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
What 21 Days of Wrist Prep Really Did for Handstands Read More »
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 »
I always treated warm-ups like the “Terms and Conditions” screen. Skim. Click accept. Pray nothing breaks. Then I got older, a little smarter, and way more annoyed by tiny aches that show up uninvited. So I ran an 8-week experiment on myself. Not a lab study. Not a “trust me bro” motivational montage. Just real
Short Warm-Ups vs Long Warm-Ups: What 8 Weeks of Training Taught Me Read More »
This didn’t start with an injury, and that’s probably why it took me so long to take it seriously. No sudden pop. No sharp pain that forced me to rack the bar. No obvious red flag screaming “stop training now.” It started as something much more subtle and, honestly, much more dangerous because of that.
Push Day Pain Isn’t Always Weakness: What 30 Days of Mobility Revealed Read More »
I didn’t run this test because I suddenly got obsessed with forearm size. I ran it because my elbows started acting like they were silently unionizing. Not a dramatic injury. Not a “go to the ER” moment. Just that stubborn, dull discomfort that shows up after pulling days, then hangs around the next morning like
Forearms Before or After Pulling? A 6-Week Test for Healthier Elbows Read More »
A few years ago, deloads sounded to me like flossing. Everyone said it was “obviously important,” but somehow it always felt optional until the consequences showed up. My joints were the consequences. Not in a dramatic “my elbow exploded on rep 6” way. More in that slow, annoying, background-noise way. The shoulder that starts whispering
Does Deloading Every 4 Weeks Actually Protect Your Joints? Read More »
