Get over yourself…I have. 

I’ve been getting quite a few comments from people signing up for my programs, both with the online/app platform as well as in person.  Those comments are invariably, “This is too simple, I’m an advanced lifter.  I’ve been doing this for 20 years and have competed in a few shows.”

This is close-minded thinking.  Why?  When I was winning Arnold Classics and placing near the top at the Olympia, I didn’t know everything and had some of the best coaches in the business.  What do the best boxer and MMA fighter in the world have in common?  Coaches.  People who earn Oxford scholarships are all extremely book smart, they all seek out further teaching and know they don’t know everything.  And none of them are telling their coaches or teachers, "I'm too advanced for your advice."

Now, that’s enough of the analogies, let’s put this into fitness terms.  We all don’t know enough, none of us.  We can always get more knowledge, improve.  There are areas of the fitness field that I have no experience.  That’s why I’ve gathered a team of specialists in as many fields as I could for my team of coaches.  Being fancy or complicated is just a smoke screen in most cases.  Look at the best strength and conditioning facilities and coaches in the world like DeFranco, EXOS, etc.  Look at the best physique coaches in the world.  The successful ones are “meat and potatoes.” 

Being fancy, complicated, and intricate rarely translates into results…not more effectively than pure movement patterns, anyway.  And results are what matters.  If results didn’t matter, you wouldn’t be reading this blog, saving workout posts on Instagram, or looking for free workouts online.  You wouldn't be religiously watching CBum's chest workout on YouTube...because spoiler alert...he's benching, pushing, and hitting the cables...  What's Clarida doing on chest day on IG?  Benching, pushing, and hitting the cables...  What's the Bikini Olympia winner doing on chest day?  What's Ramy doing on chest day?  Get my point?

Look at any successful physique athlete, compare their IG workout posts.  How extravagant and creative are they?  Look at Canelo’s strength program…is he pushing, pressing, and squating?  Look at LeBron’s training program…is he lunging, pulling, and twisting?  If the best physique athletes, and the best fighters, and the best basketball players are all pushing, pulling, twisting, squatting, bending, and lunging…are they all using “cookie cutter” workouts?  Or are they utilizing, through coaches, a basic framework while modifying global sets/reps, rest periods, intensities, and tempos?