🥇 Keep It Simple, Get Results Faster

PLUS: Complicated Isn’t Better—Consistency Is

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Michael Pender & Ryan Engel
August 07, 2025

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TODAY’S LEVEL UP:

  • Coach’s Corner: Keep It Simple, Get Results Faster

  • Pro Tip: Complicated isn’t better—consistency is

  • Question from Our Readers: How do I know if my routine is working?

  • Fit Trivia: Which 90s sitcom featured a character who trained with soup cans and later joined a competitive powerlifting team?

Keep It Simple, Get Results Faster

Most guys over 40 don’t need more variety—they need more clarity.

Here’s how to simplify your training for maximum impact:

  • Stick to basic movement patterns: push, pull, squat, hinge, carry

  • Repeat those patterns 2–3 times per week

  • Focus on getting stronger, not constantly switching exercises

  • Track your progress—don't wing it

The truth is, simple doesn’t mean easy.

It means effective.

FROM RYAN’S DESK

"I’m too tired." "I don’t have time." "It’s just one meal." Sound familiar? Excuses don’t change your body. Discipline does. You can have results, or you can have excuses—but not both. Choose wisely.

Pro Tip:

Complicated Isn’t Better—Consistency Is

It’s not the perfect split, or the fancy workout app, or the influencer circuit that gets results.

It’s this:

  • You showed up

  • You trained with purpose

  • You did it again, and again, and again

Question from Our Readers:

“How do I know if my routine is working?”

– Bryan, 44, from Minneapolis

Ask yourself:

  • Am I getting stronger in key lifts?

  • Are my clothes fitting better?

  • Am I recovering faster?

  • Am I seeing a visual change every 3–4 weeks?

If yes, stay the course.

If not, look at sleep, nutrition, and intensity before changing the routine itself.

Don’t fix what’s not broken.

Fit Trivia: Which 90s sitcom featured a character who trained with soup cans and later joined a competitive powerlifting team?

Answer: The Drew Carey Show! In a hilarious and oddly inspiring arc, Drew ditches the TV remote and starts “training” with canned goods—eventually joining a local gym and deadlifting like a champ. Proof that every transformation starts somewhere, even in your kitchen pantry.

Ryan Engel, Intl. Fat Loss Coach

Ryan is a leading fitness coach and one of the most known professionals in the space.

He specializes in Body Recomposition and visual body aesthetics and has reached millions worldwide with his powerful messaging. He brings a unique, non-nonsense, yet sophisticated approach to body change.

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