Becoming a better athlete means a lot of things.  It takes EFFORT. Of course you want to be surrounded by good coaches, have a good training program to help you achieve the best gains possible, but without effort, you’re going nowhere.  As strength coach Christian Thibaudeau once said: ”You can have the worst program in the whole world, if you bust your ass, you will still make a lot more progress than someone with the greatest program in the world who doesn’t work hard”. 

It couldn’t get more accurate than this.  Every athlete willing to get better and reach the next level is always seeking for the best strength coach/trainer out there with the best program; one that will have that “magical ingredient” to his programs that nobody else has heard of and that will make their gains skyrocket. 

Let me clear something out; I am all for good programming and I truly believe that every athlete should have a program that suits their needs.  But let’s be honest, there is no such thing as a magical training program that will bring you to the next level.  Once you’ve covered all the essential components, all you need to make the greatest gains possible on a specific program is to put all your effort and dedication on it. 

I’ve seen way too many athletes in my career looking for the perfect program that would take them to the next level.  I’ve seen way too many guys like this who talked the talk, but didn’t walk the walk.  Success is guided by effort, dedication, sacrifice and commitment. 

Your training program is just a piece of paper after all.  It’s what you decide to do with it that will guide your success.

ARE YOU WILLING TO DO WHAT IT TAKES?