EVIDENCE. UNDERSTANDING. TRAINING.

Every strong
foundation starts
with a blueprint.

Understand the science behind your training.
Explore the ideas. Build your own perspective.

STRENGTHMUSCLEENDURANCE
A FRAMEWORK FOR UNDERSTANDINGStrength+Hypertrophy+Conditioning+Recovery

01 / THE JOURNAL

Ideas worth understanding.

FROM THE VOLUMES
A coach writes a training plan on a whiteboard while an athlete follows along.FIELD NOTES / 001

PROGRAMMING · VOLUME 04

How to build a strength training plan: five useful questions

Before choosing a split or counting sets, take a step back. A useful plan starts with the questions you ask.

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Start with the question
closest to your training.

02 / THE COLLECTION

A deeper look.
One volume at a time.

Illustrated guides that connect the research
with the decisions behind your training.

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03 / OUR APPROACH

Follow the evidence.
Keep the context.

Training is full of confident answers.
We believe the questions matter just as much.

01

Make the sources visible.

Research-based claims should lead back to identifiable sources, with enough context to understand what was studied.

02

Leave room for uncertainty.

A group average is not a personal prediction. Limitations belong beside the finding, not hidden beneath it.

03

Separate evidence from examples.

Practical frameworks and fictional scenarios help explain a decision. They are labelled as illustrations, not scientific results.