Dr Alyssa Olenick: Why every woman must build more muscle!

Dr Alyssa Olenick Dr Alyssa Olenick is a highly regarded exercise physiologist, ultra-marathon runner and powerlifter with a deep passion for fitness, health, and wellness. She specialises in understanding the intricate relationship between resistance training, endurance sports and metabolic health, and is known for her science-based approach to exercise and recovery, and her ability to…

September 12, 20250Comments

ByJoe Warner

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How Olympic champ Emma Finucane learned to win

Emma Finucane doesn’t sound like an assassin. Standing in front of me at the side of the track at the National Cycling Centre – the home of British Cycling - in Manchester, the softly spoken 22-year-old from Wales is friendly and laid back. But the Emma who wins bike races? That version had to be created and…

September 6, 20250Comments

ByJon Lipsey

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How Great Coaches Teach Movement

There’s a kind of desperation you often get among inexperienced coaches. You hear it in the way they talk - using words like dorsiflex, externally rotate, posterior chain. It’s the sound of someone trying to be taken seriously. Judd Lienhard doesn’t need that. With over 30,000 hours of coaching behind him, he’s heard it all…

July 8, 20250Comments

ByDr Jonny Rees

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Fasted cardio for women: should you train on empty?

Fasted cardio is exactly what it sounds like: doing cardiovascular exercise—usually in the morning—before you’ve eaten anything. The thinking is simple: if you train without food in your system, your body will burn more fat for fuel, helping you lean out faster. For men, especially those who are metabolically healthy, this approach can sometimes support…

May 18, 20250Comments

ByJon Lipsey

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Alex Honnold on risk, activism and searching for purpose

Alex Honnold Alex Honnold is an American rock climber best known for his free solo ascents of big walls, most famously becoming the first person to free solo a route on El Capitan in Yosemite National Park. The climb was the subject of a 2018 biographical documentary “Free Solo”, which won a BAFTA and Academy…

The CNS Code: How Judd Lienhard Trains for Longevity and Power

Some people train like a machine. Judd Lienhard trains like a system. His system doesn’t start with muscle groups or reps. It starts with the nervous system, a pyramid of stress and recovery mapped over the week with precision. But here’s where it gets interesting: for a man who trains like a sprinter, eats like…

April 8, 20250Comments

ByDr Jonny Rees

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Muscle, Maintenance and the Testosterone Question

There’s an honesty to the way Judd Lienhard talks about testosterone. No bravado, no defensiveness, just a matter-of-fact acknowledgement that yes, he’s on it. Yes, it helps. And no, it didn’t build the physique you see on Instagram. It’s a rare kind of candour in a fitness space full of secrets and shortcuts. Lienhard, a…

March 8, 20250Comments

ByDr Jonny Rees

dr stacy sims on why women are not small men

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Women Are Not Small Men: Why Gender Matters in Fitness Science

For much of modern sports science, there’s been an unspoken assumption: if it works for men, it works for women. Training protocols, nutrition guidelines, supplement recommendations, recovery models—they’ve all been built around male physiology. And in doing so, women have been underserved at best, and actively harmed at worst. As Dr. Stacy Sims famously says:…

March 4, 20250Comments

ByJon Lipsey

Luka Hocevar elite coach trainer performance health

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Luka Hocevar: The brutal truth about life success

Luka Hocevar Luka Hocevar is a former professional basketball player and the founder and co-owner of the Vigor Ground gym in Ljubljana in Slovenia, and the owner of the Vigor Ground Fitness and Performance facility in Seattle. He has personally coached more than 3,000 clients from elite professional athletes in the NBA, NFL, UFC and…

February 23, 20250Comments

ByDr Jonny Rees

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Look Like a Bodybuilder, Move Like an Athlete

There’s a reason Judd Lienhard’s Instagram videos make people stop scrolling: he looks like a linebacker and moves like a gymnast. It’s not just the size or the control, it’s the contradiction. Most guys who look like they bench press trucks don’t also do banded crawls, pulsing isometrics, or flow-based ground work that looks more…

February 8, 20250Comments

ByDr Jonny Rees

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