Wolverine Journal
Training
Programming, progression and getting more from fewer sessions.
How to Build Muscle in Your 30s With a Demanding Job
Learn how to build muscle in your 30s while working a demanding job, with realistic training, nutrition and recovery strategies that fit around a busy schedule.
Why Muscle Matters More After 50: Strength, Longevity and Quality of Life
Why maintaining muscle and strength after 50 matters for longevity, mobility, independence and quality of life — and how resistance training supports healthy ageing.
Returning to Training After Injury
Learn how to return to training after injury with a sensible, progressive approach that rebuilds strength, confidence and capacity without rushing the process.
How to Train Around a Shoulder Injury
Learn how to keep training around a shoulder injury by modifying exercises, managing load and maintaining strength without unnecessarily stopping all exercise.
How to Stay in Shape When You Have Children
Learn how to stay in shape when you have children with realistic training, simple nutrition and a routine that fits around family life without needing to live in the gym.
What to Do When You Only Have 3 Hours a Week to Train
Only have three hours a week to train? Learn how to structure your workouts, prioritise the right exercises and make excellent progress without living in the gym.
How Progressive Overload Actually Works
Progressive overload is the engine behind every meaningful change your body makes in response to training. Here's how to apply it without simply chasing heavier weight every session.
You Don't Need to Train 6 Days a Week
You don't need to live in the gym to build strength, drop fat or change your body. Three or four well-structured sessions a week can out-perform six rushed ones.
How to Stay Strong As You Age
Strength isn't a candle that burns down. It's a skill that responds to practice — and what you ask of your body, consistently, decides what you keep.
Why Recovery Matters More as You Get Older
The biology of recovery genuinely shifts with age. What changes, why it matters, and how to train hard without burning yourself out.
Can You Still Build an Impressive Physique in Your 40s and 50s?
Recovery slows and life gets busier, but the ability to adapt does not disappear. What it actually takes to build a strong, capable, impressive body in midlife.
How Many Days a Week Should You Train After 40?
Two to four strength sessions a week can all work. Why three is the sweet spot for most people over 40 — and how to choose the amount you can actually sustain.
You Don't Need to Train Six Days a Week
Why session quality and progression beat session count for almost everyone with a life.
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