There comes a point in every man’s life when he truly understands his own mortality.
When he does, the scales fall from his eyes, revealing the truth of what *actually* matters:
Family.
Legacy.
Both are perfectly enshrined by our kids.
I don’t know about you, but becoming a father changed my perspective on just about everything.
Not right away because something so world-altering takes time to sink in, but the seeds were sown the moment I held my little girl in my arms for the very first time.
One of those seeds that was, to my eternal shame, a late bloomer was my approach to training.
I first got into training because I was very fat. And, like most fat people, I was very lazy and saw lifting as the perfect form of exercise because it involved a lot of sitting around.
So began my love affair with the iron.
And, to be fair, I did manage to get relatively lean at various points in my 20s.
However.
I never *stayed* lean because I got there by either following an extreme diet (one of which nearly cost me my vision), or happenstance (like the time I didn’t have a car so had to walk six or more miles per day).
Things changed one morning when I had to ask my beautiful wife to carry my then one-year-old daughter down the stairs because my back hurt so much I wasn’t sure I’d make it without dropping her.
Why did my back hurt?
Simple.
I was fat.
My unsightly belly was pulling my pelvis forward – exaggerating the natural curve in my lower back (also known as lumbar hyperlordosis).
The saddest part?
At the time, I was shifting serious weights in the gym.
But was I really “strong” if I couldn’t carry my girl down one flight of stairs?
Nah.
I know I’m supposed to say I started doing cardio immediately and lived happily ever after, but I can’t because I would be lying.
It actually took another year or so for me to get it into my thick head that I had to make regular cardio a fixed, firm part of my routine if I was to have any chance of being the strong, lean, and healthy role model my daughter deserves.
And, potentially, live long enough to see her get married, have kids, and all that good stuff.
(That last sentence wasn’t a flagrant attempt to “push your buttons” to get you to work with me; the stats on mortality and morbidity in overweight/obese people speak for themselves).
It’s for this reason I’ve decided to devote March’s issue of The Phil Tyreman Letter to the strategies and tactics you need to successfully integrate cardio into your routine.
If you’re someone who struggles to stay consistent because you feel it’s a waste of time as you can only manage very little or you just find it deathly boring, this issue is a “must read”.
Men who are already doing cardio regularly will also benefit, as my methodology is predicated upon balancing it with lifting, creating a virtuous cycle that leads to better, more sustainable results in both disciplines.
And, when you subscribe, you get virtually unfettered private access to me for answers to any questions I’m qualified to answer, support with designing your training programmes, video critiques of your form, and anything else I’m qualified to assist you with.
A subscription is £100/month which works out at £3.29/day. (Cancel any time for any reason or no reason).
Not a princely sum by any stretch of the imagination, but you should only subscribe if you’re genuinely serious about doing what’s necessary to build a powerful physique, live a healthier, happier life, and, ultimately, become the man your family deserves.
‘Cuz trust me, it ain’t easy.
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https://philtyreman.co.uk/information/
Thank you,
Phil Tyreman
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