Brooks Performance - Average to Savage

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.