New - Issue 41: the quiet half of getting stronger

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Fitness

Training explained by mechanism, so you can build a week instead of copying one.

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Train easy, recover hard

Most training weeks fail on the easy days, not the hard ones. Here is how to tell which day you are actually having.

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Progressive overload, without the spreadsheet

The single idea behind every strength program, in plain arithmetic - plus four ways to apply it that are not “add more weight”.