What Would a Jacked Person Do Each Day?

If you still have an average physique, I want to ask you something…

What does someone need to do to get jacked?

If someone came up to you and said, “Hey man, I want to get jacked. Tell me what to do,” you’d probably have the answer.

You’ve consumed all the content.
Listened to all the podcasts.
You know a lot about building muscle.
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But if you still have an average physique,
It’s not because you don’t know enough.
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​It’s because knowing isn’t the same as doing.

The Real Problem

You don’t need another “tip.”
You don’t need another video.
You don’t need another podcast episode.

What you need is execution and time.

The modern fitness world has turned you into an overthinker. That was me.

One guy said, “Train 6 days a week.”
Another said, “You’re overtraining.”
One guy said, “Eat 200g of protein.”
Another said, “Protein doesn’t matter, eat more carbs.”

I’d switch routines, change exercises, hop programs.
Every new video made me question what I was doing.

Then I zoomed out and went back to first principles of building muscle:

You stress the body.
You feed it.
You recover.
You repeat.

That’s it.

Why It Works

Take the story of Milo of Croton. He started by lifting a small calf. As the calf grew, so did he.

That’s progressive overload, and it’s thousands of years old.

But instead of following something that simple, we waste time debating:

• 3.25-second eccentrics

• Pinky rotation angles for curls

• Whether we’re hitting the “lower outer chest”

If you don’t care about stepping on a bodybuilding stage and you just want to look like you lift, here’s how to cut through the noise.

Step 1: Pick a Plan and Stick to It

Upper/Lower 3–4 days a week or a Push/Pull/Legs split.

Training more than 4 days a week natural is not necessary. Even if it gave you 1–5% more gains, it’s not worth the beat-up joints and extra time commitment.(in my opinion)

I now train 3 days a week and I’m more jacked than ever. I follow a simple system I built after years of trial and error and it works.

If you want to skip the guesswork, you can use my exact step by step plan here: Average To Jacked Workout Program​

Step 2: Eat Real Food

You’ve stimulated growth. Now recover.

Go home, eat nutrient-dense whole food, not lab-designed junk made to get you addicted.

I eat 3–4 whole food meals a day, each with protein, fat, and carbs. Simple. Effective.

Step 3: Sleep Like It’s Your Job

If you’re not growing, it could be:

• Not enough sleep

• Training too often

• High life stress

• Undereating

Most people treat sleep as an afterthought. It’s not. It’s the most important recovery tool you have.

Step 4: Give It Time

Muscle takes time. Consistency compounds.

Think of it like chipping away at a giant boulder. Nothing happens for a while, then one day, it cracks wide open.

That’s what happened to me. I kept showing up, training, eating, recovering. Then one day, I looked in the mirror, and I had my dream physique.

The Bottom Line

You already know enough.
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The question is: Are you going to take the actions a jacked person would take each day?
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Or keep being the guy who knows what to do, overthinks it and lacks consistency?

That's it for this week's Jacked Notes issue.

Have an awesome weekend everyone!

-Eric

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P.S. This is what Nick said about my program/community

If you’re sick of spinning your wheels and want one of the simplest workout plans on the planet that removes all the guesswork, that’s why I built the Average to Jacked Blueprint.

​Grab it here.