Make training better — with new methods, smart tools and AI analysis. Critically reviewed, made practical. Not everything new is better. But some of it is.
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"I test AI tools and fitness tech so you don't have to. And if you do — I'll show you how to do it better than any app. Plus: the latest from exercise science, made practical."
The most-read articles on AI, wearables and modern training methods – for athletes who want to train better.
Create an AI training plan in 6 steps: a guide with prompt templates to copy, a model comparison and a checklist for testing the output.
Want to build your own AI nutrition plan? Here's how to do it right - with prompts, platform features and common mistakes. For ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini.
Training planning with the TheFitFuturist Gemini Gem: it asks the right questions first, then builds the plan. Free, for running, strength and mixed.
I tested 15 AI models on 30 real fitness and health questions — scored by an AI judge panel and by me as a sports scientist. Which AI actually understands training — and where a human is still needed.
Our training tools help you optimise your training more efficiently – without paid apps. The DFA Alpha 1 calculator finds your aerobic threshold without a lactate test, and our AI training plan generator creates a personalised plan tailored to you.
Aerobic threshold without a lactate test: the tool analyses your HRV signal and automatically finds the intensity boundary for Zone 2.
Open toolSports science foundations and coaching practice combined with AI – for an individual plan built on proven training principles.
Open toolThe latest research and developments in training, wearables and fitness tech – put into context for everyday training.
An HRV app measures your heart rate variability and turns it into a single number for your recovery. Sounds simple. It isn't. A recent study went through 206 of these apps, and the result is sobering: many hand you a value without ever revealing how it came about.
The ACSM rewrote its strength training guidelines for the first time since 2009, and a few points jumped out at me as a coach. What actually matters, what is ballast, where it fails advanced lifters, and why power after 40 is the point almost nobody has on their radar.
A smart textile measures lactate, electrolytes and more straight from your sweat, no prick required. What the study can really do, where its limits are, and what self-coaching athletes get from it today.
New articles, tutorials and study breakdowns — when something worth reading is published.
