Variety is the death of so many training programs. The want to do it all can stifle the best of intentions for a more improved you. Too many goals is a surefire way to stop your best intentions dead in their tracks. And as they say, the road to hell...you know where I'm going.
"I want to be big, I want to be cut, I want to be fast, I want to be HUGE!!!
The best thing you can do is pick your goal and go with the the best method available. Does that mean search endlessly for the perfect program? Of course. Wait, I mean not at all. Scouring the internet for the best laid plan is pointless. Go to a resource you know and trust and take what you need from there. Everything works some of the time and nothing works all of the time. The best plan is the one you can stick to.
Make your plan work for you. There's no point in picking the workout that on paper looks great and theoretically will turn you into an animal but if you can't consistently do it then what the hell's the point? To say you're doing the Special Forces Brutal MMA Football player plan who trains 12x a week? The only thing people are going to see are the lack of results.
That's where picking your poison comes in. You want to get lean. Simple enough. Pick a method or two and rep schemes, stick with it for a couple of weeks to see how it's working. The same goes for your nutrition program, strength program, muscle gain program etc. Multiple goals can be achieved at once but always at the expense of the full potential of another. Jumping around from plan to plan will get you nowhere. Repeat that with me. NOWHERE! Trust me. I've tried. I ain't just talking out my arse.
More importantly is your nutrition program. Some diets look great on paper, but if they don't work for you then it's basically useless, be it one, two, or twelve meals a day. Now of course there's a level of "suck it upness" that needs to be there in the beginning and you just need to get it done, but there are some things that are easier than others for certain people.
Know yourself. If you've been blessed with the body type that the smell of food puts fat between you and your six pack, eight mini meals might not be the way for you. That constant tease of a little food all day can result in a caloric overdose. On the flip side neither does one gorge-fest of 10,000 calories. Thinking you have to fit into some guy or girl's mold of a diet book is ludicrous. Personality types are completely underestimated in nutrition (much, much more on this soon.)
Another example is if you're one of those people that absolutely hates being full (I know, who the hell is that). Then small meals in the right caloric amounts is the way to go for you. Meal timing (which requires a whole other article as well) is dependent on what you can do and your personal preference. Are you on the road, near a fridge, etc etc. Just get your daily calories in one way or another and don't stray too far.
The worst thing you can do is pick a goal, pick a method and then run it into the ground with no results just 'cause. You have to pick your poison but not let it kill you. So here's your action step. Think about you. Think about your personality. What type of guy or gal are you? Really be honest and I mean brutally honest. Once you have a tiny fraction of an idea, because we all know we'd be sitting there for days on a rock with one hand under our chins, make your plan accordingly. Figure out what you really want and then how to get there. Basic guidelines, but the more I'm discovering in this life the more I find it's the basic, simple, "why the f didn't I think of that," ideas that are truly monumental.
So pick your goal (get cut, get big) pick your method and types of training (warrior diet, precision nutrition, three squares, kettlebells, sandbags etc) and then go from there. What's the point of floating through life searching for the latest and greatest!? It won't get you anywhere but stuck and back at square one. It's a simple formula that will have profound results on your life.
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