Can i skip stages to stage 4?

[ChasingMillions]

I told someone that i was gonna do emperor fitness stage 4 and spartan but they said that they wouldn’t work as well if i skip the other stages. Is that true? Tbh i want to skip to stage 4 and get the gains fast as possible haha

[JayFlex]

It depends on the person. I used Emperor Fitness St1 and St2 for 3 months and stacked Spartan for four months and had great results (lost over 40lbs). If you want to start at St4, do it. You might get some initial recon, but the recon shouldn’t be bad as long as you take action, eat right, and exercise.

[Gilligan]

I think the best person to answer that would be someone who actually skipped those stages… or maybe you can be the first and find out.
I think @JayFlex gains are very impressive, he went through stages 1 and 2 and came out 40 pounds lighter. Personally, I would follow his footsteps and do the stages.

[Phoermes]

It’ll be worth your time to follow through the program, especially if you’re new to fitness.

[Malkuth]

Here’s another valid way of looking at it.

@Simon

Emperor Fitness is the easiest example to see that these Stages are 4 separate products for 4 different types of Fitness Goals. They aren’t really stages at all, just named that way for consistency.

Look at your Fitness ACTION plans:

Choose EF1 Core, if most of what you DO is Masterful Movement or Skills.
… Yoga, Turkish Getup, Feldenkrais, Martial Arts (beginner), etc.
… (Or if all you want are the Sleep and Healing benefits.)

Choose EF2 Core, if most of what you DO is Aerobics or High Volume Anaerobics.
… Walking, Sprinting, Kettlebell Swings, Cycling, Jump Ropes, Marathon prep, etc.

Choose EF3 Core, if most of what you DO is Moderate to High Intensity Weight Training.
… Powerlifting, Olympic Lifting, Bodybuilding, Fitness Modeling, etc.

Calisthenics could belong in any of the above, based on what you’re working on - Skills, Volume, Intensity.

Choose EF4 Core, if you DO a little bit of everything.
… You have no real deadlines to meet (like wedding or photoshoot), or competitions to win.

Choose EF4 Core, if you DO a lot of everything.
… Like if you are a professional team sports athlete.

Choose Spartan Core, if most of what you DO is for Tactical Combat Readiness;
including Mindset, and maybe even Weapons.
… especially if you are a competing Martial Artist, Police Officer, Soldier, Fireman, etc.

Note: Each of these COREs have their own Nutrition component to support their specific Goals.

With other multi-stagers the difference in COREs may be less obvious, but its there.

Each “Stage” achieves the full Goal of the product, but supports a different Need/Mechanism.