Hypertrophy, health, longevity, and a dilemma – Paul Ehren

Much has been written about nutritional and training strategies that optimise hypertrophy. However, if we include a desire to age gracefully, there is another a consideration that needs to be made. Functional strength coach Paul Ehren explains. According to Brad Schoenfeld, arguably the world’s foremost researcher into hypertrophy and resistance training, hypertrophy is: “An increase […]

Overtraining revisited from an integrative perspective – Ian Craig

Overtraining is a well-studied phenomenon in sports medicine, but it may also be viewed as adrenal fatigue in integrative health practices. Ian Craig pulls together a few physiological models and considerations to help us understand this term better.  Overtraining interests me a lot, not just because during my own athletic career, I often pushed my […]