Scott lives in a yurt in central Ohio and he was offering fitness classes and BJJ in a local gym. He told me that when he shut down the gym and began training at home, he bagan to see the best results of his life--and this guy has always been strong and impressive -- he is featured in several of my videos, including The Specimens. In hindsight, he realized that when he was in the gym, he’d been overtraining.
Scott alternates training, both indoors and out. He built a really nice outdoor pull-up bar and has a large stone for deadlifts. Indoors, he built a nifty pull-up bar for the bathroom out of galvanized steel from the hardware store. Rounding out his equipment, he built a PVC suspension device for rows and isometrics, and likes to alternate isometric squats (with forearm forklift) with regular body weight squats.
Last week, I had a black belt promotion event scheduled here in Folly Beach SC and Scott came to assist me with the testing. I hadn’t seen Scott in person in some time, and I was really impressed with his physique and strength levels. In fact, I said to him:
“Wow, you look bigger and stronger than anytime I’ve ever known you”
Scott told me that his workouts are better because he has less distraction and better concentration at home and that his workouts are low tech but coming from a high mental state.
It’s been obvious to me for some time that people don’t need fancy equipment, gadgets or gizmos. All that’s really needed is hard, honest effort on a few basic compound exercises, coupled with rest, eating well, plus a tranquil mind. Interestingly, this type of training actually produced a more tranquil mindset; it’s a stoic form of exercise.
Scott is proof to me that I’m on the right track. Here is an example of an already fit man who became even stronger and more muscular when he quit the gym and started training at home.
