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Programming guides, nutrition fundamentals, and technique deep-dives from the coaches at Forged Athletics.
Training Blog
Programming guides, nutrition fundamentals, and technique deep-dives from the coaches at Forged Athletics.
Both sports use a barbell and both will make you strong. But the training, technique demands, competition format, and community culture are very different. Here’s how to choose.
Most lifters either skip deloads entirely or treat them as a rest week that leaves them feeling rusty. There’s a better way. Here’s how we program deload weeks at Forged Athletics.
You can’t out-train a bad diet, and you can’t out-eat bad programming. But when nutrition and programming align, strength gains become predictable. Here are the fundamentals.
Plateaus are not walls — they’re signals. Learn how to read what your body is telling you and use evidence-based strategies to get your lifts moving again.
A well-designed first program sets the trajectory for your entire training career. Here’s what to include, what to skip, and how to know when it’s working.
The recovery industry sells a lot of expensive noise. Cut through it: here are the tools and practices with actual evidence behind them, ranked by cost-effectiveness.
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