IS Lifting Consistently Key?

90% of being a good lifter is just showing up! Well, no. It's a good start, and indeed a necessary one, but past a few months of training you're gonna have to get your shit together! "But I've been consistent" is something I've heard during consults but that's not much of a guarantee of anything. WHAT you are doing is essential. Consistently shit training and lifestyle will provide an equilibrium that dumps you at a very low level in most cases. The volume, the exercises, the technique, the effort, the diet, the sleep/stress management...consistently nailing most of the big variables is what gets you those sweet-ass gains that we're looking for. I would rather have you be LESS consistent in terms of showing up but crushing it when you do, than being extremely regimented and disciplined but not training hard or ignoring the other variables. I've spent the last 2 weeks at my wife's hometown, and I think I got in 1 run and 1 ring workout during that time. LONG TERM area under the curve of QUALITY TRAINING is what matters! Anyway, just my opinion! For more about troubleshooting the actual process of training, check out my books! Book 1: SWEAT (beginners/intermediates) www.verityfit.com/product-page/sweat Book 2: Ring Training For Hypertrophy (ring enthusiasts) www.verityfit.com/product-page/ring-training-for-h… Book 3: Resurrecting Your Gains (intermediates/advanced lifters) www.verityfit.com/product-page/resurrecting-your-g… Can check the site for full Tables Of Contents of each book. Appreciate the support!

Maybe the key was the friends we made along the way

Uploading consistency is surely key Geoffrey.

I always thought the key was to just watch enough videos saying “stop doing THIS, do THIS instead” until my entire program was eliminated then starting again

you take a shower regularly, you do the same with brushing your teeth, you do the same with lifting it is for life forever to the time you are dead but the quality is equally important because pouring water from the tap on your head is not a shower, same showing up at the gym and do garbage volume

Intensity is key, but consistency is the doorknob.

First Gf wants me to put more thoughts in my gifts and now GVS wants me to put more thoughts to training

It is consistency over the span of a few years, a few weeks off every once in a while can actually help you grow even more. High persistent effort is key over the long term.

Geoffs physique has transcended into the superhuman/anime realm x.x

Consistently getting in that minimum (atleast) threshold of effort required to stimulate muscle growth is key. That being said, someone doing 70-80% of the things right over a consistent period of time (given that they put enough effort into their sets, not necessarily failure but atleast close to it) will surely be vastly better off than 80% of the gym going population even. Majority of the people who lift do not look like they lift. Consistency is definitely extremely important bcoz by the time you get to that advanced stage (when things require to be especially or excessively dialed in if I may say), well you are advanced. Most people will be satisfied with even a true, proper later intermediate physique (not that these terms mean anything). That also being said, sometimes even if we tick all the boxes our mind still has that tendency to believe that we aren't doing enough, we could be doing better or we are doing something wrong, bcoz the changes are slow, even before you turn "advanced". In times like these, consistency is definitely key. Sticking to a solid regimen and believing in it, even though it may temporarily seem that we are going nowhere, is what that separates the successful from the rest.

Well said and much needed.

Currently recovering from surgery and the body dysmorphia is setting in, this video made me feel a little better

I think it's more of a case of "consistency is one of the key factors" than "conistency is THE key". Progressive overload, a good diet, good sleep, and consistency in the gym, are the 4 most important factors but genetics is also obviously plays a huge part and I have a couple friends who train harder than me and still have less muscle.

I needed this so bad. Always love to hear your thoughts in general too.

Love your gym advice along with your gym face, it actually really inspires me

With your very high frequency, and somewhat high volume with good intensity, it’s only normal you need a break here and there. However, the body doesn’t lose hard earned tissue like that (except if total immobilisation like an injured member in a case). If anything you actually recovered from months of abuse and potential progressive less and less healthy endocrine profile and now can rebound easy. Feeling weaker or « out of focus » is just a nerve thing. In two weeks you will be back like nothing happened.

Great video, thank you Geoffrey Verity Schofield!

I have found as years gone by that the body gets used to the constant stimulation particularly if you kept to a certain frequency, and time off is needed as an advanced lifter to "de-train" the muscles but not enough to lose muscles or strength, makes them receptable again to stimulus for them to grow further.

Very good video Geoffrey. Remember my first big plateau after ~1.5 years of lifting (like most people) and definitely the biggest factor wasn't staying consistent, but actually not pushing my self/ experimenting and learning. Staying consistent is the key to doing good, but constant learning and experimentation is the key to getting better.

Great video the analogies are 👌🏻Consistency is key as long as you can open the door to quality training while being consistent 😊