Articles


Linear Progression: A Myth
By mgil
Mon Nov 23, 2020 7:23 am
(Draft for LoudMuffin - Not sure if this is succinct enough...) When we were kids in middle school and high school we were introduced to a simple mathematical equation: y = mx + b We learned how to plot this line, find intercepts, and whatever other fun stuff. We learn to use this as a model ... read more

Why you suck at RPE
By mgil
Thu Jan 31, 2019 6:48 am
This is intended as a short commentary... Well, this isn't really why you suck at RPE, or (even worse) why RPE is not for you, but rather "some thoughts about why RPE is hard for you to assess across your various lifts". That title wouldn't be as catchy though. For a while I've been se ... read more

Subjectivity and Training
By DylanKitt
Sun May 27, 2018 3:49 pm
Below is attached a fun little project I worked on over the weekend. The paper is a philosophical approach to thinking about subjectivity and its relation to training. I spent a lot of my undergraduate time studying philosophy of mind so I felt I had a novel way of approaching some of the stuff we r ... read more

Not sure where to put these...
By CamLeslie
Tue Mar 27, 2018 10:53 am
I had been wondering where Marty Gallagher had gone. Apparently he has a blog here. He is one of my favorite strength writers, I hope you enjoy him as much as I do. https://www.ironcompany.com/blog/category/raw/ ... read more