Does more really = better?

One of my fat loss students recently asked if he could perform additional workouts on his rest days.

He said that he felt as though he had the capacity to do more.

This is a very common question that nearly every student asks at some point, because a lot of us are led to believe that more = better.

You see, most men have been conditioned to believe that progress comes from destroying your body in the gym.

Two hour workouts.

Six days a week.

Always sore.

But the truth is, more ≠ better.

Better = better.

I explained to him that the increased capacity he was feeling was intentional.

That we program for capacity — not in response to it.

In other words, we design our training to live on the steepest part of the dose-response curve.

Specifically, the point where the smallest effective dose produces the biggest degree of change.

And pushing beyond that point only leads to one place…

Once you enter the territory of diminishing returns, you trap yourself into performing a meaningfully greater amount of work for marginal improvement.

Which only results in excessive fatigue, unnecessary soreness, and avoidable injury risk.

The fact that this student felt like he could do more, while already running his program well above our 90% execution standard, was a clear sign that the system was working exactly as it’s designed to.

Which is to enhance his capacity, not throttle it.

And when it comes to high-performing men who rely on their capacity to serve and lead others, this is simply non-negotiable.

— Coach RK