Strength Doesn’t Make You Stiff. Bad Strength Does.
Getting tight. Getting bulky. Getting injured. I'll dive into all 3 - starting with tightness.
Arv' Musings
I'd like to help you fall in love with fitness. Minus the bullshit. Minus the fads.
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Metrics, Trends, and 3 weeks of data
A couple of weeks back, I shared how 3 weeks on the GLP-1 was, for me.
The Power of a Morning Routine
Addition by Subtraction. And Experimentation
Taking the GLP-1: my field report
Taking a drug that I don't need, so I can understand it better.
Your Nervous System Is the Real Bottleneck, Not Your Hamstrings
This is how training must be
Strength Training Doesn't Injure You. Skipping The Steps Does.
The fix: Don't skip steps :)
Your Stamina Isn’t Gone. It Was Borrowed.
What you had when you were a teenager (and in your early 20s) was borrowed. What you build now can be owned.
You Don't Accidentally Build A Skyscraper. You Don't Accidentally Build Bulk.
No, seriously, you will not.
The Attention You Forgot To Bring To Your Body
Yoga knew this all along. We are just too impatient.
At 25, I Couldn't Touch My Toes. I Thought That Was Who I Was.
Plastic is a superpower.
Don’t Become Unbreakable. Become Rebuildable.
Bouncing back to where you were, after being smashed
The Only Question That Matters About Your Program
Not how good it is on your best days. How much it survives your worst ones.
Introducing the KNIT framework
A framework to knit every movement together
Your Body Isn't Tight. It's Wound Up.
The real reason you can't wind down. And what actually fixes it.
The Minimum Viable Program
Every program you've tried was designed for someone with more time, more energy, and a calmer life than yours.
I Spent Ten Days in Silence. Here's What It Did to My Training.
The difference between going through the motions and actually being in your body — and why nobody teaches this.
What Physical Independence Actually Looks Like
This is not elite. This is not extreme. This is the floor of a full life.
A Letter to the Person Who Built Something Real. And lost it.
Health isn’t the reward for surviving the storm. It’s what gets you through it.
Fitness for the Chronically Stressed, Not the Chronically Motivated
For years, I believed calm was coming.
You Don’t Need a New Sport. You Need a Safer Restart.
Leaving money on the table
Every Restart Leaves You Worse Off Than Before: Unless You Do This One Thing Differently.
The road to physical independence