Rehab has a funny way of making confident people suddenly become scientists. Not “publish-a-paper” scientists. More like “I changed one variable, took notes, and tried not to lie to myself” scientists. That was me for four weeks, testing one specific question that kept popping up in my warm-ups and rehab sessions. Should isometrics come before […]

For years, training to failure felt like the most honest way to lift. If the set didn’t end with that slow-motion, shaky last rep where the weight suddenly weighs as much as a small car, did it even count. That mindset is fun until recovery starts acting like a grumpy roommate who refuses to do

Two months ago I didn’t start this because I wanted to be “advanced.” I started because my tendons were sending those little warning emails nobody reads until the laptop catches fire. Not sharp pain. Not an injury. Just that weird, slightly cranky feeling around elbows and knees that shows up during bodyweight training and makes

Random tingling is one of those symptoms that feels both “probably nothing” and “what if it’s everything” at the same time. In my case it wasn’t dramatic pain. It was that annoying, unpredictable electric-lite buzzing that would show up in an arm/hand (and sometimes feel like it had a mind of its own), then disappear

Handstands look like a shoulder skill on Instagram. Real life feels more like a wrist negotiation with paperwork and a waiting room. After enough “my wrists hate me” sessions, a simple question got annoying in a useful way. Would a boring, consistent 21-day wrist prep block actually change anything, or would it just make me

Knee pain has a special talent. It can take a perfectly normal walk and turn it into a negotiation. Not the dramatic kind. More like a quiet, annoying “Are we really doing this?” from inside the joint. For a while, I blamed my training. Squats, split squats, stairs, long days on my feet, even “just”