Man finds his narrow conception of fitness is better than other people’s. If you can’t bench 190 pounds then you are wasting his precious time. PT and postural exercises are for weak losers who can’t measure up.
Don’t go to the gym to feel good or meet with friends, don’t do yoga. Well do yoga, but only for the muscle recovery.
For good measure he posts a picture of his swollen muscles to prove he isn’t fucking around. He’s one of the good ones.
He's specifically addressing people who have the same goals as him but aren't seeing progress for the reasons he's listed. Nothing in the article suggests that he sees other goals as less valid, and it seems like you're being uncharitable because he reads as a "bro" to you ("swollen muscles").
I believe the author in the article just enjoys pain:
"Some of the happiest moments I remember are from walking home after a new 20-rep squat record way back in the days. Walking up stairs was like being repeatedly stabbed with a blunt and rusty butterknife. But it was still pure bliss."
Also, he seems to lack the usual mentality:
"I hate to bust your bubble lil’ buddy, but women don’t give a shit beyond a guy looking reasonably fit. Lower than 10-12% body fat won’t make an ounce of a difference. If women is your main motivation for dieting, don’t bother getting shredded."
My guess would be that this guy always wanted to be a cinema-style military drill instructor. And now he's doing just that as a freelance fitness coach: "I work as a nutritional consultant [..] and personal trainer."
"Rickard Nikoley is one of those I saved from fuckarounditis. Before I intervened, Richard was flopping around like a monkey in the gym. Nothing good came from that. There’s nothing primal or Paleo about being weak."
I wonder if it really is a good idea to talk like that about your clients.
Leangains was monumental for popularizing intermittent fasting in the early 2010s. His articles come off as redundant now, but back then he was one of a kind.
Came here to say this. This guy is a legend, and as legends have, they might seem outdated in many ways by modern standards, but they still are legends for valid reasons.
There's some useful information buried in here and it boils down to "follow a program, follow a diet, be consistent". The last one is the most important - long term consistency beats short term intensity any day. I'd rather show up 100 percent of the time and put in 70 percent than put in 110 percent for a month and burn out or get injured.
While I have no idea whether this is true for bodybuilding, it's true for software, especially web development, in my perception. Too much fucking around with frameworks, and not enough just writing the dang HTML. We, as a profession, know how to write HTML and we could get more results sooner if we actually just did it.
Contrary to the roid rage induced beliefs of non competitive personal trainer body builders a lot of people don’t go to the gym to see that kind of “progress” they see a professional climber or ultra race runner and call them weak, because they don’t know any better.
So stupid. Internet nerds claiming squats and deadlift build a nice physique. Whereas everyone who lifts knows a dyel deadlifter who can deadlift 600 lbs.
Bench is the only compound that gives good upper body aesthetics
Actual athletes are training for a specific goal. If you're a swimmer/runner/pole vaulter/whatever you may want a different program to focus on things that improve your performance in that discipline.
Most people who go to the gym just want to be in shape, and for that goal the author is right - assuming "getting in shape" to you means developing a fit and capable body. He's also right that a lot of people misguidedly waste a lot of time on unnecessarily complex routines that don't even work that well, and spend way too much money and effort on supplements.
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Don’t go to the gym to feel good or meet with friends, don’t do yoga. Well do yoga, but only for the muscle recovery.
For good measure he posts a picture of his swollen muscles to prove he isn’t fucking around. He’s one of the good ones.
"Some of the happiest moments I remember are from walking home after a new 20-rep squat record way back in the days. Walking up stairs was like being repeatedly stabbed with a blunt and rusty butterknife. But it was still pure bliss."
Also, he seems to lack the usual mentality:
"I hate to bust your bubble lil’ buddy, but women don’t give a shit beyond a guy looking reasonably fit. Lower than 10-12% body fat won’t make an ounce of a difference. If women is your main motivation for dieting, don’t bother getting shredded."
My guess would be that this guy always wanted to be a cinema-style military drill instructor. And now he's doing just that as a freelance fitness coach: "I work as a nutritional consultant [..] and personal trainer."
I wonder if it really is a good idea to talk like that about your clients.
Bench is the only compound that gives good upper body aesthetics
Most people who go to the gym just want to be in shape, and for that goal the author is right - assuming "getting in shape" to you means developing a fit and capable body. He's also right that a lot of people misguidedly waste a lot of time on unnecessarily complex routines that don't even work that well, and spend way too much money and effort on supplements.