@josh_holyfield: Here's why trying to build strength, size, endurance, and lose fat simultaneously keeps you stuck Your body adapts specifically to the stimulus you provide. Research shows that concurrent training creates competing adaptations that limit progress in each area. Strength training requires progressive overload with adequate recovery. Endurance training demands volume and metabolic stress. Fat loss needs caloric deficit. Muscle building requires surplus and recovery. These goals often conflict physiologically. Specificity means your workouts should align with your primary objective. Elite athletes excel because they focus on one adaptation pathway rather than diluting their efforts across multiple goals. This doesn't mean ignoring other qualities entirely, but recognizing which outcome takes priority and structuring your training accordingly. Maintenance of other qualities while optimizing your primary goal works better than trying to maximize everything Choose your primary objective for the next 12-16 weeks and design your training around that specific adaptation. Comment "TRAIN" for systematic coaching programs designed for hardworking dads.
