322 pieces by Adarsh Gopal. Updated 22 October 2026.
| 22 Oct | Wishful thinking in a bottle |
| 20 Oct | Degrees don't excuse bad claims |
| 17 Oct | A tighter budget than our parents |
| 15 Oct | Training is brushing your teeth |
| 13 Oct | No screens on our gym floor |
| 11 Oct | Calliper or crutch |
| 4 Oct | The tool fighting you |
| 4 Oct | Playing against Dinesh Karthik |
| 30 Sep | Value is what the neighbours see |
| 27 Sep | Premium is a red flag |
| 27 Sep | Pick your fights |
| 27 Sep | Move the needle |
| 27 Sep | Built to be mended |
| 25 Sep | Tools magnify skill |
| 17 Sep | Missed my jewels, mate |
| 15 Sep | Gokul's two-man shop |
| 12 Sep | Tier lists lie |
| 10 Sep | When mistakes feel right |
| 9 Sep | On strength standards |
| 8 Sep | Groove before you weld |
| 6 Sep | An ode to pressure washers |
| 27 Aug | Pick two |
| 27 Aug | A generation of could-have-beens |
| 24 Aug | MRIs cause disc bulges |
| 23 Aug | Two products from one litre |
| 22 Aug | Long way up |
| 19 Aug | Old man strength |
| 18 Aug | The protein maths |
| 16 Aug | The dip progression |
| 15 Aug | Thor, my ten-year-old trap bar |
| 14 Aug | In praise of Raja |
| 13 Aug | Measure fifty times, cut once |
| 13 Aug | Take away everything you can |
| 12 Aug | Pricing power in the fitness industry |
| 11 Aug | The terrible economics of gyms |
| 11 Aug | The river was being poisoned |
| 10 Aug | How to retain clients |
| 8 Aug | The only tool that matters is you |
| 7 Aug | The dancer as an athlete |
| 6 Aug | The smallest portions |
| 5 Aug | Burning calories is the wrong metric |
| 4 Aug | There is no natural food |
| 3 Aug | Patenting the obvious |
| 2 Aug | Positional tolerance |
| 31 Jul | Why I love exercise |
| 31 Jul | Footpaths are just a start |
| 30 Jul | An education in exertion |
| 29 Jul | Process beats personal story |
| 28 Jul | Rules and principles |
| 27 Jul | Paralysis through information and excuses |
| 26 Jul | Lifting weights ≠ bodybuilding |
| 25 Jul | You vs society |
| 20 Jul | Strength is a basic capacity |
| 20 Jul | Why we won't chase you |
| 19 Jul | Short on time |
| 18 Jul | The next gen of coaches and trainees |
| 18 Jul | Profit fuels progress |
| 17 Jul | Three kinds of doctor |
| 17 Jul | Nothing is self-evident |
| 15 Jul | Which came first? |
| 14 Jul | The most comfortable tool for something uncomfortable |
| 3 Jul | Set the bar for normal high |
| 1 Jul | Why pull-ups are harder than chin-ups |
| 30 Jun | Reduce the variables |
| 24 Jun | Chase capacities, not looks |
| 21 Jun | Little boxes and not being stuck in them |
| 21 Jun | Fix the source |
| 21 Jun | The last thing in the stack |
| 18 Jun | Progress without more weight |
| 8 Jun | Instability moves the failure point |
| 8 Jun | Training alone is the easy part |
| 5 Jun | Ikea has no patina |
| 4 Jun | From ladder to barbell |
| 29 May | Don't just brace, embrace the curve |
| 27 May | Less fibre than a roti |
| 25 May | An ode to single leg squats |
| 20 May | Anatomy started as art |
| 15 May | The accidental hammered ring |
| 7 May | Nice to have versus necessary |
| 4 May | Eccentrics are a different contraction |
| 3 May | The habit of reading |
| 2 May | You don't need the watch |
| 30 Apr | Taste comes before aspiration |
| 28 Apr | Same life, better air |
| 27 Apr | Cooling a gym without AC |
| 26 Apr | How you get hurt even when you do everything right |
| 24 Apr | The talent dilemma |
| 23 Apr | Clients wanted a human |
| 18 Apr | What a shake business taught me |
| 15 Apr | I tore my achilles tendon |
| 14 Apr | Benchmarks beyond the barbell |
| 8 Apr | The gym ran without me |
| 28 Mar | Can the label be true? |
| 8 Mar | Details matter |
| 6 Mar | Their first squat, your thousandth |
| 4 Mar | The lost evidence |
| 2 Mar | The fitness retreat maths |
| 21 Feb | The 10,000-hour myth |
| 21 Feb | The weights that anchor me |
| 19 Feb | No kickbacks |
| 16 Feb | Boring works |
| 12 Feb | Progressing the one-arm push-up |
| 6 Feb | The oldest barbell we made |
| 5 Feb | It just works |
| 20 Jan | Rethinking plate diameters |
| 19 Jan | Same muscle, different functions |
| 13 Jan | What's the bottleneck? |
| 12 Jan | I cannot run my gym for ₹18,000 a year |
| 7 Jan | Why a coach writes about cities |
| 5 Jan | My dog doesn't need sleep hacks |
| 4 Jan | Building tools is being human |
| 2 Jan | Strength is specific |
| 1 Jan | The old jeep |
| 29 Dec | Pistols look cool |
| 27 Dec | Why deadlifts hurt people |
| 25 Dec | My own museum of failure |
| 18 Dec | You don’t know what you are missing |
| 13 Dec | Race the clock, not the reps |
| 8 Dec | Gyms are libraries |
| 4 Dec | Why your knees and hips need to move |
| 4 Dec | Validated by the rains |
| 28 Nov | Why the new trap bar feels better |
| 27 Nov | Watch less, lift more |
| 24 Nov | Do weights make you heavier? |
| 20 Nov | The neighbourhood aunty's first pull-up |
| 11 Nov | The best time to train |
| 10 Nov | The book that fits on a slip |
| 9 Nov | The reasons I write |
| 8 Nov | Almost 2 out of 3 people who train with us are women |
| 8 Nov | When you say nothing at all |
| 8 Nov | Respect my authority |
| 8 Nov | Gym envy |
| 8 Nov | Marketing |
| 8 Nov | What a gym needs to excel at |
| 8 Nov | Do, don’t show or tell |
| 8 Nov | My space, my rules |
| 8 Nov | Business is personal |
| 8 Nov | Right place, right time and right business |
| 8 Nov | The Devil eats whey |
| 8 Nov | The universal currency we all fight for is attention |
| 6 Nov | Why we make our own equipment |
| 2 Nov | Why gyms quietly die |
| 30 Oct | Off by 1.5 millimetres |
| 28 Oct | What I did wrong at VIT |
| 23 Oct | Don't wait for Monday |
| 13 Oct | Does getting stronger make you a better person? |
| 13 Oct | Indian barefoot brands |
| 9 Oct | An adult sandpit |
| 8 Oct | The non-negotiable capacities (and the optional nice things) |
| 4 Oct | Build what India needs |
| 27 Sep | Two events cured me of networking |
| 25 Sep | The spinning dumbbell |
| 24 Sep | Non-negotiable |
| 7 Sep | The last hour of coaching |
| 29 Aug | Make the request |
| 26 Aug | Brands, methods, activities, outcomes |
| 24 Aug | The nice things always ran out |
| 18 Aug | The trap I warn clients about |
| 14 Aug | Not in my pie hole |
| 12 Aug | A reluctant entrepreneur |
| 1 Aug | How I actually sleep |
| 31 Jul | A pile of metal and doubt |
| 27 Jul | Frailty isn't ageing |
| 26 Jul | Where is the Adarsh in the piece? |
| 26 Jul | Technique is personal tolerance |
| 24 Jul | Statistically probable advice for most Indians |
| 23 Jul | A boring shopping cart |
| 17 Jul | Make in India, not mimic in India |
| 17 Jul | Bodyweight is not trivial |
| 7 Jul | What keeps people training |
| 5 Jul | Portfolio theory of eating |
| 4 Jul | Reaching 90 is mostly genetics |
| 4 Jul | Lifting in the gym vs. lifting in the real world |
| 3 Jul | Pay for experiences. Not for spaces. |
| 2 Jul | Visiting cards |
| 1 Jul | Things you don't control |
| 30 Jun | What’s happening to your muscles |
| 29 Jun | Kids and strength training |
| 29 Jun | The diet book nobody would buy |
| 27 Jun | World protein day |
| 26 Jun | Let's wait for a study to try something? |
| 26 Jun | You don't need a CGM |
| 17 Jun | I don't need a healthier grain |
| 14 Jun | The margins for getting it right are tiny |
| 11 Jun | The baggage people carry |
| 2 Jun | Coaching is easy. Managing isn't. |
| 30 May | Why our gym is never open unsupervised |
| 25 May | Comfort carry |
| 24 May | Don't sell to the rational buyer |
| 23 May | Seven years of the t-bell |
| 20 May | What makes a coach memorable |
| 15 May | Symmetry is for suckers |
| 14 May | The infinite monkey bar, start to finish |
| 14 May | A year of single-leg squats |
| 13 May | The per-meal protein myth |
| 11 May | Macro-manage your gut |
| 5 May | Let kids lift |
| 27 Apr | The VC who wanted scale |
| 26 Apr | Why visiting expats age better |
| 22 Apr | Why train without a competition? |
| 12 Apr | Your joints don't care about culture |
| 11 Apr | 2,600 square feet, 30 people an hour |
| 1 Apr | Ten years of barefoot |
| 30 Mar | Accidental hypertrophy |
| 30 Mar | Slick doesn't save you |
| 29 Mar | Don't take the weapon away |
| 27 Mar | Feelings are the enemy of sustained progress |
| 26 Mar | Who should be allowed to talk about nutrition? |
| 26 Mar | Buck up |
| 25 Mar | The most unlikely advantages for a gym |
| 20 Mar | Every lifting tribe has a groan |
| 13 Mar | The pandering coach |
| 11 Mar | Venue isn't the constraint |
| 7 Mar | Sucker comfort in strength |
| 25 Feb | Home-cooked isn't automatically better |
| 17 Feb | The 42-inch box terrifies me |
| 14 Feb | Why expensive rings exist |
| 8 Feb | There are no steroids in your whey |
| 7 Feb | Why we don't write individual programs |
| 6 Feb | Mistakes |
| 28 Jan | What’s the deal with makhana? |
| 26 Jan | Questions to ask about any study |
| 16 Jan | What does ghee have to do with it? |
| 13 Jan | Move to heal |
| 8 Jan | The body doesn't do categories |
| 6 Jan | Muscle doesn't turn into fat |
| 2 Jan | Treat strength as a skill |
| 1 Jan | Eleven ways to make it stick |