Tapering and carb-loading are basically race-week superpowers. When you pull back on training, your body finally gets to recharge and show the fitness you’ve been stacking for weeks. Then, topping up your carbs the day or two before the race fills your muscles with the fuel you’ll actually use once things get tough out there. This blog goes through the evidence on tapering and carb loading to peak for an endurance event, using personal reflections from my experience to guide judgement.

Periodization simplifies your fitness journey by breaking it into focused phases, each targeting specific goals like strength, endurance, or body composition. This blog explains why periodization matters for everyone, how it prevents overtraining, and how to plan your training cycles for maximum results—no matter your fitness level.

If you’re into fitness or follow health trends, you’ve probably heard it: grip strength is the secret to living longer. But is it really true? Can squeezing a grip trainer or mastering your deadlift actually add years to your life?

Muscle growth doesn’t occur in the gym, it occurs outside the gym. In this blog I discuss some of the more advanced concepts surrounding recovery and some tools you can use to set goals in recovery.

Part 3 of Optimizing Muscle Growth. We dive into the nuances surrounding progressive overload for hypertrophy.

Want to take your exercise selection to the next level? This week’s blog covers some of the more advanced ideologies for exercise selection in the context of bodybuilding.

How do we think about travelling and training? Well the choice is really up to you. Here are some tips and my experience navigating a long trip and staying on top of my fitness-related goals!

Running is a challenging sport to begin. This blog covers the common issues you may bump into when starting out, like setting expectations too high, dealing with the high impact forces, and avoiding metabolic burnout.

All about steps: Why they are so important, the recent research on the benefits of walking, and how you can begin to increase your step count with ease.