Here’s What Albert Einstein Taught Me About Getting Jacked
Did you know that Albert Einstein -the guy who basically figured out how the universe works- tried to take up golf but gave it up because it was too complicated?
It sounds like a joke, doesn’t it?
But I’m totally serious.
The story goes something like this…
Late in his life, a colleague convinced Einstein to give golf a try.
At his first lesson, the instructor kept yelling tip after tip after tip as Albert hacked away at the ball.
Topping off one, completely missing the next, slicing the one after that.
His instructor, Gigi Carnivale, kept yellling…
“Keep your head down!”
“Keep your back straight!”
“Bend your knees!” And on and on and on.
But Einstein still couldn’t make solid contact.
Finally the scientist had enough, picked up a bunch of balls and hurled them all at Carnivale!
Carnivale swatted at the balls, ducking and dodging.
“What did you do that for?!!” cried Carnivale.
“Young man”, Einstein said, “when I throw you one ball, you catch it. However, when I throw you four balls, you catch nothing! So when you teach, make only one point at a time!”
Do You Sometimes Feel Like Einstein?
I’m guessing you know how the world’s greatest genius felt when you try to sort through all the workout advice on the internet. Seems like there’s some new,complex workout or
supplement or whatever every day.
Problem is they don’t follow Einstein’s advice…
If you can’t explain it simply,
you don’t understand it well enough.
-Albert Einstein
Now, I don’t claim to be a genius.
But I agree with Einstein about simplicity.
I consider it my mission to make getting a ripped hard body simpler for you… not more complex.
How do I do this?
Three ways that I think Einstein would appreciate…
- I focus on the 20% of activities that give you 80% of your results
- I focus as much on “outside the gym” activities as I do “inside the gym” activities
- I focus on the mental aspect (simplicity, motivation, focus) as I do on the physical.
And it works like gangbusters.
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Ryan Masters
The Spartan Doctore
Certified Strength & Conditioning Specialist