Few weeks ago, Jess ran her first 10k race at some fancy-shmancy country house about ten miles to the south west of Hull.
All in all, a terrible day given it was pouring with rain and blowing a gale.
Not to mention the horde of preening middle-class yuppies LARPing as athletes.
Forgive me for the rant, but few things irritate me more than people who want to enjoy the trappings of athletic success, without putting in even a fraction of the patient effort actual sportsmen put into their craft.
(That and little Connie was nearly knocked off her feet not once, not twice, but thrice by nylon-clad tubsters charging about the narrow thoroughfares as part of their “warmup”).
What’s my point?
Just as these types fancy an “athletic experience”, so do perhaps 80% of men who train at least somewhat regularly pursue an “exercise experience”.
Here’s my mansplanation:
They train for how it makes them feel in the moment – hot, sweaty, sore, pumped, or some combination thereof – without any long-term game plan to speak of.
In some cases, and particularly when first starting out, their “exercise experience” produces results.
However.
Progress quickly stalls and these unfortunate souls find themselves stuck in the mud, spinning their wheels.
At this point one of three things happens:
1) They get bored and quit, regain whatever weight they’ve lost and lose whatever muscle they’ve gained;
2) They bumble along like a zombie repeating the same workouts, lifting the same weights, running the same distances for months or maybe even years on end; Or,
3) They pursue a joint-mulching ultra-hardcore programme under the (incorrect) assumption that their progress has stalled because they’re not training hard enough – and, almost invariably, end up injured.
There is a fourth way.
Training for concrete results that last, rather than simply exercising for a fleeting feeling.
But to do that you need a robust, flexible system.
Doubly so if you’re not in a position to have your entire life revolve around the pursuit of muscle and strength.
I have such a system, and I shall teach it to you – for a modest price.
Full details below:
https://philtyreman.co.uk/programme
Thank you,
Phil Tyreman
P.S. Jess completed the race in a very respectable time. Especially considering that she had abdominal surgery 16 days before.
Yes, I am married to a very special lady.