“It was your brutal honesty and hilarious wit that got me off my fat arse and back into some kind of shape. You’re the most honest person I have ever met please don’t change.”
Came a comment from a fine chap who purchased a copy of one of my books recently.
The honesty he mentions certainly makes some people angry to the point they say:
* I abuse my thin, attractive, and, as of this writing, pregnant wife (for being proud of her for busting her backside to be fit, strong, and beautiful),
* I am a scammer (for generally selling my products and services with long and meticulously detailed sales pages that equip potential buyers with everything they need to make an informed purchase),
* I don’t know anything about fitness (despite having written over a dozen books on the subject and publishing just shy of 500 articles on my site and many hours of audio on my YouTube channel with the latter two being free for anyone, anywhere to consume, consider, and, potentially, benefit from),
* I love Trump (despite being so disinterested in politics I don’t even vote), and,
* I am a PDF-file (for having the temerity to notice every time I took my kids to the park last summer, we were the only people there).
But that’s always the way with these types.
There’s actually some interesting psychology underpinning their bouts of emotional incontinence.
Psychology perhaps best articulated by eminent 20th century Psychologist Carl Rogers’ “Humanistic Theory of Personality”. Specifically, in his concept of congruence.
Long story (very) short, everybody has an “ideal self” (who they aspire to be) and a “self image” (who they actually are).
The closer these align, the more congruent the person.
And when they are far apart?
The person experiences great cognitive dissonance which can lead them to lash out at whoever shone the spotlight upon the mismatch between their aspirations and actions.
For example, most people like to think of themselves as hardworking.
Yet that is evidently not the case if they are fat and out of shape.
How can it be when they cannot summon the discipline to lift weights a couple of times per week, run/cycle/whatever a couple of times per week, and take a short daily walk? (Which is all that is required to get strong and in shape provided you do it with intent and stick at it for long enough.)
And if they don’t know how to do that, it’s not like there isn’t an oversupply of videos, articles, books, and coaches they can access at any time using the smartphone they already spend at least a few hours per day staring at.
All right, enough of this.
If you would like to learn and perhaps benefit from my wicked ways, a quick and inexpensive way to do so is to grab a copy of my little yellow book, “The Muscle and Strength Building Manual for the Natural Trainee”.
It contains an informative and entertaining overview of some of the training methods that were popular before steroids emerged onto the scene, forever poisoning the well to the point that it’s basically impossible for someone who does not take drugs to separate what works from what doesn’t.
One last thing:
You will notice there is just one review and that is because I haven’t gotten around to promoting this or any of my other Amazon titles seriously yet. So if you’re not happy to gamble the price of a coffee and cake (or just a coffee if you opt for the e-version), give this a miss.
It’s available exclusively from Amazon via the below link:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Muscle-Strength-Building-Natural-Trainee-ebook/dp/B0DL4G6C1B
Thank you,
Phil Tyreman
P.S. If you do purchase a copy, please leave an HONEST review. (I.e. don’t give it 5 stars just because you like me or want to help out.)
Good, bad, or indifferent – all reviews aid my nefarious schemes.