Tag: strength training
7 posts tagged "strength training".
Resistance exercise aimed at building muscle, bone density, and force production — lifting weights, bodyweight work, and progressive overload. The blog frames it as one of the highest-return habits available, a slot in a sensible daily routine that compounds health over decades. It pairs naturally with running for cardiovascular fitness and supports weight loss by raising metabolic demand, while good nutrition supplies the raw material for recovery. Beyond the physical, its appeal is psychological: few practices give such legible feedback that consistent effort produces real progress.
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Minimalist Fitness: The Lost Art of Calisthenics
Only psychopaths do 1000 crunches before breakfast. Real calisthenics is fast, frugal, and effective strength training.
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After the Pizza Diet: Losing 20kg and Readjusting to Life as a Skinny Guy
When my friends visited, they roasted me mercilessly over my striking resemblance to Christian Bale in The Machinist.
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The Portable Travel Gym that Fits in Your Pocket
Staying fit on the road is a challenge, but I’ve found a way to cram an entire travel gym into my pocket: A simple deck of playing cards.
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How I Got Bigger, Stronger and Leaner Eating 222 Large Pizzas In a Row
I not only survived the pizza diet, but somehow ended up in the best shape of my life. Of course, there was some method to my madness.
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I Was Wrong About Running
YEAH SAME QUESTION AS OP. The mere existence of running as a 'hobby' has always seemed to me an affront to the dignity of mankind.
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The Optionality Approach to Getting Lucky
What is optionality? My favourite tool for finding juicy asymmetries between risk and reward, and creating your own luck.
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Fat People Are Heroes
When I see an overweight person slogging away on the treadmill next to me, I think to myself: that person is a goddamn hero.
