Brooks Performance - Average to Savage

Let’s talk about the ‘dinosaur’ in the room. And by that I mean your old ass. 😝

Don’t let anyone tell you women love a soft dad bod. It’s a lie. A polite one, told to spare your feelings.

This is what she actually thinks. No matter how long you’ve been together.

Muscle is sexy. Confidence is sexy. Being the bloke who stopped whining about his fat belly and his “slow metabolism” and actually did something about it? That’s sexy.

And the good news? You don’t have to figure it out on your own.

I’ve been coaching men over 35 for 25+ years. I’ve cracked the formula. Different blokes, different ages, same wide-eyed wife at the end of it. Your job is to plug in, shut up, and execute.

And then reap the rewards. 😉

Sound good? Link in bio.

Some days I walk into the gym lit up. Some days I’d rather be anywhere else. Both sessions count the same.

Your feelings about the session don’t change the result of the session.

This is what I was talking about in last night’s post. The problem isn’t your program. It’s that you wait to feel ready before you start. And then you quit. And then you start again. And then you quit again.

Doesn’t have to be perfect. Doesn’t have to be your best work. Just has to happen.

That’s how you become version 2.0.

Every bloke over 35 who’s tried to ‘pick up where he left off’ knows this feeling.

The ego says get right back into it. The back and joints are screaming for their life.

If you haven’t trained properly in years, you’re not rusty. You’re a different body.

The ankles don’t move like they used to. The hips are tight. The stabilisers are asleep. The core has forgotten how to brace.

Loading a heavy bilateral lift ON TOP OF all that is how you end up injured and on the sidelines AGAIN.

This is why we build guys from the ground up. We meet them where their body is, not where their ego is.

That’s the Average to Savage method. It’s adapted for blokes over 35 who want to lift til they’re dead, not die trying 💀

What that actually looks like:

- Movement quality before load.
- Unilateral work before bilateral.
- Dumbbells, cables and machines before the barbell.
- Mobility, stability and core rigidity drilled in.
- Work capacity built, so when we do put a bar on your back, the body can handle it.

By the time we get to barbell back squats, you’ve earned the right to be there. And you’re not doing it on a body that’s about to fold.

You’re not 21. Don’t train like you are.

If you’re rebuilding from years off and don’t want to do it on guesswork, you’re in the right place.