About

Howdy. My name is James Harkins. I am a lifter and a strength coach with about five years of experience coaching dozens of clients. Over the years, I have developed a dietary routine that some would call obsessive, but which I call effective. For starters, I have made tons of progress in the gym, but I have also been able to dial in my bodyweight and body fat percentage. I have achieved this through a routine, but ultimately not all that strict, diet.

Three of my fourish meals per day are exactly the same: day in, day out. I've eaten this way for years now. When I first started doing this, all of my meals were identical, every day for about nine months. I made some huge gains in the gym, but have since elected not to inflict that level of obsessive-compulsion on my family, who deserve some variety for dinner, which is generally the only meal I share with them.

Perhaps this strikes you as insane, and you're probably not wrong, but in addition to the physical benefits in the gym and on the scale, it has afforded me quite a lot of unexpected free time spent neither in the kitchen nor thinking about what to do in the kitchen.

I have compiled this approach in the Meal Prep Mercenary Guidebook, of which you can obtain a free copy at the link above. I also publish a newsletter every weekday, in which I try to make thoughtful, pithy commentary on various health and fitness trends, in addition to chronicling my own experience.

Get your copy today and unlock a fitter and freer you. Happy training.