ILU Method
ILU Method6 min read
Why heavy and moderate weeks beat every four-week block
The physiology behind two-wave progression, and why your joints will thank you a decade from now.
Strength
Strength5 min read
The trap bar deadlift. Underrated. Underused. Undefeated.
How a slightly different bar unlocks safer heavy pulls for almost every lifter I train.
Rehab
Rehab7 min read
Loading through pain vs training around it
There is a line. Here's how I decide which side of it a client belongs on.
Tips
Tips4 min read
Warmups aren't foreplay — they're the first working set
Stop wasting the first fifteen minutes. What a real ILU warmup looks like.
Strength
Strength4 min read
Grip is not a limiter, it's a lever
Why straps aren't cheating — and when I make clients earn them anyway.
Tips
Tips3 min read
The three cues I never let go of
Feet, breath, brace. Everything else is decoration.
ILU Method
ILU Method8 min read
How to sequence a 12-week ILU block from scratch
A walkthrough of the exact template I hand new clients, wave by wave.
Rehab
Rehab6 min read
From cleared-by-physio to loaded strength
The bridge phase most lifters skip — and the six weeks that make everything after it possible.
Strength
Strength5 min read
Squats you can still do at sixty
Choosing a squat variation around your anatomy, not around Instagram.