Dissecting the wild results of a curious experiment
The “perfect” training programme is one that allows you to gain muscle, get stronger, and lose fat all at the same time. Contrary to prevailing opinion, such programmes do exist. For example, at Colorado State University in 1973, Arthur Jones (inventor of the superb Nautilus training machines) ran what has since become known as “The […]
Potentially the reason people say you can gain muscle and lose fat simultaneously
Of all the variables you can manipulate in your training to drive progress, “density” is easily the most underutilised. It’s at the point where a lot of people (including plenty of personal trainers and similar fitness professionals) don’t really know what it is exactly, based on conversations I have had over the years. Why is […]
Mr Mobility Twonk
Client of mine at the personal training gym I briefly owned back in 2017 came to me having been ensnared by a mobility twonk. Basically, what had happened was this quack had convinced my client that he had a bunch of serious musculoskeletal issues that he did not have, and proposed a Very Expensive course […]
How gymbros get stellar results from nonsense programmes
An anonymous subscriber of “The Phil Tyreman Letter” reports in: === “I’ve just completed my second lifting session of this week, the third in total since we started working together. I’m enjoying the sessions far more than I can remember enjoying a lifting session for many years – for various reasons. Added to my enjoyment […]
BS Claims and the Fitness Industry
If you are a thinking person, you have doubtless raised an eyebrow at various claims proffered by personal trainers. For example: “I help busy professionals lose 24 lbs in 12 weeks using my FatLoss9000 system” On the face of it, there is nothing “wrong” with this (other than it being offensively wanky). Indeed, various NHS […]
S-Tier BroScience
Behold some S-Tier BroScience: The body only tolerates a certain amount of asymmetry and, once this threshold is met, further gains in muscle size and strength are profoundly difficult, if not impossible. I am sure some smart alec will cite arm wrestlers or simps who diddle their dominant palms hairy as examples of where this […]