Brooks Performance - Average to Savage

Brooks Performance - Average to Savage Helping high-performing men who’ve lost their edge, stop making excuses & reclaim their peak through our 5-pillar 'Average To Savage' system
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At Brooks Performance we cut through the industry hype and help you integrate proven, no nonsense training and nutrition solutions into your busy schedule. We will get you that ever-elusive six-pack, increase your energy levels, improve your confidence and have you feeling comfortable in your clothes again. We’re all about creating the best version of you – from the beach, to the boardroom, to the

bedroom. Our philosophy is that you cannot be fit without being healthy. As such, we put significant focus on getting you healthy from the inside. We aim to have you sleeping better, thinking better, managing stress better and digesting better. We will call on methods such as Biosignature, blood chemistry profiling and performance nutrition to help you achieve a true state of health. We also believe that you can’t achieve optimal body composition without being strong. Therefore, our scientifically based programming will focus significantly on the accretion of strength. You will be getting under that bar, lifting heavy and pushing yourself to new limits. Our training style is simple; we write the rulebook based on the job you set for us – achieving your own individual version of improved health, performance and physical appearance. We will not hold your hand, be your counsellor or count your reps. Rather we will kick your behind, make you accountable, push you to new limits and most importantly achieve your goals. No other way is fitting for the commitment and investment that you will be making in your health.

17/04/2026

A double drop in your 40s hits different to when you were partying in your 20s 😂

We’ve all been there though. No judgment.

The first thing every guy does when he decides to get serious is go shopping. Pre-workout, protein, BCAAs, fat burner, a new gym bag. Drops $300 before he’s done a single session.

And that’s all good and well. Nothing like a good dopamine hit to get you amped and motivated.

But for what it’s worth - most of the research suggests the bit that actually works in pre-workout is the caffeine. The rest is mostly marketing. A strong coffee before training does basically the same thing.

Meanwhile the guys actually changing their body are just... showing up. Consistently. Eating enough protein. Sleeping.

Genuinely boring stuff.

💬 What’s your funny preworkout story?? Drop it below.

03/04/2026

Don’t fear fruit. Fear the pseudoscience-peddling, click-hungry wellness grifters who strip complex topics of all nuance to make their content shareable and sellable.

Most fitness influencers don’t know how insulin truly works. So if you see any of them spewing this bu****it - Run. Don’t walk. 🏃‍♂️💨

The “fruit causes insulin resistance” claim comes from studies where participants consumed 250g of pure fructose on top of their normal diet daily - the equivalent of drinking 4 litres of apple juice extra, every single day.

Nobody. Is. Doing. That.

Meanwhile the actual research on consuming WHOLE fruit consistently shows it reduces fasting blood sugar, lowers diabetes risk and supports fat loss.

Why? Because whole fruit produces a slow, modest insulin response.
It comes packaged with fibre, water and polyphenols that slow digestion right down.

Insulin is not the enemy. It’s a hormone your body releases to move glucose into your cells for energy. It fires every time you eat - not just when you eat fruit.

Terms like “insulin spike” and “insulin resistance” sound terrifying - and that’s exactly the point.

They’re medical-sounding words that online charlatans use to make you feel like your body is broken so they can swoop in as the expert with all the answers.

They’re not experts. They just play one on Instagram.

Like and share if you know a bloke who’s terrified of bananas. 🍌

01/04/2026

What you’re doing NOW will determine the quality of your last 10 years.

Most blokes don’t think about this until something breaks.

By then it’s too late.

Your physical health like a bank account. Every training session, every good meal, every night of solid sleep - that’s a deposit.

And just like money, you can only withdraw what you’ve put in.

Most men in their 30s and 40s aren’t making nearly enough deposits.

Then they hit 70 and wonder why the account is empty.

Don’t be that bloke.

Start making deposits NOW.

If this hit home - like this post. It helps more blokes like you see it.

30/03/2026

😑 Me every time. It grinds my gears when this gets spewed online because it’s still the first thing men think when they hear “TRT.”

A decade-old headline. Still doing damage. Still shutting down conversations that could change men’s lives.

Here’s where it came from…

Two poorly designed studies in 2013 and 2014 suggested testosterone therapy was linked to heart attacks. The media ran with it. GPs got spooked.

But both studies were widely criticised by the medical community for serious design flaws.

Corrections don’t go viral. FEAR does.

In 2023 the TRAVERSE trial - 5,246 men, every one of them with either pre-existing cardiovascular disease or high risk of it, published in the New England Journal of Medicine - found that properly prescribed TRT in men with clinically low testosterone did NOT increase the risk of heart attack, stroke or cardiovascular death.

If TRT was safe for men who already had heart disease or were at high risk of it - what exactly are the rest of us so afraid of?

I’m not saying TRT is risk free. The study did flag a slightly higher rate of atrial fibrillation, and it needs to be clinically diagnosed, doctor prescribed and properly monitored. That’s non-negotiable.

But if you’ve written TRT off because your GP quoted a 2013 headline? Find a doctor who’s moved with the evidence.

Get your bloods done. Get informed. This decision is yours to make - just make it on facts, not fear.

💬 What have you been told about TRT and heart health? Drop it below.

27/03/2026

Some Friday fun 😂 but there’s a real point buried in here…

Group exercise is great for getting off the couch, building community and keeping you accountable - and the research does back that up for beginners.

But if you’ve been going to the same class for 6 months and your body looks exactly the same… the class isn’t the problem. The programming is.

Same weights. Same exercises. Same random sweat session. Week in, week out. Your body adapted. It stopped changing.

Most group classes are built around one thing - push hard, sweat buckets, feel wrecked. Great for your lungs. Not great for reshaping your body.

Body composition change requires your training to continuously evolve - heavier loads, new stimulus, planned progression. It doesn’t have to get harder, it just has to keep changing.

No shade to group exercise. But a one-size-fits-all approach was never going to build YOUR physique.

💬 Share this with the lads if this made you chuckle - and drop a comment if I’m wrong 😂

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