K.I.S.S.

Many of you have probably heard this acronym.

Keep It Simple, Stupid!

With so much information available to us, its easy to over analyze things. So I just want to remind everybody to keep it simple.
One way to keep it simple is with your diet. I read an article yesterday on tmuscle.com called, The Green Faces Diet. Probably the simplest whole foods diet I've seen. You can read the article by following the link at the bottom of this page, but the cliffnotes version was this:

1. If its green, eat it.
2. If it had a face, eat it.
3. If it isn't green and never had a face, don't eat it.

Sounds like it would be terrible. But go to the page and read the list the author gives. Looks like a pretty great idea, where you cut out refined carbs and get tons of great fiber, protein and essential fats.

Simple, and there's no doubt in my mind that it could work wonders for somebody trying to lose some body fat.

Another area where we need to keep it simple, is with our exercise selection. It's easy to pick up a bodybuilding mag and check out a 'roided up lifters program and use it. But the vast majority of people who strength train don't need to directly focus on the lateral part of their quadricep. The vast majority need to get strong all over. What's the best way to do that? Big, compound movements. If you have been lifting for less than 5 years or haven't gained any mass or strength from lifting no matter how long you've been doing it, these exercises, or some progression of them, should be about all you need for a while:

Squat
Deadlift
Bench press
Pull up
Military press
Row

A trainer I've read articles on who I can't recall right now, recommended, to spend 5 minutes at the end of your workout focusing on whatever you want, like your calves or biceps, just so you can work some smaller muscles you may feel need extra improvement. But 5 minutes is the max.

Keep it simple, keep it consistent and progress week to week and you can make improvements in any area of your life, especially in the weight room and with your body.

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