GROOVEWhy I keep sprints in the plan
The engine changes the way the body carries itself.
Ten seconds of real speed can reset the whole system. See why the sprints stay.
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Notes from the practice.
Observations on strength, movement, recovery and the visual culture around training.
The case for an athletic physique
A body built only for photographs is missing the point.
Stop chasing the mirror alone. Build a body that shows up when life demands more.
Read the full noteTraining like an editor
Cut what does not serve the composition.
Your plan is not missing more work. It is missing a sharper edit.
Read the full noteThe honest work of recovery
Consistency needs more than motivation.
The progress you want is built in the hours you finally decide to protect.
Read the full noteWhy I keep the basics boring
The work that changes you is rarely the work that entertains you.
The work that changes you is rarely the work that entertains you. See why the basics stay.
Read the full noteStrong enough for ordinary life
The real test of strength happens nowhere near the gym floor.
The gym is practice. The real test of strength happens in ordinary life.
Read the full noteThe difference between tired and trained
A hard session is not automatically a useful one.
A hard session is not automatically a useful one. Learn the difference.
Read the full noteDiabetes mellitus: movement is part of the plan
Training can support care. It cannot replace it.
Before you call movement medicine, understand where training helps and where medical care leads.
Read the full noteThe mystery vitamin
It is everywhere, does almost everything, and still gets almost no attention.
B5 is not a miracle. It is something more useful: a quiet part of the machinery. Read why.
Read the full noteMobility is not a warm-up. It is access.
The range you keep determines what strength you can use.
Mobility is not a few stretches before the real work. It is what lets the real work belong to you.
Read the full noteLearning to train without needing to be seen
The work still counts when no one is watching.
Stop turning every session into evidence. Build a practice that is strong enough to stay private.
Read the full noteThe coolest thing you can do is go home early
Protecting tomorrow is not boring. It is a form of taste.
The next version of discipline might be leaving before you need a recovery story.
Read the full noteFunction like a polymath
Range is not distraction when it gives your life more ways to work.
Build useful range. Keep a centre. Let more of life become available to you.
Read the full notePractice is not repetition
Improvement begins when attention has a job to do.
Do not just repeat the work. Choose one thing to notice, adjust it, then return.
Read the full noteThe sense that lets you move without looking
Proprioception is the quiet system that tells a body where it is, then helps it respond.
Build strength with awareness. Learn why knowing where you are matters as much as what you can lift.
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