If you've ever looked at our training schedule and wondered, “Why are we doing this today?”—there's a reason. We don't build our programming by randomly selecting exercises and hoping everyone is sufficiently sore by the end of the week. Each training session has a...

Why better training starts with understanding the person—not forcing everyone into the same movement template. Spend enough time around a gym and eventually you’ll hear someone talking about “perfect form.” Feet here. Knees there. Elbows at this exact angle. Lower the...

Why constantly changing your workouts may be getting in the way of actual progress. Walk into enough gyms and you'll eventually hear some version of the same idea: We have to keep the body guessing. It's the foundation of what the fitness industry has called “muscle...

The Minimum Effective Dose: Why Smarter Training Wins How the right amount of training—not the most training—can build strength, muscle and fitness for the long haul. Somewhere along the way, we started confusing exhaustion with effectiveness. Good Strength &...

By Coach Cierra Bloom Introduction — Recovery Isn't the Opposite of Training When most people hear the word recovery, they picture rest days. Foam rolling. Stretching. Ice baths. Sleeping in. Those things can certainly help. But recovery isn't something separate from...