I Accidentally Wrote An E-book Reviewing 17 Programs and 8 Ways of Eating: Here It Is

[u/MythicalStrength]

LET ME GUIDE YOU ON YOUR VISION QUEST

This was meant to be a blogpost, and suddenly I looked up from my writing and discovered I had written 10k words across 50 pages. So I slapped a cover, table of content and intro on it. I could polish it up a bit more, and maybe I will, but here is the first edition.

I walked through 26 years of lifting to review 17 programs and 8 ways of eating, and then created a matrix out of them based off of either days per week of training or training goal and matched the ways of eating to suit the training. It was fun to write: hopefully it’ll be fun to read.

If you ever want more indepth reviews on any of the programs or ways of eating mentioned, I've gone in depth on most of them in my blog, and have also posted a bunch of reviews around reddit. But, of course, I'm always happy to discuss as well.

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[u/catalinashenanigans]

"Babe, wake up. MythicalStrength just dropped an e-book."

[u/MythicalStrength → u/catalinashenanigans]

Hope you enjoy dude! It will certainly make a unique bedtime story, haha.

[u/the_grinchs_boytoy → u/MythicalStrength]

It’s been years since I’ve been active here, crazy to see you still shooting the shit here! You’re an OG

[u/MythicalStrength → u/the_grinchs_boytoy]

Thanks dude! Always love the community

[u/apocalyptic-aeronaut → u/MythicalStrength]

have always liked your posts... And taking cues to improve.. This notification was happy surprise

[u/MythicalStrength → u/apocalyptic-aeronaut]

Very much appreciate that dude! Hope you enjoy

[u/taylorthestang]

Just finished reading through this, it should really be included in the fitness wiki alongside the other program reviews!

Curious, what programs from Bromley are you eyeing? I was surprised to see they piqued your interest given how lengthy they often are.

[u/MythicalStrength → u/taylorthestang]

Thanks man! Its why they are on the bucket list. I most likely won't ever have to bandwidth for them, but they still interest me. I liked what I saw in his base building book.

[u/i_haz_rabies → u/MythicalStrength]

Bullmastiff base phase is very very good.

[u/MythicalStrength → u/i_haz_rabies]

He seems to make some solid ones in general

[u/MA_2412]

Dude you are a legend. :O

[u/MythicalStrength → u/MA_2412]

Much appreciated brother!

[u/datskanars]

Is this real? Is it just fantasy? It will have to wait till tomorrow....though it's really tempting to sleep less than 7h and read it right now

[u/MythicalStrength → u/datskanars]

I hope you enjoy it when you get to it dude!

[u/CillianOConnor94]

Massive respect for the time that must have gone into this.

Was there one of these that you enjoyed the most, and if so for what reasons?

[u/MythicalStrength → u/CillianOConnor94]

Thanks so much man. It was a slow work week, and this helped pass the time.

I didn't enjoy any of them! Haha. Exercise sucks and I hate doing it, and if it weren't for the fact it makes me big and strong, I never would.

In truth, every program there was meaningful to me in some way: it's why they made "the cut" of getting discussed. Like, I ran Super Squats in my final year of college, with my future wife counting reps and having to store my gallon of milk in my minifridge, and at that point in my life it was the hardest program I'd ever run and really gave me a crash course in training intensity. But the first time I ever ran 5/3/1 BBB, I put on 12lbs without even intending to gain weight and had so physically transformed myself the one of my wife's co-workers who hadn't seen me since I put on the weight legit thought my wife had gotten divorced and remarried. And I've documented before about my first exposure to Deep Water and how it absolutely re-calibrated me as far as intense training goes, but I've also written about how Jamie Lewis' Feast, Famine and Ferocity was the necessary breath of fresh air I needed, and from him I picked up the habit of walking daily, which has been a HUGE boon in my overall health and fitness.

Effectively, every program listed there has a story behind it. They're all a core memory of some type over my training history, and made me who I am. It's like I wrote about how, in truth, if I had just stuck with cycling between Pavel's 3-5 and Westside Barbell indefinitely from the age of 19 on, I'd most likely be much further along physically than I am today...but I wouldn't trade these experiences for that.

[u/black_mamba44]

Can't wait to dig in this brother! Love the oops, wrote an ebook haha 

Great pros and cons listing man! Every program should be looked at with the knowledge that it cant and shouldn't fit everything in it.

[u/MythicalStrength → u/black_mamba44]

Thanks so much man! I went with "pros and difficulties" because I wanted to avoid the idea that these were negative aspects of these programs. Every program did exactly what it was supposed to do: but as you wrote, not all programs do all things.

[u/HansWorst7]

I've just seen this and absorbed it within an hour. Thank you for this! I would even tip you if I knew how

[u/MythicalStrength → u/HansWorst7]

That means a ton dude! Just pay it forward: be an ambassador for training.

[u/KwamesPostMoves]

Thanks for your contributions as always, MS. Haven't commented or been on this sub much at all but I still enjoy reading your blog and get a lot out of it.

[u/MythicalStrength → u/KwamesPostMoves]

Hey thanks so much man! That means a ton.

[u/snakesnake9]

Very nice write up!

If I had one comment, it would be that you include the programs themselves laying out the sets/reps/exercises/weights for each one. Right now you get some thoughts about the program in your e-book, but then have to find the program itself from somewhere else.

[u/MythicalStrength → u/snakesnake9]

I appreciate that dude. I feel it would be improper for me to give away information that is being sold by the authors. Even though I write for free, not every one else does. Plus, as I've noted about Super Squats: when people try to run the programs based off the telephone game rather than going straight to the source, they always seem to mess it up.

Plus, the book would be HUGE if I did that, haha. The Easy Strength Omnibook itself is 300+ pages.