Hail to the Dinosaurs!
Yesterday we talked about the Program Hopper.
Today, let's talk about the Gotta Do It All
Guy.
When I was a kid, the muscle comics catered to
the Gotta Do It All Guy. In fact, they helped
create him.
The Gotta Do It All Guy is obsessed with hitting
his muscles from every possible angle -- performing
every exercise under the sun -- and doing everything
he can to insure he hits every single fiber in
his body in every single workout he does.
Thus, you have the guy who trains by body-parts --
and every body-part gets at least half a dozen
different exercises.
For example -- a typical Gotta Do It All chest
program might look like this:
1. Bench press
2. DB bench press
3. Incline press
4. DB incline press
5. Dips
6. Decline flyes
7. Flat bench flyes
8. Incline flyes
9. Cable cross-overs
10. Cross bench pullovers with
one DB
I was a Gotta Do It All Guy for awhile. And
it got me nowhere. Nowhere but tired and run
down and weak and skinny and puny.
Then I tried a different approach.
Instead of doing every exercise under the sun, I
began to concentrate on a small number of truly
productive movements.
Basic compound exercises:
1. Squats
2. Deadlifts
3. Presses
4. Bench presses
5. Curls
6. Bent over rowing
7. Pull-ups
8. Gut work
And THAT'S when I started to make some progress.
You see, when you do every exercise under the sun,
you never really do justice to any of them. You spread
yourself too thin. You do lots and lots of work (high
volume) but you never really work hard. It SOUNDS like
a hard way to train. Actually, it's ten times harder to
do LESS but work the heck out of everything you do.
Ten times more productive, too. If you don't believe me,
try it and see.
As always, thanks for reading and have a great day. If
you train today, make it a good one.
Yours in strength,
Brooks Kubik
P.S. For more about getting great results by focusing on
a small number of truly productive exercises, grab a copy
of any of the following books or courses:
1. Dinosaur Training: Lost Secrets of Strength and
Development
2. Gray Hair and Black Iron
3. Strength Muscle and Power
4. Chalk and Sweat
You can find them right here:
http://www.brookskubik.com/products.html
