Simplicity

Still making progress.

On one hand, it’s the most progress I’ve made in the shortest amount of time.

On the other, it’s not NEW, it’s still getting back to where I’ve been before - and that’s an important thing to keep top of mind.

That said, this progress is being made spending less than 70 minutes a week in the gym.

I believe the simplicity is a big reason for the efficacy.

Here’s how it works:

1. Pick a basic movement

2. Pick a weight I can do 6 times

3. Fight like hell to do it 6 or more times

4. End

That’s it.

And then next week

1. Same movement

2. Same weight

3. Do more reps than last week

4. End

Until I can muster ten reps

and then…

1. Same movement

2. A new weight I can only 6 times

3. Fight like hell to do it more than 6 times

4. End

Once I can do ten, bump the weight to something I can only 6.

And.

That’s it.

At some point I might have to get creative. The reality is, this is the most efficient, highest return, lowest cognitive burden progress I’ve ever made.

So I’m not gonna fuck it up by trying to get too cute.

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Why 6 -10 reps?

Because I’m working to failure. More specifically, muscular failure.

Below 6 would be incredible taxing on my nervous system - it would take significantly longer to recover from from that standpoint. Over a few weeks, it would be more likely that my nervous system, not muscles, are the reason for failure.

Above 10 and things like endurance, lactic acid, etc are more likely to be the cause of failure.

So, this gives me a big enough range to make progress over the weeks while keeping me in the range where failure is most likely to be muscular.

If you have different goals, probably shouldn’t model this - but the principle would be the same:

Work in a range and frequency with the highest probability of accomplishing the thing you actually want

Again,

Simplicity.

Nic