Beyond 5/3/1: Simple Training for Extraordinary Results

Commit to your training limitations. Your only other option is to fail and have an awful excuse. “If only I had more time,” never works with winners.

Stop thinking that you cannot get stronger training two times per week. In reality, you are training six days/week with an emphasis on recovery, mobility, strength, hypertrophy and conditioning. Again, strive for balance.

I also believe that your attitude towards training shows itself in all aspects of your life. Those who understand that success does not happen overnight, that it is earned through work and struggle always come out on top. The success you earned through hardship is always the sweetest. No person with dignity and a soul wants a handout – they want to

You do it right ALL the time, not some of the time. When you let one part of your life/training get compromised, it will all go to shit. Do it right, or don’t bother doing it at all.

Attitude is the one thing you have total control over and the minute you let doubt, depression or martyrdom creep in, you set yourself up for a long life of mediocrity.

One of the easiest ways to spot a novice lifter, in both training and attitude, is their complete breakdown after a bad workout or a bad month, or even a bad couple of months.

ideas, 5’s Progression and Joker sets, came together, a huge weight was lifted off of my back. I believe this to be the best way to train beginner lifters. More on the Deload The point of the deload is to not have to take it when you need it, but rather to use it as a tool to NEVER need it. This seems to be pretty common sense to me. It is similar