“What happened?”
“You fell over and banged your head.”
“Where am I?”
“In the back of an ambulance.”
“Who are you?”
“My name’s Phil. I’m the paramedic looking after you.”
“Oh, OK.”
…
“What happened?”
When one of my uni lecturers told me this is how someone with concussion can act, I thought he was having me on or at least exaggerating for effect.
Turns out he wasn’t.
We picked up a guy one midwinter night who’d slipped on ice and smacked his head against a wall on the way down. His scalp was split open like a zip from eyebrow to crown but I was more bothered by his profound short-term memory loss.
Hence the questions.
I swear the poor chap asked me those same three questions over and over and over again throughout the hour-long journey from the back of beyond to the hospital.
And every time, I gave the exact same answers.
My crewmate was mightily impressed by my ability to keep repeating myself without getting the least bit annoyed. I, on the other hand, don’t see how this was a big deal – seeing as it wasn’t the bloke’s fault he was severely concussed and I was being paid to look after him, but there you go.
Why am I telling you this?
One criticism that’s often laid at my door is that I repeat the same few core points incessantly, a bit like the concussed chap from the above story.
The people who take issue with me for doing this don’t necessarily disagree with what I’m saying (they can’t even if they wanted to because it’s all supported by reams of evidence). But rather, they’ve got a bee in their bonnets because I refuse to feed their dopamine loops by giving them something “new” or “exciting”.
What they don’t realise is that I’m repeating those core points because they’re the most efficient, effective, and sustainable way for hardworking family men who live in The Real World to get results. Moreover, if they were actually doing what I say, they wouldn’t be on the hunt for fitness advice that delivers because they’d already have a powerful physique or be well on the road to getting one.
Truthfully, I’ve a sneaking suspicion they get antsy because they know I’m right but don’t want to do the boring and unglamorous work they must do if they want a great body.
Anyway, it’d be rude of me not to repeat my core talking points after that mini-rant so here they are:
1. Lift weights two or three days per week following a sensible programme from someone you trust.
2. Do some form of “hard” cardio – long runs, sprints, etc. – three days per week.
3. Warm up properly before you train and do some basic stretching (no need to learn how to contort yourself into a pretzel unless you want to – the stuff you did in school is probably sufficient).
3. Walk every day without fail for at least 45 minutes.
4. Eat healthily. (If you’ve an IQ greater than potato, you know what this means).
5. Don’t eat like a pig.
That’s all you need to do.
But if you want to learn the specifics of how to do it, you’re gonna have to pay me.
For example, in February’s issue of The Phil Tyreman Letter reveals a suite of tactics you can use to build the powerful back all men need yet few possess.
Some of what I’m going to share is designed to fit alongside most sensible training programmes, so, if you feel it’s appropriate, you can start implementing it and reaping the rewards right away. (And if you’re not sure, you can just email me and I’ll either give you the green light or suggest an alternative).
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Thank you,
Phil Tyreman
P.S. The deadline to subscribe in time to get February’s issue will be upon us very soon.