03/30/2026
Subway thoughts.
1.) Consistency and simplicity often go hand-in-hand. If the setup or logistics of an exercise are time- or energy-intensive, people are far less likely to do it. The simpler but potentially less perfect exercise ends up being superior simply because it actually gets done.
2.) An increasing number of dancers know that strength training is important, but when they program for themselves they often neglect athletic movements. Strength and conditioning ≠ bodybuilding.
3.) Sleep, nutrition, and stress management are not separate topics from strength and conditioning. As much as we’d like to pretend otherwise, we have one body. We take that body to work, to our relationships, to our responsibilities, to our kitchens, to our bedrooms. What happens in any one of those places can also impact what happens in the gym.
4.) There is no single exercise that every single person needs to do. Finding an alternative exercise to replace a movement isn’t so much a regression as it is smart training: it’s about finding the movement for our individual body that accomplishes the same goal while avoiding injury and accounting for experience and even preference.
