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Four Movements.
Twice a Week. That’s The Whole Thing.

Most beginner programmes are written by people who already love training, for people who already love training. This one is written for the other group — the ones who would rather it were over.

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The honest part

You don’t need more motivation. You need less programme.

None of that is a character flaw. It is a mismatch between the plan and the person, and the plan is the part you can change.

The idea

Get strong at four things and most of life gets easier

Push, pull, hinge, squat. Almost everything a body does outside a gym is a version of one of those, which is why a programme built on four movements carries so much further than its size suggests.

Two sessions a week is the smallest dose that reliably does something, and it is also small enough that a bad week costs you one session rather than the habit.

The aim is not to make you into someone who loves the gym. It is to make the stairs, the shopping and the garden noticeably easier, and to do it on a schedule you can keep for years.

A programme you keep for a year beats a better programme you keep for three weeks. It is not close.

Tusk Trainer Tony

What’s inside

Every part, in the order they go

Before anything

The honest starting point

How to work out where you actually are, without a test that leaves you sore for a week and put off for weeks afterwards.

Push

Getting off the floor

The movement and its easier versions, from a wall to the floor, so there is always a step you can do today.

Pull

The one most people skip

Why it matters more than it looks, and how to train it when you have nothing to hang from.

Hinge

Picking things up

The single most useful thing in the guide for ordinary life, and the one most often done badly.

Squat

Sitting down and standing up

Built from a chair upwards, which is where nearly everyone should start.

Putting it together

The two sessions

Exactly what to do on day one and day two, in order, with how long to rest.

Going up

When and how to add

How to tell the difference between ready for more and keen for more, and why the second one is where people get hurt.

The bad weeks

Keeping the thread

What to do when the week falls apart, including the fifteen-minute version that keeps the habit alive.

What we won’t do

There are no numbers on this page

You won’t find a figure anywhere here promising what this will do for you, and that absence is deliberate.

What anybody gets out of a guide depends on their circumstances, their effort and a great deal that neither of us controls. Anyone showing you a screenshot is showing you their situation and quietly inviting you to assume it is yours.

The difference

Typical beginner plans vs. this

BeforeWith Tusk Trainer Tony
Number of exercises✗ Twelve or more✓ Four
Days a week✗ Five or six✓ Two
If you miss one✗ The week is ruined✓ It is a Tuesday
Equipment✗ Assumed✓ Optional throughout
Tone✗ You should love this✓ You don't have to
Built for✗ A year of enthusiasm✓ A year of ordinary life

What you get

Everything included

The Four Movement Guide — the full programmeIncluded
The Two-Session Card — print it, take it with youIncluded
The Easier-Version Ladder for every movementIncluded
The Twelve-Week Progress SheetIncluded
The Fifteen-Minute Fallback sessionIncluded
The No-Equipment Substitutions listIncluded
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Why this exists

Written for the people beginner plans quietly aren’t for

Fitness writing overwhelmingly comes from people for whom training is a pleasure. That is genuinely lovely for them and it makes their advice a poor fit for anyone who experiences it as a chore.

This is deliberately the small version: four movements, two sessions, and a fallback for the weeks that go wrong. It asks for less because asking for less is what makes it survive contact with an actual life.

Our promise

Terms

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What people say

Reviews

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Questions

Before you buy

Do I need a gym?

No. Every movement has a version that needs nothing, and the substitutions list covers the rest.

Will this help me lose weight?

This guide is about strength and about building a habit you can keep. It does not make claims about body composition and it is not a diet plan.

I have an injury or a health condition — is this for me?

Speak to a doctor or a physiotherapist before you start. This is general educational material and it cannot account for your circumstances; if a professional tells you otherwise, listen to them and not to this.

How long is a session?

Around forty minutes, and the fallback version is fifteen.

I am completely unfit. Too early?

No. Every movement starts from a version most people can do on day one, and the ladder goes up from there at whatever pace suits.

Is it videos?

It is a written guide with worksheets, downloadable the moment you check out.

Am I too old for this?

The guide does not assume an age. It assumes you want the stairs to be easier, and it starts from where you are.

Is there anything else to pay?

No subscription and nothing recurring. One purchase, one download.

How fast do I get it?

Immediately, the moment checkout finishes.

Good sweat. Better days.

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