Somewhere along the way, arm training became the thing serious lifters pretend they don’t care about. You’re supposed to squat heavy, pull heavy, press heavy, and be above vanity. Bicep curls are for the guy in the tank top who’s been doing the same workout since 2009 and still asks people if they’re using that […]
Nobody Told You Arm Training Was Allowed (And Most People Are Still Doing It Wrong) Read More »
There’s a version of problem-solving that feels productive but actually keeps you stuck. It goes like this: something goes wrong, you feel bad about it, and you decide that before you do anything else you need to fully understand why it happened. Makes sense on paper. In practice it tends to turn into weeks of
Stop Asking Why. Start Asking What. Read More »
Three weeks in and nothing is happening. You’ve been consistent, mostly. You’ve been doing the thing, kind of. And now you’re starting to wonder if the thing even works. This is the part where most people quit. Which is unfortunate, because it’s also usually right before anything real starts to happen. The timeline between starting
She was going through cancer treatment and still showing up to train. We had 30 minutes. Sometimes less. Her schedule was unpredictable in the way that treatment schedules are, which is to say completely. She was fatigued in a way that a good night of sleep doesn’t touch. The program she’d been running wasn’t an
Stop Shortchanging Yourself (And Stop Using That as an Excuse) Read More »
There’s a question I get pretty regularly from clients who have been training for a while. Not beginners. People who have been showing up consistently, putting in real work, seeing real results. And they pull me aside at some point and ask some version of the same thing. “When does this get easier?” One client
It’s Always Going to Feel Hard. That’s Kind of the Point. Read More »