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Variety Is the spice of life!...and to the detriment of knowing what’s working or not.
So, with this in mind today’s write-up is all about VARIABLES!
To begin, let's start off with a Scenario:
Two People – Same Goal.
The Goal – Get to 10% body-fat and look aesthetic.
Person A – Eats the same food every day, Trains the same every week & Uses 1 Steroid.
Person B – Calorie cycles every 2nd day (high to low days), Changes training every 4 weeks & Uses 3 Steroids.
Both are using the same total dose of gear and applying the same amount of effort to reach their goals.
Now a question is posed:
Where does this problem lie and what is the solution for both people?
Let’s say it’s the food –
Person A we add more calories or change 1 meal and can assess a change.
Person B however has more questions as to maybe cycling calories is the issue, maybe the meals are different to enable this, perhaps its something in the low-days not agreeing, high days not agreeing….
Now Let’s say it’s the steroids –
Person A we reduce the dose or swap it out, quite a simple step.
Person B, we’ve now got 3 steroids that could be the issue. We can take an educated guess and say it’s steroid ‘X’ and maybe we’re right or wrong. Another variable, another factor.
From these instances alone we can see a pattern emerging.
With Person A being objectively an easier scenario to address, with Person B being quite complex case due to the number of variables in their day-to-day.
So, in using the notion of what was outlaid above the advice today is - keep things simple.
The more elements we add, the less likely we are able to find out what those are when things go wrong AND when things go right!
(i.e: Was it the steroid we used?, exercise routine?, diet?, sleep?!)
If everything is consistent and we pull one lever at a time, we will KNOW what that is.
Otherwise we will be guessing as to what that was and be much like a lot of bro’s out there and correlate results we got at one time to a good batch of steroid ‘X’, defunct food brand, specific exercise or any other element that doesn’t see results repeated.
This advice goes for beginners all and especially for advanced/elite level competitors.
As once we are at the point where 4 steroids, GH, Slin, Peptides are in the mix, with 7000+ calories and a complex training regime to match – how on earth are we to address a cause of your insulin sensitivity?
We will HAVE to guess and it’s a needle in a hay stack that If you went to a new coach might take months to conclude what it is.
Often times with people at that level with serious problems the recommendation is simply to:
- Get off everything for a few months and lets start off once everything's baseline with a simpler plan – funnily enough.
TLDR:
Keep It Simple for as long as you can, learn what works one thing at a time!
I urge everyone to try be person A in the scenario for as long as possible.
As the amount of knowledge in slowly learning is immeasurable – this game is a marathon not a sprint.
Stay safe, take your time to learn what works and don't jump the gun assuming more is better
-YeahBuddy
So, with this in mind today’s write-up is all about VARIABLES!
To begin, let's start off with a Scenario:
Two People – Same Goal.
The Goal – Get to 10% body-fat and look aesthetic.
Person A – Eats the same food every day, Trains the same every week & Uses 1 Steroid.
Person B – Calorie cycles every 2nd day (high to low days), Changes training every 4 weeks & Uses 3 Steroids.
Both are using the same total dose of gear and applying the same amount of effort to reach their goals.
- Over the course of 4 weeks, we see the effects on both, with the positive effects noted on both.
Person B seems to be getting harder from one of the steroids or diet more than Person A.
- Into week 6 – We notice repeat effect, now person B is looking 20% better than Person A, with better results!
- However, on week 8 - Person B complains of irritability/headaches & waning energy levels effecting their performance.
Person A also notes the same thing as Person B coincidentally.
Now a question is posed:
Where does this problem lie and what is the solution for both people?
Let’s say it’s the food –
Person A we add more calories or change 1 meal and can assess a change.
Person B however has more questions as to maybe cycling calories is the issue, maybe the meals are different to enable this, perhaps its something in the low-days not agreeing, high days not agreeing….
Now Let’s say it’s the steroids –
Person A we reduce the dose or swap it out, quite a simple step.
Person B, we’ve now got 3 steroids that could be the issue. We can take an educated guess and say it’s steroid ‘X’ and maybe we’re right or wrong. Another variable, another factor.
From these instances alone we can see a pattern emerging.
With Person A being objectively an easier scenario to address, with Person B being quite complex case due to the number of variables in their day-to-day.
So, in using the notion of what was outlaid above the advice today is - keep things simple.
The more elements we add, the less likely we are able to find out what those are when things go wrong AND when things go right!
(i.e: Was it the steroid we used?, exercise routine?, diet?, sleep?!)
If everything is consistent and we pull one lever at a time, we will KNOW what that is.
Otherwise we will be guessing as to what that was and be much like a lot of bro’s out there and correlate results we got at one time to a good batch of steroid ‘X’, defunct food brand, specific exercise or any other element that doesn’t see results repeated.
This advice goes for beginners all and especially for advanced/elite level competitors.
As once we are at the point where 4 steroids, GH, Slin, Peptides are in the mix, with 7000+ calories and a complex training regime to match – how on earth are we to address a cause of your insulin sensitivity?
We will HAVE to guess and it’s a needle in a hay stack that If you went to a new coach might take months to conclude what it is.
Often times with people at that level with serious problems the recommendation is simply to:
- Get off everything for a few months and lets start off once everything's baseline with a simpler plan – funnily enough.
TLDR:
Keep It Simple for as long as you can, learn what works one thing at a time!
I urge everyone to try be person A in the scenario for as long as possible.
As the amount of knowledge in slowly learning is immeasurable – this game is a marathon not a sprint.
Stay safe, take your time to learn what works and don't jump the gun assuming more is better
-YeahBuddy
