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Training for your body and life stage: cycle-based programming, masters athletes, postpartum return, and coming back from injury.
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Training on GLP-1 Medication: Protect Muscle, Fuel Your Sessions
On semaglutide or tirzepatide? The honest athlete guide: the lean-mass risk in a steep deficit, why lifting and high protein are non-negotiable, and how to fuel workouts on a suppressed appetite.
HIIT After 50: Intervals for the Aging Athlete
VO2max declines with age, but it still responds strongly to intensity. Here is how masters athletes keep doing real intervals with more recovery between hard days and smarter progression.
Masters Athlete Training After 40: What Holds You Back
The research is clear: most VO2max decline after 40 comes from training volume reduction, not aging. Here's what actually changes, what doesn't, and how to program around it.
The Proving Ground: How Movement Rebels Benchmarks Your Fitness
How Movement Rebels tests your fitness across 26 benchmarks, scores one honest Standing, and tracks you against your own past self. Combine Day, Duels, Challenges and Seasons explained.
RED-S and Low Energy Availability: Not a Female-Only Problem
Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport affects male athletes too. The signs, hormonal consequences, why chronic under-fueling tanks performance, and how a coach reading your training load catches it.
Returning to Training After Injury: Slower Than You Think, Faster Than You Fear
The 10% rule is not science. Tendons recover three times slower than muscle. Here is what the evidence actually says about coming back from injury without lighting the fuse again.
Training Around the Menstrual Cycle: Sorting Signal From Hype
The research on cycle-based training is real but overhyped. The honest version: what physiology shifts, what evidence says, what oral contraceptives change, and how to use this in your plan.