// about
Hi, I'm Mark.
I make evidence-based strength training videos, programs and tools. Here's how I got here.
For years I was stuck. I copied whatever routines other people were doing, usually just a list of exercises, hopped from program to program, and took almost every set close to failure. I worked hard and went nowhere.
Things changed when I started chasing strength instead. I began logging every session in a spreadsheet, and watching the numbers go up felt like leveling up in a video game. For the first time in years, I actually enjoyed training again.
The biggest shift came from an unexpected place: endurance training. Endurance athletes do most of their work at low intensity. I tried the same idea with lifting, with lots of sets of five at moderate effort instead of grinding every set, and it has given me the best progress I've ever made. (I row too, and I'm chasing a sub-7:00 2k.)
That's what this site is about: training that's backed by research, tracked properly, and sustainable enough to keep doing for years.