I started doing push-up ladders every day because it felt “clean.” No equipment. No complicated plan. Just me, the floor, and that quiet confidence that simple things always work. Then my reps started doing something weird. They went up fast, then got sloppy, then dipped, then bounced back in a way that made zero emotional […]
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I usually treat L-sits like a “nice extra” I sprinkle somewhere between sets, like parsley on pasta. Then one day I put them right at the start of my session, before anything else, and the whole workout feels like someone subtly changes the settings on my body. Not better in any special way. Just different
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Two loud opinions kept popping up across the fitness world. On one side, perfect form was treated like a software update that magically fixes everything. Across the room, another camp insisted volume was the real engine, and technique only needed to be “good enough.” Instead of arguing with imaginary people in my head, I decided
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Post-meal-walking-supporting-appetite-stability. For a long time, “walking after a meal” lived in the same mental drawer as “drink warm lemon water” and “never eat after 8pm.” Not evil. Just… vaguely wellness-y. Then something weird kept happening. Lunch would be normal, solid, adult behavior. And two hours later my appetite would act like I hadn’t eaten since
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Rehab has a funny way of humbling people who usually feel confident in the gym. One day you’re training on autopilot. The next day you’re paying attention to every small detail, changing one thing at a time, and trying to figure out what actually helps instead of just guessing. That was me for four weeks.
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
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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
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For a long time, HIIT was simply 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 extreme. It just felt practical. If something works, doing a bit more of it usually sounds like a safe
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