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Strength training
- Resistance training basicsWhen you lift something heavy enough, your muscle fibers are pulled taut.Movement · Strength training6 stations
- Core TrainingThe core is not the six-pack.Movement · Strength training6 stations
- Hypertrophy mechanismsWhy does muscle grow?Movement · Strength training5 stations
- Neural drive vs hypertrophyIn your first few weeks of strength training you get noticeably stronger, yet the muscles in the mirror barely grow.Movement · Strength training4 stations
- Women & liftingStrength training will not give a woman a bodybuilder's bulk.Movement · Strength training4 stations
- Protein + liftingHow much protein does someone who lifts need each day?Movement · Strength training4 stations
- Elderly resistance trainingCan nursing-home residents in their eighties and nineties, who struggle even to walk, still train their muscles back?Movement · Strength training4 stations
- Youth & adolescent trainingWith someone watching, the movement done right and the load raised gradually, strength training is safe for children and teenagers aged 5–18, and it…Movement · Strength training4 stations
- Progressive OverloadTraining can look complicated, but underneath it runs on one engine: progressive overload.Movement · Strength training6 stations
- Muscle MemoryWhen you stop training, your muscles shrink, but the nervous system's skill of producing force is not wiped out along with them.Movement · Strength training5 stations
Cardio / Endurance
- VO2max — endurance ceilingVO2max (maximal oxygen uptake) is the most oxygen your body can use in a minute — the ceiling on endurance.Movement · Cardio / Endurance4 stations
- Beetroot nitrateBeetroot, spinach, arugula, and celery contain nitrate.Movement · Cardio / Endurance6 stations
- Lactate thresholdLactate is not waste piling up in your muscles.Movement · Cardio / Endurance7 stations
- Zone 2 — mitochondrial trainingZone 2 is moderate aerobic work just below the first lactate threshold, where you can still speak in full sentences. Done repeatedly, it gives muscle…Movement · Cardio / Endurance4 stations
- Glycogen supercompensationGlycogen supercompensation means this: once a muscle has used up its glycogen (its store of linked glucose), eating carbohydrate afterward lets it…Movement · Cardio / Endurance4 stations
- The gut during exerciseThe heart can pump out only so much blood in a minute.Movement · Cardio / Endurance4 stations
- HIIT vs steady-stateSprint for a short stretch, slow down and catch your breath, and repeat for a few rounds: that is high-intensity interval training (HIIT).Movement · Cardio / Endurance6 stations
- Running form + shoesIf you run now without pain or injury, do not fiddle with how you land.Movement · Cardio / Endurance6 stations
- Running for BeginnersPeople who want to start running usually worry most about whether my form is right and which shoes to buy.Movement · Cardio / Endurance4 stations
- The Interference EffectWant both strength and a strong heart — do the two get in each other's way?Movement · Cardio / Endurance5 stations
Recovery & Mobility
- Recovery scienceTraining itself does not make you stronger.Movement · Recovery & Mobility7 stations
- Mobility & flexibilitySomeone else pushing your leg up high does not mean you can lift it there yourself.Movement · Recovery & Mobility5 stations
- Sauna & heat exposureA sauna does not steam toxins out, and it is not exercise you do lying down.Movement · Recovery & Mobility5 stations
- Cold Exposure, Ice Baths & RecoveryCold water can make soreness ease noticeably within minutes.Movement · Recovery & Mobility5 stations
- Exercising in the Heat · prepare, protect, coolWhen you exercise, your muscles work like an engine: about four-fifths of the energy never becomes movement and turns into heat instead.Movement · Recovery & Mobility6 stations
- Does Stretching Prevent Injury?"Stretch before you exercise so you don't pull something" is probably the most widely repeated advice in fitness.Movement · Recovery & Mobility5 stations
- Warm-up & Cool-downA warm-up is worth doing, but first get clear on what it actually does: then you know how to warm up, and what not to expect from it.Movement · Recovery & Mobility5 stations
- DOMS · Why You're Sore Two Days LaterTry a new movement, or train hard after a long break, and the day itself often feels fine.Movement · Recovery & Mobility5 stations
- The Sedentary Office BodyIf you sit at a computer eight or nine hours a day, you have probably heard that sitting is bad for you, and probably assumed the problem is bad…Movement · Recovery & Mobility5 stations
Exercise as Medicine
- Pregnancy + exerciseCan you exercise during pregnancy?Movement · Exercise as Medicine4 stations
- Female Cycle Training & RecoveryNo single cycle chart fits everyone.Movement · Exercise as Medicine5 stations
- Exercise as medicineMuscle is not only for moving.Movement · Exercise as Medicine8 stations
- Walking as MedicineOf all forms of exercise, walking is probably the most underrated.Movement · Exercise as Medicine5 stations
- Training injuriesMost training injuries are overuse injuries: load rises faster than tissue can repair.Movement · Exercise as Medicine4 stations
Pain & injury
- Tendon Recovery · Load It, Don't Just Rest ItThe collagen in the core of a tendon is laid down during the years when you are growing, and it barely renews in adulthood.Movement · Pain & injury6 stations
- Knee PainArticular cartilage has no nerves and no blood vessels.Movement · Pain & injury6 stations
- Low Back PainThe lower back is not one bone.Movement · Pain & injury6 stations
- Shoulder PainThe top of the upper-arm bone sits like a golf ball on a shallow dish: it can point in any direction, but on its own it is not stable at all.Movement · Pain & injury6 stations
- Plantar FasciitisThe plantar fascia is a thick sheet of connective tissue.Movement · Pain & injury5 stations
- Carpal Tunnel SyndromeCarpal tunnel syndrome is a nerve being squeezed inside the wrist, not an inflamed tendon.Movement · Pain & injury5 stations
- Ankle SprainMiss a step, or land on someone's foot, and the sole suddenly rolls inward, with a sharp pain on the outside of the ankle.Movement · Pain & injury5 stations
- Lateral Hip PainFeel the outside of the top of your thigh and you will find a bony bump, the greater trochanter.Movement · Pain & injury5 stations
- Neck PainAlmost everyone has had a neck that is stiff, achy, or painful to turn.Movement · Pain & injury6 stations
- Calf & Lower LegThe calf you grab is not one muscle.Movement · Pain & injury6 stations