One criticism that is sometimes levelled at me is that I don’t keep “up to date” with the latest and greatest training methods.
Thinking about it, the most modern stuff I teach dates back to the late 1970s (circa 45 years old as of this writing).
Why is this?
Is it because I am stupid?
Lazy?
Perhaps.
But regardless of how lazy and/or stupid I may or may not be, my rationale for teaching as I do is that guys back then had already figured out everything worth knowing about training insofar as the “normal” person who just wants to get strong and in shape is concerned.
More:
I cannot help but notice that despite having all these New and Exciting training methods, the average trainee is fatter and weaker than he has ever been.
And the more “discoveries” we make about training, all of which are furiously discussed and debated by the small army of personalities on the Fitness Internet and their followings, the worse his condition gets.
Yeah, yeah, I know correlation does not equal causation and I concede there is obviously a lot more going on here (far more than I can reasonably cover in a single email).
Nevertheless, I think there’s much to be gained by stripping things back to the most boring basics which have been rigorously tested and proven to work time and time again over many decades and, in some cases, literal centuries.
And you can’t get much more basic than the prescription you will find in June’s issue of The Phil Tyreman Letter.
It’s a complete training programme that doesn’t require a gym membership to complete the resistance component (you can do the whole thing outdoors provided you’ve somewhere to do pullups and/or inverted rows or at home with easily acquired equipment for the same if that is your preference).
If that’s something you’re interested in, you must become a subscriber before Saturday’s deadline when I finalise the list to send to the printer.
To learn all about what you’ll get from working with me in this capacity, go here:
https://philtyreman.co.uk/information/
Thank you,
Phil Tyreman