All articles (1201)
Everything we have written so far, from the first day in the gym to advanced programming.
Shevchenko vacates flyweight belt with shoulder and back ligament damage
Coach Pavel Fedotov says shoulder and back ligament damage forced Shevchenko out; the flyweight belt is vacant and Silva meets Wang Cong for it.
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Dana White says heavyweight division will keep rolling as Aspinall's return date stays unset
White says Aspinall remains injured and the heavyweight division will carry on without him, but he offered no return date and no ruling on the belt.
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Push-up and pull-up records: what people have actually done
How many push-ups and pull-ups people have really done in a minute, an hour and 24 hours, how the reps are judged, and what that works out to per minute.
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Bodybuilding posing: what judges score and how to train it
What happens on stage during judging, what each mandatory pose is meant to show, and a drill plan that gets you holding poses steadily when you are tired.
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Running 5k: a plan from zero to your first race day
An eight-week run-walk plan, how to find a pace you can actually hold, what strength work to add alongside it, and how to handle race morning.
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High-protein chicken goulash: a recipe for four servings
A one-pot chicken goulash for four, built on 800 g of chicken breast and chickpeas, with about 57 g of protein per serving and exact amounts.
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Magnesium: which form, how much, and who needs it
What magnesium actually does, how oxide, citrate and bisglycinate differ, how much to take, and when a supplement adds nothing at all.
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Gym anxiety about being watched: a first-month plan
Why it feels like the whole room is watching, and what to do in your first four weeks: an arrival routine, a written plan, timing and floor space.
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Exercise in pregnancy: what is safe in each trimester
How much training to keep in the first, second and third trimester, which exercises to swap, and the warning signs that mean stopping and ringing your doctor.
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How long to keep the same plan before you change it
When to change a training plan and when to leave it alone: realistic timelines, the signs a plan is finished, and what to check before rewriting it.
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Cooking at home: how to get to five dinners a week
How to move from occasional cooking to five home-cooked dinners a week: count your baseline, cook components, and rescue the days you have no time.
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Protein at breakfast when you have no appetite in the morning
How to get 25 to 40 g of protein into your morning without forcing it: where to start, how long it takes to adjust, and what to change tonight.
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Sitting all day at work: a movement break every hour
How long the break needs to be, what to do in those few minutes, and how to make it stick on days when meetings run back to back.
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No time to train: how to audit your week hour by hour
How to log seven ordinary days in half-hour blocks, sort the hours into fixed, stretchy and dead, and find a training slot that survives past week two.
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Dark and cold: how to keep training when the days are short
Winter days run to roughly nine hours of light and training is first to go. How to move the slot, use the light you get and hold the habit.
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Low kick technique and how to learn it without injury
How a low kick actually works, where it lands, how shins really adapt to impact, and which common mistakes end in a wrecked ankle or leg.
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Guard, mount and side control: BJJ positions explained
A plain guide to guard, mount and side control: what each position does, what it scores, how to escape it and how to drill it properly in class.
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Your first sparring session: how to prepare and why you go light
What a first sparring session should actually look like: how hard to go, what gear you need, how to prepare and when to stop the round.
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Krav maga: self-defence or sport, and what you actually get
Where krav maga came from, what a class really looks like, how many sessions a week it takes, and where knife and gun defences stop working.
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How to choose a martial arts club: what to ask at the first session
What a good first session actually looks like, the eight questions worth asking out loud, and the warning signs that tell you to keep looking elsewhere.
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Aikido and wing chun: what works in sparring and what doesn't
What aikido and wing chun actually teach, which parts fall apart against a resisting partner, and how to add live work so the useful bits survive.
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Taekwondo rules and scoring: how an Olympic bout actually works
What a head kick is worth, how the electronic scoring vest decides a point, and why Olympic bouts are won two rounds out of three rather than on total score.
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Sambo explained: how it differs from judo and wrestling
Rules, scoring, leg locks and how sambo is actually trained, plus a clear breakdown of what separates it from judo and from freestyle wrestling.
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Time of day and strength: are you really stronger in the afternoon
How big the morning-to-evening gap in strength actually is, which parts are well evidenced, and what to change in your own training.
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