The language police are back in town. Kidding aside, I believe it is important to get our semantics right in order to communicate effectively with each other. In today's world where just anyone can claim to be an 'expert' on basically anything (as long as it looks fashionable), I have recently struggled to understand what the term 'strength' actually means, what the factors are that constitute it, and why all of a sudden any form of exercise seems to be classed as 'strength training'. In...

You have been training for quite a while now, and your volume day numbers have started to stagnate. No matter how many times you keep repeating the same rep range (e.g. sets of five), the needle just won't move. Time for a change? Possibly so. One of the key things for you to stick to your training long-term is that you find new challenges frequently. If a certain type of set/rep scheme runs you mentally dry, it's time to act. I have recently discovered wave loading to be a new stimulus for...

True. I’m not a medical doctor. But I’m a strength coach - which most medical doctors aren't. If we look at the effects of strength training on managing blood pressure, does it become a topic of strength training, a topic of medicine, or both? In the end, it doesn’t even matter. What matters is that we make information transparent to the general public which they might not hear elsewhere. This shall allow them to make an informed decision on how they wish to proceed with matters about their...