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2027 Fitness Trends: What Matters and What’s Just Noise
The 2027 ACSM fitness trends put wearables, apps and balance training at the top, but popularity is not the same as effectiveness. Here’s what fitness professionals should actually pay attention to.
Mixed-Grip Chin-Up
The mixed-grip chin-up adds variety, loading potential, and a different upper-body challenge to the standard pull-up family.
Eat Watermelon After a Workout
Watermelon is more than a summer snack. This post explains why it can earn a place in the post-workout nutrition conversation.
Get a Female Training Partner
A good training partner should sharpen your form, not just inflate your ego. This post makes a case for women raising the standard in the weight room.
Women Are Not Supposed to Lift Weights?
This post takes on the tired idea that women do not belong under serious iron and celebrates strength training without apology.
How to Perform Multiple Station Training in a Busy Gym
Supersets and circuits can be a nightmare in a packed gym. This post shows how to organize multiple-station training without becoming “that guy.”
Are Tendon Ruptures Happening at a Greater Rate Today?
Tendon ruptures seem to be showing up everywhere in the iron game. This post explores possible reasons lifters may be tearing more than ever.
The Seated Cable Tibialis Raise
Everyone trains calves, but the tibialis anterior is often ignored. This exercise targets the front of the lower leg for better balance and development.
How's Your Food Made?
Processed food can look harmless until you examine how it is actually made. This post takes a harder look at everyday breakfast staples.
Success Leaves Clues
Golden-era bodybuilding routines reveal patterns worth studying. This post looks at what standout body parts can teach modern lifters.
How Do You Rate On a Scale of 1-10?
Size without balance misses the point. This post challenges modern physique standards and brings the discussion back to symmetry and aesthetics.
The Hawthorne Effect of Personal Training
People train differently when someone is watching. This post explains how supervision can raise performance and why personal training still matters.
Sleep On It
Sleep is not just downtime—it is where recovery, learning, and performance get consolidated. This post makes the case for taking sleep seriously.
A Second Set With Dr. Eric Serrano (Part 7)
Breakfast, sodium-potassium balance, and everyday nutrition questions close out the Serrano interview series with practical coaching takeaways.
A Second Set With Dr. Eric Serrano (Part 6)
Oils, digestion, probiotics, game meat, and protein bars all get Serrano’s “it depends” treatment in this wide-ranging nutrition discussion.
A Second Set With Dr. Eric Serrano (Part 5)
This segment tackles controversial recovery topics, including IV therapies, amino acids, skin health, and where caution is warranted.
A Second Set With Dr. Eric Serrano (Part 4)
Part 4 moves into liver support, detoxification, organ meats, enzymes, and the nutrition details most lifters ignore.
A Second Set With Dr. Eric Serrano (Part 3)
Hormone testing, thyroid considerations, and training stress take center stage in Part 3 of the Serrano interview series.
A Second Set With Dr. Eric Serrano (Part 2)
This installment covers DHEA, hormone balance, and anti-aging questions through Serrano’s direct, experience-based perspective.
A Second Set With Dr. Eric Serrano (Part 1)
Part 1 of this Serrano interview digs into overtraining, stress, cortisol, and how coaches can think beyond the obvious training variables.
Heels-Elevated Barbell Hack Squat
The original hack squat was not a machine exercise. This post brings back the barbell version with a heels-elevated twist for quad emphasis.