Why we started Training Weekly
Most men stop moving well in their 30s. Life gets busy. We sit at desks and in cars, we have less time to train, and we have kids and growing responsibilities. We're told we need a trainer, a gym or a new class to get fit, but it's easy to fall behind, and it can feel hopeless.
Our bodies answer this lack of movement with ever more stiffness, injury and pain. These get worse over time through continued incorrect movement. Injuries stack, we feel exhausted, we see our physical peak far behind us and just hope it doesn't get too bad too soon.
"That's just aging," we're told. "I have bad knees", "I can't run" and "I don't have time" become accepted excuses, and so the cycle continues.
We are veering head-first into a painful slowing down, a weakening through our 50s, 60s and 70s that we often persuade ourselves is acceptable and "just life".
Training Weekly is a small daily commitment that reverses this trend. It's field-tested over decades of real-life practice, with dozens of men now enjoying a feeling of strength and stability later in life.
There is no need to slow down or get weak in your middle decades. A foundation of mobility gives you freedom of movement through all the decades ahead. Starting with just 2 minutes a day, we can set a course of robust vitality.
It's the biggest gift you could give yourself, and more importantly, it's a gift to your family.
Mobility + strength after 35
Between 35 and 40 is usually when we start to notice our weakness, and the niggles that turn into chronic pain. Knee pain, shoulder stiffness, the lower back! We realize we haven't been moving well for years. Luckily, it's never too late to get back on track. Training Weekly is here to help you on that journey.
- JointsMoving through your full range brings circulation and helps ease inflammation, keeping your knees, hips, ankles and shoulders supple and less prone to injury.
- PostureDesks, screens and automobiles pull us forward and out of shape. Daily movement opens us back into shape.
- EnergyJust two minutes of movement and breath completely changes how the rest of the day feels.
- LongevityMobility matters, strength is key, and the movement habits we build now inform how we'll move in 20 and 50 years' time.
- Staying athletic as we agePlay with your kids, move with your grandchildren, pick up a sport, carry the bags, walk up that hill, all without concern. Feel the freedom of fitness.
Why a text, not an app
We have too many apps, and it's hard to keep track. A text is personal and convenient, and so is your training. We designed Training Weekly to be as accessible and easy as possible, so there's never a reason not to train.
Our goal is to change your relationship to movement. You can do these movements anywhere, and you don't even need to get changed. Every program is personalized and progressive. It takes seconds to read and minutes to complete. We're with you every step.
Replying DONE unlocks your next day of training. It's a tiny commitment from you, and it helps us track your progress. If you'd rather receive each day without that exchange, just text "no response" and we'll keep sending your daily schedule regardless.
Longevity comes from small, daily choices. We give you those choices.
From the coach
I'm Frank. I built Training Weekly for people like me, or at least how I used to be. People who are busy and ambitious, who love the feeling of movement, and who want to be outside but are too often sat at a computer. People who want to explore the world late into their lives, but have noticed their bodies getting a bit more painful and a bit more injury-prone over the years, and who won't accept that as their reality. People who want to lift up their grandchildren and run through the woods with their grown-up kids without any concern.
Training Weekly is a personalized fitness accountability partner in your pocket. Every day you get a mini training schedule of exercises, cues and videos that build circulation and engage muscles you might not have used for a long time. And every day, I want to hear when you've completed them.
I find that most men understand the importance of movement, but keeping ourselves accountable is the hardest part. I created Training Weekly to solve that problem.
No equipment, no gym, no hour-long sessions. Just you, the floor and two minutes, every day, for as long as you want to keep moving well. I want to give you the tools of mobility that will last your entire life.
Frank Walsh @training.weekly