Some Things Are Worth Revisiting
Original Strength’s latest post stresses that fitness success hinges on timeless fundamentals and a relentless curiosity, not the latest program hype. The coach reflects on two decades of industry change, noting that abundant information often breeds confusion. By exploring core principles—breathing, stress response, and simple movement patterns—the brand launched its "Pressing Reset" concept and is hosting a nervous‑system‑focused training with Equinox coaches. The piece concludes with a call to stay curious, keep learning, and prioritize basics like movement, strength, sleep, and breathing.
Workout of the Week: Rob Krar’s Man Maker
Rob Krar’s “Man Maker” is an intense hill workout that consists of eight three‑minute uphill repeats at a hard effort (8/10) on a 6‑8% grade, with 90‑second walk/jog recoveries. The session is designed for ultrarunners and other endurance athletes seeking...
Muscular Endurance — The Missing Piece For Most Mountain Athletes – By Jon Fearne
Muscular endurance, not VO₂ max, separates elite mountain athletes from the rest. In steep, loaded climbs the legs often fail before the lungs, exposing a gap that flat‑ground cardio masks. Jon Fearne’s E3Coach framework stresses building a solid aerobic base first,...
Association Between Supervised Strength Session Attendance and Isokinetic Recovery Trajectory in Male Footballers Following ACL Reconstruction: A 6-Year Retrospective Cohort...
A series of recent publications and expert events highlight a shift toward integrated, data‑driven strength training in football. A 2025 framework proposes micro‑dosing strength sessions to improve load tolerance while minimizing fatigue for male players. In 2026, researchers introduced a...
Association Between Supervised Strength Session Attendance and Isokinetic Recovery Trajectory in Male Footballers Following ACL Reconstruction: A 6-Year Retrospective Cohort...
A six‑year retrospective cohort of 55 male footballers undergoing hamstring autograft ACL reconstruction found that athletes who attended two or more supervised strength sessions per week between weeks 12 and 18 achieved a quadriceps limb‑symmetry index (LSI) of 96% by...
AEKE’s “Strength In Numbers” Event Showed How AI Fitness Is Becoming More Personalized, Data-Driven, and Surprisingly Human
AEKE’s "Strength In Numbers" event in New York unveiled the S1 Pro AI home gym, a compact system that combines digital resistance with real‑time movement analysis, biometric scanning and instant coaching feedback. Attendees experienced personalized posture assessments, adaptive resistance and...
He Trains MVPs and UFC Champions. His Advice for the Rest of Us Is Shockingly Simple.
Dr. Andy Galpin, a leading performance scientist, turned a Two Percent writer into a lab subject before an 850‑mile hike, collecting blood, saliva and urine samples before, during and after the trek. The data revealed dramatic, weeks‑long shifts in hormones,...
Exercise, VO2 Max, and Longevity | Mike Joyner, M.D
The video reviews major HIIT protocols, comparing supramaximal sprint intervals, longer high‑intensity bouts, and low‑volume “exercise snacks.” It finds that longer intervals (e.g., the Norwegian 4x4) drive superior cardiac remodeling, while the Gibala 1‑minute method offers the best balance of...
Everything All The Time
Everything All the Time is a training philosophy that blends strength, speed, stamina, and endurance throughout a training cycle rather than isolating them in separate phases. Originating from non‑linear periodization concepts popularized in the late 1990s, the method emphasizes shifting...
Plyometrics in Football: From Mechanism to Method
The article presents a comprehensive framework for applying plyometrics to football, emphasizing the stretch‑shortening cycle (SSC) as the physiological bridge between gym‑based strength and on‑field explosive actions. It details SSC types, coupling‑time thresholds, and how surface stiffness, force‑vector specificity, and...
Stop Worshipping VO2 Max
VO2 max is heavily marketed by wearables and apps, yet it rarely limits seasoned endurance athletes. While beginners can boost VO2 max quickly, trained athletes hit a plateau, making further gains dependent on efficiency. The article argues that lactate threshold,...
Rest at MD+2 Promotes Player Freshness Across the Microcycle in Professional Soccer
A recent sport‑science study examined how the timing of a full rest day affects elite soccer players during a weekly microcycle. The researchers compared a rest day on match‑day +1 (MD+1) versus match‑day +2 (MD+2) and measured GPS‑derived high‑intensity running, perceived fatigue...
Rest at MD+2 Promotes Player Freshness Across the Microcycle in Professional Soccer
A recent study of a Turkish professional soccer club examined two micro‑cycle rest strategies: resting on MD+1 versus MD+2. Over 12 weeks, the same squad showed that a rest day on MD+2 produced a freshness signature—identical mechanical work was achieved...
Can Breath Training Improve Your VO2 Max? Here's What the Research Says
VO2 max remains the gold‑standard metric for aerobic capacity, yet many athletes hit a plateau despite increasing mileage or intensity. Recent research shows that inefficient breathing—especially chronic over‑breathing and mouth breathing—can suppress oxygen delivery by lowering carbon dioxide levels, which...
A Little Bit of Science Behind Your Endurance
Endurance athletes often overlook that the aerobic system powers most of their performance, not just short, high‑intensity efforts. While anaerobic pathways deliver quick bursts, they are limited to seconds or minutes and cannot sustain long‑duration activity. A well‑developed aerobic base...