This morning, I got to reading an email by a lady friend of mine (anon, shall explain why in a sec) who works in internet marketing about the power of naming who you get your ideas from.
It was a good email.
However, it’s a sad indictment of where we’re at when “citing your sources” is a novel concept.
Believe it or not, I’ve had plenty of reply guys warn me about the dangers of mentioning other authors and coaches in my email newsletter, lest my readers go and buy their stuff instead of mine.
Oooh. Scarewee.
Truly, I couldn’t care less when that happens (and I know it does because I get emails thanking me for my recommendations).
Not because I think I’m somehow “better” than the people I draw my inspiration from. They just have solutions for problems I don’t fix or else fix them in a way that might appeal more to certain people at certain times than what I offer.
And, sometimes, those individuals boomerang back to me ready and raring to lavish my pious pockets with coin in exchange for a solution to some other problem they have that I am best able to sort.
And sometimes they don’t.
Whatever the case.
In the spirit of my anonymous friend’s email (I can see the irony in me keeping her anon in an email about giving credit where credit is due, but we’ve both agreed it’s better for her if I keep our association private, as a not insignificant percentage of her buyers would think I am the devil incarnate if they happened upon my material), behold five individuals who have informed my training philosophy to a greater or lesser degree:
* Mark Rippetoe (author of the seminal Starting Strength, which needs no introduction. However, you might not be aware that he’s got a load of what I think are the best instructional videos for the basic barbell lifts available for free online via the Starting Strength YouTube channel).
* Jim Wendler (of 5/3/1 fame. Buy the book. Read the book. Even if you don’t want to do the programme).
* Christian Thibaudeau (used to read a lot of his work on T-Nation back in the day. Very interesting stuff for the intermediate to advanced lifter especially).
* Paul Carter (guy used to write a blog called “Lift Run Bang” but it hasn’t seen an update since 2019, although I understand he’s quite active on Instagram).
* Vince Gironda (the “Iron Guru” – books of his are very expensive as they are old and out of print, but many of his articles can be found online if you look hard enough).
* Reg Park (Arnie’s mentor who published the Reg Park Journal from, I think, 1952-1959. Again, articles of his can be found in the bowls of the internet – just make sure you are reading his stuff, not bastardisations of his materials clumsily assembled by others).
* Dan John (another chap I found on T-Nation back in 2009 or thereabouts. I didn’t really take a lot of what he said on board until fairly recently, but boy oh boy do I wish I had paid attention years ago).
I think that’s plenty enough rabbit holes for you to explore if you want. Or not, if you prefer an algorithm to serve you FiTnEsS cOnTenT between degenerate videos of young women promoting their OnlyFriends accounts.
Anyway, if you’d like to work with me personally and privately, I recommend my three month programme called “Silver Era Secrets”.
So named because the teachings are based on the sustainable methods used by the giants of the “pre steroid” era like Reg Park, Steve Reeves, Betty Weider, Tommy Kono, and many others to build strong, healthy, and balanced bodies.
Here are the details, if you are interested:
https://philtyreman.co.uk/programme/
Thank you,
Phil Tyreman
P.S. Can’t remember if I mentioned it on the sales page or not, but you’ll also get a complementary subscription to The Phil Tyreman Letter for the three months we work together (worth £60).