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AUTHOR

Jott Myth

Certified fitness instructor and gamer

I'm a certified fitness instructor who's spent more hours levelling characters than I'd like to admit. I design things, I have 3 cats, and I believe small, steady steps carry you further than any grand leap.

Credentials

  • Certified Fitness Instructor

Writes about

  • Strength training
  • Fitness instruction
  • Body composition
  • Gamification
  • Video games

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Entries by Jott Myth

A person pinching a skinfold at the waist with a silver body fat caliper, holographic body-stat readouts floating beside them in a dark gym
Measurement

How to measure your body fat with calipers

A scale tells you what you weigh, not what you are made of. Here is how to take skinfold measurements that are actually worth tracking — and how to read the number you get.

7 min
A woman setting up for a deadlift with a loaded barbell in a dark fantasy stone hall, a cyan light beam and glowing runes around her
Training

Beginner strength training: your first 12 weeks

You do not need a complicated programme. You need a handful of movements, a way to add weight, and the patience to show up three times a week. Here is what that actually looks like.

3 min
A man doing pull-ups on a stone bar between ruined pillars on a cliff at twilight, glowing crystals floating around him
Training

How many sets per week should you do?

More is better, until it very much is not. What the research actually says about weekly set volume per muscle, and how to find your own number without guessing.

3 min
A woman in a twisting lunge on a mountain plateau at dawn, an aurora overhead and glowing runes on the rocks
Training

How to warm up before lifting

Five minutes on a treadmill is not a warm-up. Here is a sequence that takes about ten minutes, raises performance rather than blunting it, and skips the stretching that does not help.

2 min