Strength Training and Your Menstrual Cycle
How fluctuating hormones across the menstrual cycle affect strength, recovery, and fatigue — and how to structure training around them rather than fighting them.
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Sleep: The Training Variable Nobody Tracks
Sleep deprivation drops muscle protein synthesis by 18%, cuts testosterone by 24%, and raises cortisol. Here is what the research says about sleep and strength.
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Exercise and Mental Health: What the Research Actually Says
The evidence behind exercise as a tool for mental health — what strength training does to anxiety, depression, and cognitive function, and what it does not replace.
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Deload Week: When, Why, and How to Deload Properly
What a deload week is, why it matters for long-term strength, the different deload methods, and how to know when your body is asking for one.
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The Long Game: Strength Training After 40 Needs Different Rules
Your joints have stories to tell. Strength training after 40 is not about less — it is about smarter. Conservative progression, joint-friendly choices, sustainable gains.
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Back to the Dirt: Why Strength Starts in the Kitchen
Stop looking for shortcuts and start looking at your plate. Real food, cooked with your own hands — that is the foundation of strength.
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