Gym & Strength

Progressive strength training with free weights and machines — squat, hinge, push, pull patterns, plus how to load them safely for your first year and beyond.

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Gym & Strength

Your First Week at the Gym: A Survival Guide

The gym is not complicated, it is just unfamiliar. A practical guide to your first week: what to bring, how to structure a session, and the unwritten rules that make you look like you belong.

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A single programmed session for the week ahead, one technique explainer, and the reader question worth answering. Written by our coaches — no supplement ads, no 5am rhetoric.

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