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Stop Training Like a Civilian If You Want to Survive Selection I still remember watching Jenkins collapse at the 1.8km mark during our selection run. Kid had been crushing 10-milers every damn day for months leading up to it. His Instagram was full of motivational bullsh*t about "
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Why You're Still Slow at 5Ks (And How to Actually Fix It) Let me tell you about the time I completely bombed a 5K after following what I thought was the "perfect" training plan. Picture this: 6 months of religiously tracking every split, obsessing over my
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The Fitness Comparison Trap Is Worse Than You Think I used to screenshot deadlift videos at 2 AM. Yeah, I was that guy. Lying in bed, scrolling through Instagram, saving clips of 20-year-old powerlifters pulling triple bodyweight like it was nothing. Then I'd wake up the next morning,
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Why Hemsworth's Workout Actually Works (And Why Yours Probably Doesn't) Real talk from someone who's been behind the Hollywood muscle-making machine Alright, let me tell you something that'll probably piss off half the fitness influencers on Instagram. I've been in
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Method Man Just Schooled Every Fake Fitness Celebrity And why his 120lb dumbbell presses hit different than your typical celeb workout Look, I'm gonna be straight with you. When I see another celebrity posting gym content, I usually roll my eyes so hard they practically fall out my
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Why the 8-Minute Mile Is Your Running Rubicon I'll never forget the first time I cracked an 8-minute mile. Not because it was particularly graceful (it wasn't), or because I felt like a gazelle floating across the pavement (I absolutely didn't). I remember it
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Why Your "Functional" Training Isn't Working (And What Conor McGregor Actually Teaches Us) I'll be honest with you - watching people attempt those fancy Ido Portal movements they saw on Instagram makes me cringe. Not because the movements are bad, but because it'
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Why Hills Beat Your Fancy Gym Equipment I'm gonna tell you something that'll probably piss off your trainer and make you question every dollar you've spent on gym memberships: that hill behind your house is worth more than 90% of the equipment in your
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Are We Celebrating or Exploiting Teen Olympic Dreams? When I saw the announcement that 17-year-old Rebekah Tiler would be representing Great Britain in Olympic weightlifting, my first thought wasn't "congratulations." It was "is this really what's best for her?" Don't
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Why Jonathan Majors Just Changed Hollywood Forever You know that moment when you're at the gym and some guy loads up the bar with fake plates, thinking nobody notices? Yeah, that cringey feeling you get watching someone pretend to lift heavy while basically curling air? Well, turns out
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The Hugh Jackman Problem: What His Wolverine Return Really Says About Hollywood Fitness Let me start with a confession. When I saw Hugh Jackman's latest Instagram post – you know, the one where he's doing weighted planks with "becoming Wolverine again" as the caption – I
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The Rock's Leg Destroyer: Why Everyone's Missing the Real Point Look, I'm gonna say something that might piss people off right out the gate. Everyone keeps talking about The Rock like he's some genetic freak who just rolled out of bed looking
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Why I Keep a Kettlebell Under My Desk (And You Should Too) Let me paint you a picture. It's 3 PM on a Wednesday. You're staring at your laptop screen, feeling that familiar afternoon slump creeping in like an unwelcome relative. Your back's starting
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Stop Chasing Glute Activation—Your Squat Needs Something Else I'll never forget the day I watched a powerlifter at my gym perform twenty perfect glute bridges with a 405lb barbell, then immediately struggle through squats with barely 225lbs. His glutes were clearly "activated"—whatever that means—