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I was three miles into what should've been an easy 10-miler when my IT band decided to stage a rebellion. Sharp, stabbing pain that made me limp to the nearest coffee shop, where I sat nursing both my pride and a latte, wondering how I'd gone
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Alright, let me start with something that's gonna ruffle some feathers: Most youth athletic development programs are creating future physical therapy patients, not elite athletes. Yeah, I said it. And before you start typing angry comments, hear me out. I used to be one of those coaches. You
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The Fitness Rebellion You Never Knew You Needed Picture this: You're standing in a gym at 6 AM, doing burpees because some trainer told you that's what "gets results." Your body feels like shit, your mind is screaming "I hate this," but
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I used to be that guy. You know the one - jogging in place for 90 seconds, doing some arm circles that would make a kindergarten PE teacher cringe, then jumping straight into heavy squats wondering why my knees felt like rusty hinges. Then I tore my hip flexor. Not
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I used to be that guy who planned his meals six months in advance. Seriously. I had spreadsheets within spreadsheets, macro calculations that would make a NASA engineer weep, and enough meal prep containers to stock a small restaurant. I thought I was being "strategic" with my nutrition.
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Three years ago, I was that person. You know the one—religiously hitting Planet Fitness at 6 AM, tracking macros on MyFitnessPal, following some influencer's 12-week transformation program. I looked fit enough in photos, sure, but I felt... empty. Mechanical. Like a well-oiled machine that had forgotten what
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The Day I Realized I Wasn't Built for Bodybuilder Life Picture this: It's 5:47 AM on a Tuesday. I'm standing in my kitchen, meal prep containers lined up like little plastic soldiers, trying to force down my third egg white of the day
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Look, I know that sounds crazy. Who in their right mind would be grateful for a pandemic that decimated their industry and nearly put them out of business? But hear me out. Three years ago, if you told me that a global crisis would force me to completely reimagine my
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Picture this: You walk into a commercial gym, and the speakers are blasting the same recycled playlist of aggressive hip-hop and metal that's supposed to make everyone feel like they're about to bench press a freight train. Everyone's nodding along, completely bought into this
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Here's something that'll piss off half the hockey coaches reading this: 90% of hockey players are training completely wrong. Yeah, I said it. And before you slam your protein shake down and start typing angry comments, hear me out. I spent four years getting my ass
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Let me tell you about the time I almost ruined my meet prep because I listened to a fitness influencer. Three weeks out from nationals, I was hitting PRs in training. Everything felt dialed in. Then I made the mistake of watching some Instagram "expert" preach about how
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I was staring at the same numbers on my phone for the third week straight. 185 for 5 on bench. Again. Not 190. Not even 187.5. Just... 185. You know that feeling, right? When the weights that used to feel challenging suddenly feel impossible to progress from? When you
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The Day I Puked in Front of My High School Crush Picture this: 19-year-old me, trying to impress Sarah from my biomechanics class by absolutely destroying a sled workout. Twenty minutes later, I'm dry-heaving behind the gym while she awkwardly pats my back and probably questions every life
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Look, I'm gonna be straight with you. Last week I watched a dude attempt a bar muscle-up for the 47th time (yes, I counted) using two resistance bands, a box, and what I can only describe as the determination of a honey badger on Red Bull. Spoiler alert:
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I'm gonna say something that might piss off every "old school" coach reading this: Your athletes aren't getting worse because they're soft. They're getting worse because you're destroying them. Let me tell you about Sarah. Fifteen years old,
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Ever notice how the most motivated person at your gym is usually the one who looks like they don't need to be there? I was thinking about this yesterday while watching a guy in perfect shape absolutely demolish a deadlift session, and it hit me - maybe we&