The Lie of 1% Better Everyday For Fitness
"1% better every day" is a common saying for how we improve when learning a new skill or picking up a fitness routine, but this is a very misguided effort to show how it really works, and the reality is that this perspective can do more harm than good.
"100 Pushups A Day" Is A Terrible Workout Recommendation
"100 pushups a day" is a common workout recommendation, alongside similar recommendations for pullups, situps, running, etc. - here's why it's a bad one.
I Spent 15 Years Figuring Out The Best Strength Program
I spent fifteen years using trial and error to figure out the strength training program that works the best for me - and it turns out, it's just the very first one I ever tried.
Linear Periodization Is The Best Actually
Linear periodization is unfairly maligned, but honestly it's one of my favorite periodization strategies - if you do it right.