Milking the Low-Hanging Fruit Stories to Cover Up the Inability to Reach High-Hanging FruitI rarely visit the testimonial section of websites. Too often they vaguely boast about how they got a [insert disadvantage here] person to do X in Y time. It’s phrased in such a way that nobody else could have done such a thing, that only they have the shortcut to get the magic pill to get a free lunch. They tout their program’s effectiveness on getting clients [insert goal here], despite it being based on something that almost every other program is: progressive overload, basic periodization, focused nutrition, and recovery schemes. Choosing the principles of a program based on the goals is not revolutionary nor innovative.My problem is not with beginners making progress. My problem is with coaches being glamorized and rewarded for such easy-to-progress clients. Getting an overweight client to lose 10 kg is easy; getting a lean client down to 8% bodyfat while maintaining strength is difficult.…
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