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Your Fitness Tracker Is Not Your Doctor
Wearables can reveal valuable patterns in sleep, HRV and recovery—but a score is not a diagnosis, and sometimes the data can work against you. Learn how to use Oura, WHOOP, Apple Watch and other fitness trackers without letting the algorithm overrule your body.
Diabetes Gone in One Week
A provocative case story about blood sugar, body weight, medication dependence, and what can happen when nutrition, movement, and lifestyle habits are taken seriously.
Dynamic Stretching Routine
Dynamic stretching belongs before the workout, not buried as an afterthought. This routine shows movement-based preparation for better training sessions.
Explosive Upper Body Warm-Up
Explosive warm-up drills can wake up the nervous system before strength work. This clip shows upper-body plyometrics used with purpose.
Keeping Up with Current Research (January 2017)
Resistance exercise, rest intervals, creatine timing, and movement screening all get a practical look in this research roundup. The value is in separating useful coaching takeaways from overhyped conclusions.
Tighten Up Your Physique
Advanced trainees do not transform by accident. This case study shows how targeted body-composition work tightened the waist, improved skinfolds, and preserved lean mass without relying on cardio.
The Not-So-Famous DeLorme Scheme
The famous 3×10 scheme has a deeper history than most lifters realize. Revisiting DeLorme’s original work reveals a heavier, higher-volume approach to progressive resistance training.
Focus on the Cause of Disease
Symptoms get the attention, but lifestyle often deserves a harder look. This health piece argues for addressing root causes through training, nutrition, sleep, sunlight, and better daily habits.
Looking Forward to Another Exciting and Productive Year
A year-end note to readers celebrates growth, support, and nearly 100 posts of training content. It sets the tone for another productive year of education, experimentation, and no-nonsense fitness.
Shower Less for More Vitamin D
Sun exposure, skin oils, and vitamin D production make for a controversial hygiene discussion. This piece challenges daily soap-and-shower habits through the lens of muscle, immunity, and sunlight.
Do You Need to Use Viagra After a Workout?
Training should stimulate the body, not leave it hormonally flattened. This provocative piece looks at libido, overtraining signs, and why post-workout depletion can reveal more than soreness.
How to Wait Lift for Maximum Results
Tempo can turn a familiar routine into a completely different stimulus. This piece explains how strict lowering, controlled reps, and smart rest periods can drive serious hypertrophy results.
The Problem and Solution to Childhood Obesity
Childhood obesity is not solved by lectures alone. This post points to two blunt priorities: move more and clean up daily eating habits.
Meat and Nuts Breakfast for Kids
The meat-and-nuts breakfast can be adapted for kids without turning the morning into a battle. Eggs, bacon, burgers, sausage, and nuts make the concept more realistic at home.
Our Top 10 Articles of 2016
A greatest-hits list from 2016 pulls together the site’s most popular training, nutrition, recovery, and coaching pieces. It is a quick way to catch up on what readers kept coming back to.
Keeping Up with Current Research (November 2016)
Eggs, calorie restriction, eccentric training, and nutrition all show up in this research roundup. The useful question is not what a study says in isolation, but how a coach applies it.
Weight Gain Program
Hardgainers need more than a random bulking routine. This Q&A covers calorie intake, meal frequency, liquid nutrition, and training considerations for clients trying to add quality size.
Females, Chains, and Wave Loading
Heavy lifting does not have to mean reckless lifting. Chains and wave loading can help female trainees build serious strength while managing sticking points and confidence under the bar.
Front Squats with Chains
Chains change the loading curve and add a serious twist to front squats. This clip shows wave loading and accommodating resistance in action.
Unilateral Training: Which Side First?
Starting every unilateral exercise with the weak side is common advice, but it is not the only option. Testing both approaches can reveal whether weakness or nervous-system potentiation matters more.
The Hanging Bat Crunch
Basic crunches not cutting it anymore? The hanging bat crunch turns abdominal training upside down with a far more demanding core challenge.