I was reading some old Powerlifting USA magazines the other day, flicking through the pages revealed numerous training articles but what struck me was the simplicity inherent in most of the routines: even for the legends of the sport.
Now most of the articles I read stemmed from the mid to late 70's but damn there was some huge guys back then using what was pretty damn simple routines but today's standard. This got me to thinking that like most things it is so damn easy to overcomplicate lifting and end up making no progress.
In business it's not unusual as companies grow that the level of complexity in the business out runs the capacity of the business processes and procedures. This is analogous to lifting. The more you know the more you tend to overcomplicate things.
Thought for the day: if you cant describe your programming and diet to another lifter in 1 minute then the shit is too complicated!
The old school lifters in the 70's used way less gear had less access to information and yet it didn't stop a generation of lifters looking good and hoisting some nasty poundages.
Stay Strong
Thomo
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