Our Method
GET USED TO DIFFERENT.
John Sifferman offers a unique, down-to-earth approach to fitness, movement, and other practices to help you get healthier, stronger, and more capable.
Step 1
THINK, MOVE, AND TRAIN DIFFERENT.
Step 2
GET UNCOMMON RESULTS.
Step 3
LIVE LIKE YOU’RE MEANT TO.
Hey, conventional fitness! We’re done.
Conventional fitness usually doesn’t work, especially for aging bodies. It’s a lesson most of us learn the hard way and wish we knew sooner. If you want uncommon results, you need to walk an uncommon path. Start by questioning your beliefs.
THE UNCOMMON METHOD VS THE CONVENTIONAL MODEL
For health & longevity | For aesthetics & sex appeal
Safe & sensible | Extreme
Movement integration | Muscle isolation
Slow and sustainable results | Fast and fleeting results
Builds you up | Beats you down
No pain, more gain | No pain, no gain
Lifelong approach | Quick-fix approach
Meant for all humans | Engineered for gym rats
Trains the whole person | Trains “parts”
Leads to strength & resilience | Leads to pain, injury and burnout
Accessible to all | Elitist
Application emphasis | Information overload
Unspecialized | Highly specialized
Personalized | Cookie cutter
Precision programming | “Winging it”
How we do it
LET’S INTEGRATE FOUR POWERFUL COMPONENTS
UNLOCK THE BENEFITS
When you integrate these key components with other healthy lifestyle practices like rest, recovery, and purpose, you’ll start experiencing:
• Better mobility and movement
• More strength and muscle
• Less aches and pains
• More energy and drive
• Better sleep and recovery
• More confidence and willpower
• More of the things you love
THE UNCOMMON FITNESS JOURNEY
Simple. Not easy.
BUILDING A STRONGER BODY CAN FEEL OVERWHELMING
…until you break the process down into manageable steps that build upon each other.
STEP 1
• Do something – anything – to get moving regularly.
• Follow an introductory program.
• Get some early victories to build momentum.
STEP 2
• Establish healthy routines and rituals.
• Build foundational habits & skills.
• Find balance and go deeper to achieve desired fitness benchmarks.
STEP 3
• Overcome weaknesses.
• Acquire more sophisticated abilities.
• Maintain and optimize your results for a lifetime.
Don’t Settle for Average
START LIVING AND TRAINING FOR A HIGHER PURPOSE
What you can expect
YOU SHOULD KNOW WHAT YOU’RE GETTING YOURSELF INTO BEFORE BEGINNING A NEW TRAINING METHOD
Health-First, Always
Training is supposed to build you up, not beat you down. Yet, many popular exercise programs lead to injury and debilitation. That’s why we aim to “first do no harm.” In our method, health comes before fitness and function. Fitness and function come before physique. So, we prioritize health, movement, and mobility way more than having a “beach body.”
Deep Health, Slow Fitness
Health and fitness is a journey, not a sprint. Smart, gradual changes – not quick fixes or extreme programs – are what lead to sustainable, transformative results that ripple into the rest of your life and being. Yes, baby steps take longer in the beginning, but they take you further in the end. The best progress comes through patience and strategy. Humility, not ego.
Balanced, Natural Training
It’s better to be a “jack of all trades” or a “movement generalist” than a highly-specialized “one-trick pony.” We build a strong foundation by mastering the basics of fitness, movement, and healthy living before branching out into more specialized activity. So, if your number one goal in life is to win marathons or powerlifting competitions, this probably isn’t the method for you.
Practical and Tactical
Quality movement matters, in life and training. It’s not enough to simply move more. You must move better. And in a way that’s actually helpful. If you training doesn’t translate to real world capability, then it’s not practical or adaptable. To maximize results and minimize risks, focus on quality training at the minimum effective dose.
Accessible and Progressive
You shouldn’t need to be fit to get fit. Exercise, movement selection, and programming are scalable for all ability levels to accommodate your unique needs, goals, and circumstances. Smart, progressive training is both accessible and challenging to beginners and advanced trainees alike.
Evidence-Based
You could try “winging it” and see how that goes for you. Or, you can follow timeless principles, modern science, and evidence-based methods that have been proven time and time again to work better than all the bro-science in the world. We tried winging it, and – this may be a shock to you – but it doesn’t work as well as the alternative.
Uncommon Approach.
UNCOMMON RESULTS.
John Sifferman has helped thousands of men get the fitness results they want. This method will work for you, too.