The weird part wasn’t that training felt hard. The weird part was that it felt… neutral, like chewing air. A session would end, sweat would happen, music would happen, the clock would move, and my body would act like I had just walked to the mailbox. Back then, soreness never showed up. A “pump” was […]
Nothing Hurts, Nothing Excites, Nothing Feels Different After I Train Read More »
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
I Stopped Training to Failure for 30 Days: Recovery Changes You Don’t Expect Read More »
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
Why Slow Eccentrics Feel Weird on Tendons — Lessons From 2 Months of Training Read More »
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
Tried light nerve flossing for random tingling — here’s what actually changed Read More »
For a long time, HIIT was just something that worked. Short sessions, high effort, and that clean feeling of having trained hard without dragging fatigue into the rest of the day. Adding more sessions didn’t feel like pushing limits or chasing extremes. It felt practical, almost conservative. If something gives results, doing it a bit
I Increased My HIIT Sessions and My Body Quietly Started Rebelling Read More »
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
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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”
It Wasn’t My Workout: A 60-Day Walking Shoe Test for Knee Pain and Joint Stress Read More »
I ran into this the exact same way a lot of people do. The skill numbers were climbing. The mirror was acting like nothing happened. And at first it feels like some weird scam. Like the universe is saying, “Congrats, you can do cooler things now, but no visible upgrades for you.” So I treated
Why Do My Calisthenics Skills Improve Faster Than My Physique? Read More »
That question used to annoy me. Not because it’s “wrong,” but because it sounds like it should have a simple answer. Strength equals muscle. Muscle equals size. End of story. Except… the mirror doesn’t always agree. So this is the long version. No guru vibes. No “just trust the process.” Only what I noticed, what
Serious question: why calisthenics strength doesn’t always translate to size? Read More »
Shoulder impingement is one of those labels that sounds dramatic. In my case, it didn’t feel like a “big injury.” It felt more like my shoulder had become a petty roommate who complained every time I reached overhead, pressed, or tried to be a functional adult putting a bag in the car. Pain wasn’t constant.
What 8 Weeks of Scapular Prehab Did (and Didn’t Do) for My Shoulder Impingement Read More »
