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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.
My First Go Around With Dr. Eric Serrano (Part 2)
Part two moves into digestion, dairy, eggs, acidity, and food combining. The value here is not generic nutrition advice—it’s the kind of practical nutrition detail serious trainers can use with real clients.
My First Go Around With Dr. Eric Serrano (Part 1)
Part one of the Dr. Eric Serrano interview covers hormones, recovery, sleep, protein, and the stress factors that can quietly undermine progress. It’s a wide-ranging discussion for lifters who know training is only one piece of the puzzle.
The “Advanced” Variable Recovery Training System
An advanced training structure built around variable recovery periods to manage intensity and performance. This is programming for lifters who need more than cookie-cutter sets, reps, and rest intervals.
How to Stop a Case of the Runs
A candid Q&A-style look at what to do when suspected food poisoning leaves your gut in rough shape. The post covers probiotics, simple nutrition, and practical recovery steps while keeping the advice grounded and sensible.
An Update on My Progress with Chin-Ups
An update on returning to chin-ups after biceps surgery, with the emphasis on progressions, confidence, and rebuilding strength the right way. It’s another reminder that recovery is earned rep by rep.
Beef Bolognese Sauce Over Zoodles
A low-carb, family-friendly take on classic beef Bolognese using zucchini noodles instead of pasta. It’s simple comfort food with a physique-conscious twist.
A Blessing In Disguise
A personal reflection on how a setback can become the very thing that pushes you forward. The post ties that lesson back to training, health, and finding the useful lesson inside a frustrating detour.
Do Not Ice After Resistance Training
A warning against jumping into ice after resistance training when the goal is adaptation, not just pain relief. The article argues that cold therapy may blunt the inflammatory signals involved in muscle growth and recovery.
The Best of Both Worlds
A training-system hybrid that blends tempo work with strategic failure training. The idea is to get the benefits of controlled tension and high-effort sets without turning every workout into a reckless beatdown.
My Eldest Client
A client story that makes the case for training hard and thinking long-term, even into advanced age. It reinforces one of the site’s core beliefs: strength, movement, and vitality matter at every stage of life.
Getting in Shape After the Age of 50
A practical argument that getting in shape after 50 is not about accepting decline—it’s about training, eating, recovering, and supplementing intelligently. The article frames aging as something to manage aggressively, not surrender to.
Strength Training And Muscle Fiber Distribution
A discussion of muscle fiber distribution and why training should account for fast-twitch and slow-twitch tendencies. The article connects fiber type, exercise selection, and loading strategy for better strength and physique results.
The Growing Rate of Childhood Obesity (Part 2)
Part two argues that kids need more movement, not more sitting, screens, and stripped-down physical education. It looks at inactivity, school environments, and practical ways to raise non-exercise activity in children.
The Growing Rate of Childhood Obesity (Part 1)
Part one takes aim at childhood obesity through the lens of food quality, parental responsibility, and the damage caused by processed, nutrient-poor diets. It’s not delicate, but it is direct: kids cannot eat junk that parents refuse to buy.
Offset-Grip Dumbbell Lateral Raise
A shoulder-training tweak that uses an offset dumbbell grip to hit the rear delts without turning the lateral raise into an impingement trap. It’s a small change with a big payoff for balanced deltoid development.
A Leap of Faith or A Calculated One?
Returning to supinated-grip chin-ups after distal biceps surgery was not a reckless jump back in. This comeback was built through patience, smaller benchmarks, and a calculated return to strength.
My Top 5 Nutrition Resources
A curated list of nutrition resources for trainers and serious fitness enthusiasts who want principles, not diet fads. The recommendations cover nutrition education, fat loss, traditional diets, and the psychology of eating.
Wave-Like Loading For Athletes
A quick loading template from Al Vermeil that keeps high-volume training from dulling the nervous system. The article lays out an 8-set wave structure that blends higher-rep work with heavier lower-rep sets for athletes.
Heal Like Wolverine (Part 5)
Part five shifts from recovery to prevention, showing how smarter programming, controlled reps, and better exercise execution can help keep injuries from happening in the first place. Train sloppy long enough and the body eventually sends the bill.
Heal Like Wolverine (Part 4)
Part four digs into hamstring strains and why prevention is more than throwing in a few random leg curls. It highlights eccentric strength, smart exercise selection, and better planning for athletes exposed to sprinting, jumping, and high-speed movement.