06/04/2026
Lately, many training programs are being promoted as low impact and high intensity.
Nothing wrong with that — it can be a useful tool. But I don’t believe it should be the only way we train, especially if we give training a bigger goal than just sweating and burning calories.
If we care about joint capacity, injury prevention, building real strength, and maintaining our bodies as we age, then we can’t avoid impact forever. The body needs progressive loading, elasticity, and the ability to absorb and produce force.
This is especially important in the female training world, where many of these programs are specifically targeted. But women don’t just need to be protected from impact — they need to be progressively prepared for it, especially after pregnancy or after an injury.
Strength, connective tissue health, bone density, tendon stiffness, pelvic floor function, coordination, and resilience all depend on our ability to manage force — not avoid it.
This is exactly the approach that and I have been using and developing, and many of these principles around progressive impact and foot function are included in our new Foot Program, coming soon.
