Osteoporosis and heavy barbells
For decades, women with low bone density were advised to walk and avoid load. An eight-month study showed the opposite — and this is perhaps the most unexpected result of everything we have reviewed.
6 min readKnowledge
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How Many Sets a Muscle Needs
The answer depends not on how much you can do, but on how much you manage to recover from. And this relationship has a ceiling beyond which adding more stops working.
5 min readStretching Before a Workout
Static stretching before strength training temporarily reduces force output. However, the magnitude of this effect is usually blown out of proportion in secondary accounts.
4 min readWhy a calorie deficit stops working
It doesn't. What changes is how much you burn and how much you actually eat — and both changes happen unnoticed by you.
5 min readWhat Women 'Cannot Do' — and What Is Actually True
Most of the restrictions that are still repeated were lifted decades ago or were never confirmed in the first place. There are few real differences, and they are not about bans.
7 min readBack Pain and Load
Bed rest for lower back pain worsens outcomes. This has been firmly established for a long time, yet the advice to "lie down" survives all refutations.
5 min readWhy we don't have workout streaks
A consecutive-day streak counter is the most common feature in fitness apps. We deliberately removed it, and here is why.
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