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Sex, age, and life-stage specific: cycle training, masters, postpartum, returning.
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Training on GLP-1 Medication: Protect Muscle, Fuel Your Sessions
Already on semaglutide or tirzepatide? Here's the honest guide for athletes: the lean-mass risk in a steep deficit, why resistance training and high protein are non-negotiable, and how to fuel workouts when your appetite is suppressed.
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 (40+): What Actually Limits You
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.
RED-S and Low Energy Availability: It Is Not Just a Female Problem
Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport affects male athletes too. The signs, the hormonal consequences, why chronic under-fueling tanks performance, and how a coach that reads your training load can catch the pattern.
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: What the Evidence Actually Supports
The research on cycle-based training is real but overhyped. Here is the honest version: what physiology shifts, what the evidence says, what oral contraceptives change, and how to actually use this in a training plan.