I have touted the benefits of Occam’s Protocol since it was first unleashed upon the world by Tim Ferriss in 2010.

To me, Occam’s represented the perfect balance of resistance training and time commitment, in other words it seemed like something I could stick with for a long time.

And it has been, I have been using Occam’s protocol as the foundation of my weight training program for the last 3 years.

Occam’s protocol has been overshadowed by the 4-Hour Body Slow Carb diet and often gets completely overlooked.

Yet, they should be approached as a team. Although Tim claims that everyone can have success with slow carb without the addition of exercise, in my experience working with literally 100’s of patients over the past 3 years this has proven not to be the case.

The slow carb diet can be improved exponentially with the addition of an effective Occam’s protocol routine.

But Occam’s is Complicated!

Occam’s protocol seems complicated but once you have determined your starting weights it is really very straight forward.

Tim created some confusion in the 4-Hour Body with the addition of an overly complex “adding muscle” section that produced a bit of overlap among his various workout routines. This is most noticeable with his “geek to freak” protocol which is difficult to follow and shares many of the same ideas as Occam’s Protocol.

Given the rather complex mix of supplements that Tim recommends throughout the book, the entire adding muscle section can become a red-hot confusing mess.

You can see my simplified breakdown of 4-Hour Body Protocols here.

Occam’s protocol may thus appear to be a hard corp routine designed solely for professional bodybuilders looking to get “buffed” when in reality, it is an extremely simple routine that just about anybody could do.

It is incredibly effective for women who are looking to tone and tighten and it is equally effective for men who may want big arms and 6 pack abs. It can even be an extremely effective workout for seniors.

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