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Issue 24 · Autumn 2026

Train smarter.
Move better.
Live stronger.

Evidence-led essays, training breakdowns and field notes from coaches, athletes and clinicians — written without the hype.

Featured · Strength

The 90-minute training week that quietly outperforms five-day splits.

Three full-body sessions, two compound lifts each, sensible loading. The most overlooked program in strength research is also the one most lifters refuse to run for long enough to see it work.

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Endurance

The case for the boring 30-minute walk

Why the most studied form of exercise is also the one we keep ignoring — and how to make it stick for life.

Marco TessaroApr 188 min
Strength

Why progressive overload still beats every shiny program

Add a kilo. Add a rep. Track it. Most lifters skip this and wonder why nothing moves for years.

Coach Will AdeyemiApr 159 min
Recovery

What your body actually does at 3 a.m.

A sleep researcher explains REM, glymphatic flush, and why a brief night-time wake-up is normal — and necessary.

Dr. Yuki HaraApr 1211 min
Nutrition

Protein, carbs, fat — what an athlete's plate actually looks like

Smoke points, omega ratios and the surprisingly simple rules a training kitchen actually needs day-to-day.

Anaïs BeaumontApr 099 min
Mindset

Five minutes of nothing — a defence of staring out the window

Default mode network, default mode life. Why unstructured time isn't laziness — it's maintenance for athletes too.

Priya MehrotraApr 066 min
Endurance

Zone 2 isn't slow — it's the foundation you've been skipping

Eighty per cent easy, twenty per cent hard. The polarised model that quietly built every elite endurance athlete you admire.

Marco TessaroApr 0210 min

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