Variety at the cost of results is common, consider the alternative below.

VARIED NUTRITION

When it comes to nutrition, particularly when physique change is the goal, variety is low on the priorities list because…

• It tends to create more decisions and more decisions increase risk of non adherence. 

• It’s harder to measure.

• It tends to be less efficient.

• It increases inaccuracy.

• It takes longer.

Standardizing meal structure by relying on a few whole food staples makes diet coherence easier and adherence higher.

VARIED TRAINING

When it comes to training programs, particularly when muscle growth is the goal, variety is again low on the priorities list because…

• It takes repeated exposures of gradually increased stimulus to signal muscle growth and varying lifts too often lowers the intensity of that stimulus, violating the principle of overload for progress.

• Varying lifts lower the accuracy of the training program, violating the principle of specificity for progress.

• All training has a skill component and so varying exercises too soon lowers the likelihood of skill development in a particular lift.

• It’s hard to measure progress if the variables are being changed too often.

• It tends to be less efficient as you have to learn new techniques and find appropriate sets, reps, and loads for every new lift.

• It increases inaccuracy as technique deviates and low skill is used it becomes harder to guarantee that we are training the desired/target muscles.

• It takes longer as every new exercise starts at a lower stimulus as skill and technique are developed, lowering the potential for growth.

OUR ADVICE

Standardizing meal structure by relying on a few whole food staples makes diet coherence easier and adherence higher.

Standardizing training by relying on a framework of compound, accessory, and isolation exercises makes specificity, progressive overload, and tracking of progress easier.

If you’re a busy guy who wants a specific and clear program that guarantees you’ll grow muscle, lose fat, and feel, look, and perform better then we want to work with you.

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