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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&
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Why Elite Athletes Swear by "Boring" Basics I used to screenshot every elite athlete's workout, analyze their training splits, and obsess over their supplement stacks. Sound familiar? Yeah, I was that person—convinced there was some secret formula I was missing. Then I read about Jamie
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Last Tuesday, I watched a guy attempt something that looked like a cross between a Turkish get-up and interpretive dance. When he nearly dropped a 40-pound kettlebell on his head, I had to step in. "Saw it on TikTok," he explained, slightly out of breath and definitely out
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I used to have 47 browser tabs open at any given moment. Not kidding—I counted once during a particularly unhinged work session at 2 AM. Email notifications every 3 minutes, Slack pinging constantly, phone buzzing with everything from LinkedIn updates to my meditation app reminding me to... meditate. The
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I used to think my chronic ankle sprains were just part of being a competitive soccer player. "Weak ankles," the trainers said. "You need more support." So I dutifully laced up my $200 high-top cleats, strapped on ankle braces, and accepted that my feet were somehow.
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I used to think I was a badass. Working 70-hour weeks, hitting the gym at 5 AM before anyone else was awake, meal prepping on Sundays like some kind of fitness monk. I wore my stress like a badge of honor. "Look how much I can handle," I&
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I'll be honest with you — the last time I willingly hung from anything, I was probably eight years old on some playground monkey bars, showing off for kids who've long since forgotten my name. Fast forward twenty-something years, and here I am, writing about aerial fitness
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Let me start with a confession: I used to be one of those people who would literally tape their shoulders back. Yeah, you read that right. Medical tape. Across my shoulder blades. Every morning before heading to my law firm, convinced that if I could just force myself into "
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I was three months into learning Spanish on Duolingo when I confidently ordered "pollo con queso" at a Mexican restaurant. The waiter looked confused. Turns out I'd just asked for "chicken with cheese" in the most grammatically awkward way possible, despite having a 47-day
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I used to think I needed to suffer more. Every morning at 5 AM, I'd drag myself to CrossFit, then take an ice bath, then meditate for 30 minutes before starting my 12-hour workday. I was optimizing everything. Tracking everything. Enduring everything. And I was miserable. The wellness
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I'll never forget the day I had to close my first studio. March 16th, 2020. I stood in my empty space, looking at the dumbbells I'd arranged so carefully just that morning, wondering if I'd ever see my members again. Like thousands of other
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Your Body Wasn't Built for This (And How to Fix It) Three years ago, I couldn't touch my toes without feeling like my hamstrings were going to snap like old rubber bands. Getting up from my desk required a small grunt and what I called my
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Let me tell you about my relationship with fitness apps. Last year, I downloaded what promised to be "AI-powered personalized workouts." The algorithm asked me three questions: my age, my goal (lose weight, obviously), and how many days I could work out. Boom. Personalized plan ready. Two months