Training science, no guesswork

Articles on readiness, neural demand and programming — written by a sports scientist, with the data behind every claim.

Training science

The 18 exercises that build muscle almost for free

Out of 272 movements, only eighteen reach 9.0 stimulus per unit of fatigue — and sixteen of them have a neural demand of 2. The complete list, grouped by muscle, for the days your body isn't there.

17 August 2026 · 5 min read
Data analysis

The exercises that cost you most are the ones that give you least

272 movements analysed. The deadlift returns 0.45 for every unit of fatigue it charges. A leg curl returns 4.50. That is a ten-fold difference — and almost nobody builds a week around it.

14 August 2026 · 6 min read
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