Stopping, restarting, and the part in between.
Plain answers to the questions that come up when training keeps getting interrupted. No programmes to buy, no numbers we cannot stand behind.
- How to start lifting again after months off, without starting from zero
Coming back is harder than keeping going. How to size your first sessions back, why the usual restart fails, and what to do instead of making up for lost time.
- Why streak-based fitness apps stop working the day you miss one
A streak rewards you right up until it doesn't. What breaks the day you miss one, why people stop opening the app entirely, and what to track instead.
- Why “just pick up where you left off” is bad advice after a break
The most common advice for returning to training quietly asks you to guess your own current capacity. Why that goes wrong, and what to do instead of resuming an old plan.
- What your training plan should do about the week you missed
A plan that reads the same after a missed week has quietly stopped describing you. Four things a plan should actually do about a gap, and why starting over is the wrong default.