Maya writes about combining strength and endurance training without either one dragging the other down. She builds and runs her own concurrent programming before writing about it, so the frameworks come from what actually worked in practice, not just what fits neatly on paper. More from Maya
Good deadlift form comes down to a handful of repeatable checkpoints rather than dozens of competing cues. Get the setup right, keep the bar close, and brace properly, and most of the common mistakes that lead to injury or a missed lift disappear on their own. This...
Most ab workouts chase a burning sensation instead of actual strength, which is why so many people do endless crunches and see almost nothing change in how their core performs under real load. A better approach trains the core as a stabilizer first and a mover second,...
Concurrent training punishes sloppy nutrition twice as hard as single modality training does. A pure strength athlete can get away with an inconsistent feeding window because the demand on the system is narrow. A hybrid athlete asking the body to build contractile...