Build More Muscle by Training Less
I keep bangin this drum.
Complex workouts are not only unnecessary, they often set you back further than put you ahead.
‘Cuz they have you focusing on the wrong stuff.
That 20% trivial that barely moves your muscle needle.
Instead of zeroing in on what really matters.
Like the ancient Spartans did.
See they weren’t crazy warriors with complex moves.
No no no.
In fact, suicidal recklessness, berserkery, and rage were prohibited in a Spartan army, as these behaviors endangered the phalanx.
Spartans regarded those who fight, while still wishing to live, as more honorable than those who don’t care if they die.
They believed that a warrior must not fight with raging anger, but with calmed determination.
With focus and purpose my man.
In other words, you shouldn’t try to set personal bests every time you lift by going into a terrible range.
You also shouldn’t dissolve your energy by following complex workouts, but instead make steady progress with the same calm determination.
What are complex workouts?
Well, if it
Has you training more than 4 days a week
Has a different routine each day of week
Uses more than 15 exercises
Requires any type of super, drop, or giant sets
Combines lifting with cardio
Then it’s sucking away your time and leave you wondering if what you’re doing is actually working.
But I teach the opposite of that. I teach simple, focused strength progression in A Spartan Rises.
It begins with your first lesson on The Spartan Strength Ladder.
Once you discover how to use this, you’ll see yourself getting stronger every workout.
You’ll also be surprised at how simple this stuff is when you follow the Spartan method.
Just like Jack posted in The Spartan Stronghold last week
“God Bless these workouts. I look forward to doing them every morning, and really think the program is keeping me level headed in dealing with the rest of my crazy schedule.”
Never Retreat & Never Surrender,
Ryan Masters
The Spartan Doctore
Certified Strength & Conditioning Specialist