The issue with many of the messages around nutrition “how to change” articles (including our own at times), is they lack a key component: YOU NEED TO OVERRIDE PART OF YOURSELF IN A VERY EFFORTFUL WAY…you need to actually pull the plug on a part of yourself and you need to be able to do it DAILY and MAKE PLANS BEYOND SHORT TERM GOALS.

Fitness is meant to be inclusive. Yet sometimes it feels like there are more barriers now, than there were before, to getting healthy and fit. Whether it is deliberate disinformation, health authorities acting as gatekeepers, false dichotomies of the “best” fitness regimen, and more; it can be hard to disentangle fact from fiction let alone figure out what will be best for you. We wrote this to help break down some barriers and sort things out.

Ever wonder what causes DOMS, what to do about it, or if it’s okay to work out while having it? While some may experience some delayed stiffness and tenderness 10 hours after a big day of squatting or longer than usual trail run, someone else may have that same feeling occur later or sooner, peak at a different time, lasting for a shorter or longer duration, or not at all. Why the difference? We aren’t entirely sure. But we do know that some degree of damage has likely occurred and/or some of the metabolic processes that occur surrounding that damage that can trigger pain.