It seems to me, that many newer gym goers/strength athletes believe that the more complicated a program appears, the better off they are. After all, they’ve just paid hundreds of dollars to a globo gym; signed up for the special personal training package offered ONLY AT SIGN UP for another couple of hundred dollars; bought special gym goer shoes; maybe some new shorts; was talked into $350 of GNC shitty vitamins when all you wanted was some protein; and have started your own Facebook blog on how this is the time you’re going to lose the weight. For all that, no way will simple suffice.
The best part of wanting something complicated is that you’ll find a “coach” who is willing to give it to you. For a fee, of course, that reflects how special you are and that “usually we do X, but because you’re special we’ll do Y for you. Be careful though, this is very specialized.” Really, we all just want to be special. The glaring problem with this?
You’re not special. You’re just weak. Quite honestly, that’s a simple fix. Get stronger. Squat. Press. Deadlift. Bench. Walk; push the prowler; go run some hills. Simple. Eat more protein. Eat less sugar. Stay away from Soy. Processed carbs hate you. See? Simple.
Now pay me $500. Ohhhhhhh, I get it. That wasn’t worth $500. So if I complicate things enough and use really big words and phrases like muscle confusion (by the by, if your muscles are confused you’d actually have a type of palsy, not just a bad trainer), Nutrient Transport (by the by, your body has been doing this since you started eating. You don’t pay someone to manipulate a process that your body learned before you had your first spank), and any thing else redunkulous. So I guess this is why I’m not rich. I don’t complicate stuff enough.
Frankly, who has the energy? I just want people to be as strong as they can be. I don’t want to e-rape them with a complicated program, be it diet, training, whatever. Just get off the gerbil wheel and come train. Learn how to do the lifts correctly, learn how to program correctly, learn how to eat that won’t keep you inflamed and feeling shitty. Simple stuff. Worth about, oh I dunno, $45 per session. Commit to being strong and you’ll be strong. Commit to a number on the scale and every time you fail to hit that number, you’ll see failure. Walk into a black iron gym and every time you train, you’ll be stronger. Simple.
It’s simple, if it jiggles, it’s fat.
Arnold Schwarzenegger
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