d do well to read this very carefully (and ideally multiple times).
Likewise if you are a woman, because it will help you identify the thugs and creeps (especially of the “male feminist” variety) who might wreak havoc upon your life if you let them in!
And there’s more…
The Lockdown Protocol
Which is a refined version I got up to when the gyms were shut and the creepy mask people were out in force calling the police on those who didn’t want to partake of their perversion.
It’s a natural follow-on from the foundations laid in the main Bodyweight Buccaneer system, adding a bunch of different ways to inject some variety and extra challenge into your workouts without going totally off-piste and hamstringing your progress.
You don’t have to use any of it if you don’t want to, but having extra tools in your toolbox is never a disadvantage.
Lastly, I’ve included 11 short (one page) articles on a plethora of training-related matters. These are actually ads for some of my other books, so they’re a little “light” on detail but there’s sufficient there to introduce new ideas and ways of thinking if you are open to them.
Summary complete:
Here's the deal
You can become a Bodyweight Buccaneer for £275.
Upon purchase, I will post your copy as soon as possible. It will be sent via Royal Mail’s “Tracked 48” service and I will give you your tracking number via email as soon as I have it.
Once again, there are no refunds outside of what I am obliged to offer under English law. Although if you’ve so much as an inkling you might ask me for a refund, save us both the hassle by giving this a miss.
Take Note: The book is a compilation of the June 2025 and July 2025 issues of The Phil Tyreman Letter and one of the bonuses is the October 2024 issue. If you own any of these please weigh up the value of what you don’t own carefully before proceeding with your purchase.
If you have questions, email me (my address is phil at philtyreman.co.uk). Otherwise, hit the blue button to go to my secure checkout:
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Phil Tyreman
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