The Journal
Practical, evidence-based writing on functional fitness, competition and health. The Movement Rx library connects training to real health outcomes.
Resistance training is not a drug, but the evidence on its effect on cardiovascular and metabolic risk is hard to ignore.
Low-intensity steady cardio is the least exciting and most useful training most people are skipping.
Few exercises carry over to real life as directly as picking something heavy up and walking with it.
The point of training in midlife and beyond is not a number on a bar. It is the capability to live without limits later.
Training breaks the body down. Sleep and recovery are when it rebuilds stronger, and most people short-change that half.
If you already train CrossFit, you have most of what a first Hyrox needs. The missing piece is running under fatigue.
Dropping in to a CrossFit box while travelling is easy once you know the unwritten rules.
The shorthand on the whiteboard looks like code at first. It is simpler than it appears.
Two popular versions of functional fitness with real differences. They overlap enough to train together.
The sled stations break more first-timers than any other. Pacing and technique are the whole game.
The right gym is the one you will keep going to. These questions help you find it before you sign up.
A trip does not have to break your training. A little planning keeps the habit alive on the road.
Scaling is not the consolation prize. It is the skill that keeps you training hard and injury-free for years.
One simple tool and three movements give you strength, power and conditioning in a corner of a room.
Master five barbell lifts and you have the foundation for nearly everything else in the gym.