By: Matt “Wiggy” Wiggins
“Resident BAMF” & “Lead Badass” at WCFnation.com
Creator: “Immortal“, “Forge“, & “Killer MMA Workouts“
Yeah, I know…I know…that doesn’t make a whole lot of sense.
You’ve been told damn near your whole life that you constantly have to be changing up your workouts in the gym. That you need constant change to force adaptation. That your body will just “get used to it” if you do the same thing all the time. That doing new things is what makes the body adapt, grow, & improve.
And that’s all true…to a point.
But what if I told you that you’d probably been lied to by the quasi-wannabe “gurus” in the workout industry? That they actually benefit from you doing all this new & different stuff all the time because then you never do any one thing long enough to achieve any goals? That you’ve likely been taking this whole “you’ve gotta change it up” idea WAY too far…
…and you don’t even know it?
I’m here to tell you that if you want consistent, far-reaching, and (most importantly) long-term gains, you should be simplifying your workout and doing a lot more of the same thing.
NOT this “random” craziness you see in so many other programs.
And here’s a few reasons why:
If you want to get better at something, then you simply have to do it more. Right? I mean, nobody ever got better at something by not doing it.
So it then stands to reason that if you wanted to get better at Bench Pressing, one of the best ways to do this is to simply Bench Press more often.
Now, we’re not gonna buy into the whole “more is better” philosophy (because that can screw you up pretty quickly if you let it…it’s too easy to go down the proverbial rabbit hole and do too much). However, don’t you think you’re going to become a better Bench Presser by Bench Pressing three times each week instead of just once?
You bet you are.
If you’re doing the same workout every time you go to the gym, then that’s more often you’ll be doing the key exercises, movements, and activities that are going to get you stronger, more explosive power, better cardio, and all the other performance goals you want.
But hold up…if you do something too often, can’t that end up being a bad thing? Causing you to overtrain, break down your nervous system, or worse yet, get injured?
Not if your workouts are structured the right way.
You know – wide shoulders, narrow waist, muscular arms & chest. Not to mention abs.
But you don’t want that bloated, “puffy” look – kinda like most bodybuilders have. You want that “hard” look – like a serious athlete has. And that comes from building hard & dense muscle.
It’s called “myofibrillar hypertrophy” and long story short, it occurs when you lift a lot of heavy weights. What happens is that your muscles have to not only contract hard to lift that heavy weight, but they have to do it a lot of times because you’re doing a lot of sets and reps overall. Eventually, the cross-sectional area of the muscle fibers themselves get thicker and bigger.
Which means not only a bigger muscle, but it’s that dense and hard muscle you’re looking for.
Now, you *could* lift a lot of heavy weight for a lot of sets and reps all in one workout. But doing that can limit just how much heavy lifting you do (because there’s only so many heavy sets you can do in a single workout). Plus all that work at one time can really break down the body, which takes a long time to recover from, and leaves you sore and tired for days afterward.
Then there’s the problem of beating down the nervous system, which can push you into a type of overtraining you might not even realize is happening until it’s too late and your whole system just wants to shut down.
What you’re *much* better off doing is splitting it up.
Continuing with our Bench Press example, you’re better served doing several Bench Press workouts each week instead of just one monster Bench workout. This allows you to do more overall heavy lifting, not have to do as much at any one time, recover more easily, and do the thing you wanna get better at more often.
And when you approach it the right way (especially with specific percentages), it allows you to put more effort into each set and every rep. This is where and how you can take great advantage of something called “CAT – Compensatory Acceleration Training”…a concept originally written about by Dr. Fred Hatfield (arguably one of the best Squatters of all time).
There’s one other really cool side-benefit you get – when you repeat your workouts several times each week, you’re not only building the strength (from the heavier weights), the explosive power (from the “CAT”-style training), and the lean, hard, & dense muscle (from the total sets & reps), but you’re also getting so good at it all that after just a few short weeks, you’ll be doing all the same sets with the same reps with even the same weight…
…but it’s going to be light years easier.
You literally just won’t have to work as hard to do as much.
While they’re funny, they also point out one of the biggest problems us guys have at the gym – distraction.
At some point or another, we all end up going off the rails. (I know I have.) Instead of just sticking with one set program, we get distracted and want to try out this new exercise or that new machine or the new technique we saw in a blog post or the new “challenge” workout posted on an internet forum…
It’s no secret that when you try to do too much of everything, you never really accomplish anything. It’d be kinda like trying to walk from Point A to Point B, but every couple steps you turn and walk in a slightly different direction.
Sure, you’re traveling over new grounds and seeing different things (think big picture here…lol), but you never end up getting to Point B…which was the real goal in the first place. And even if you do eventually get there, it takes you WAY too long and you’ve wasted WAY too much time.
You are MUCH better off by doing a clear, focused workout that is going to:
First, there’s the whole “repetitive” factor. If you’re just doing the same workout every time you hit the gym for months, doesn’t that just get boring?
Next, there’s that whole adaptation thing again. I mean, you can’t do the same thing forever – the body just adapts and things quit working. So how can you hit the gym to do the same workout every single time and it keep getting you gains?
Ahhh – that’s where the “secret sauce” comes into play!
Because the smart play wouldn’t be to do the exact same WORKOUT every single time you train…but to do the exact same WORKOUT TEMPLATE.
What you really want is something that’s gonna guide you along the way, keep you focused and in line, & tell you exactly what to do…but also give you just enough freedom to make it your own, keep the boredom away, and let what you do be totally individualized to you specifically.
Well, it doesn’t matter because I’ve already figured it all out for you. Introducing…
Career Meathead was the program that showed you how to get stronger, convert that strength into power, build lean & dense muscle, have and maintain great cardio & endurance, never have to work *too* hard in the gym, and best of all have you FINISHING your workout feeling BETTER than when you STARTED it.
That last element was key – it was how you applied all these new physical abilities you’ve built to everyday life. Because being stronger, faster, or whatever doesn’t do you any good if you’re too tired, sore, beat up, or just feel too much like shit to ever use it.
Career Meathead was not just making you better, but making you feel better.
Enjoying life.
Feeling, performing, and looking like the ultimate badass.
As good as Career Meathead was, it’s in the past. That was then, this is now, and Immortal is the next generation.
When you Join to Become Immortal today, you’ll learn & receive:
Because I don’t want you stuck, stranded, or feeling alone here, I’m going to hook you up with 60-Days of Unlimited, Personalized Email Coaching directly from me.
Shoot me emails whenever you want, as often as you want, about whatever you want. Any questions, concerns, issues, or anything else. I’m here for a full 60 days to give you all the personalized and custom coaching you need.
Basically, it’s my job to make sure you succeed.
All you have to do is put in the work.
I can tell you about myself and how my workouts have helped people literally all over the world over the years, but I figured it’d be a lot more believable if I just let them tell you instead (pulled right from Facebook):
Jump in now to Become Immortal. Go through all the information, learn everything there is to learn, and get started. If after 60 days, you can show me that you’ve done the workouts, participated in the Facebook group, come to me for personalized email coaching, done what I told you to do, and not eaten like a chump (or done anything else crazy) along the way, and you still haven’t gotten results…I’ll give you your money back. No problem.
I can make this offer because if you go through everything, do exactly what I tell you to do, how and when I tell you to do it, there’s pretty much no way you won’t get results. Especially when you implement anything I help you with via custom coaching.
This eliminates all risk on your part and puts everything on me to indeed make sure you get results.
I know a couple of my business friends are gonna tell me I’m crazy and need to drastically increase my price…you’d better Hit That “Add to Cart” Button Now before I wake up and take their advice…