Blog
Training science, recovery, and what shipped.
- Training Science
Coming back after five weeks off
Five weeks away does less to your strength than it feels like, and the first session back is where people get hurt. What the research says, what a good trainer does, and what Stay Ready prescribes on day one.
By Ryan Davis
- Recovery
Protein short at 8pm
It's 8pm, dinner is done and you're 60 grams of protein short. What the research says about late protein, what a good trainer tells you to do, and what Fuel shows you.
By Ryan Davis
- Recovery
Slept four hours. Train or skip?
A four-hour night hurts less than it feels like and more than you'd like. What the research says a short night does to a session, what a good trainer changes, and how Stay Ready reshapes the day.
By Ryan Davis
- Recovery
What to do with a sore knee on leg day
A sore knee is not a reason to skip leg day, and it is not a reason to push through. What a good trainer does with it, and what Stay Ready does on the day it happens.
By Ryan Davis
- Training Science
You went to failure last set. What happens next
A true RPE 10 is information and a bill. What the research says failure buys you, what it costs tomorrow, and how Stay Ready re-plans the rest of the session and the next one.
By Ryan Davis
- Product Updates
Stay Ready is almost here
After a long stretch of building in the quiet, Stay Ready is days away from the App Store and Google Play. Here's what ships, what doesn't, and why it took this long.
By Ryan Davis
- Training Science
Volume landmarks: the difference between growth and junk volume
More sets isn't always better. Here's how to find the sweet spot where every set actually builds muscle, and how to know when you've gone too far.
By Ryan Davis
- Training Science
Why readiness scoring changes everything
Most apps tell you what to do. Stay Ready tells you what today's session should be, based on how your body actually recovered.
By Ryan Davis
- Product Updates
Train for your reason
I didn't build Stay Ready because I saw a gap in the market. I built it because every fitness app I tried was missing the point.
By Ryan Davis
- Training Science
Your 1RM is more than a bragging right
Your estimated one-rep max drives your training percentages, detects fatigue, and powers how Stay Ready builds every workout. Here's why it matters.
By Ryan Davis
- Training Science
Progressive loading: stop guessing your warm-up
How Stay Ready builds your warm-up ramps and working sets, and knows when to push weight up, from NSCA guidance and your own training history.
By Ryan Davis
- Training Science
The scale isn't moving. You might be winning.
Body recomposition is real, it's happening to you, and your bathroom scale has no idea. Here's how Stay Ready catches it.
By Ryan Davis