Craig Baker

One person's miracle can be another person's mistake. Is the rise of peptides little more than a story of shortcut culture meeting grift economics? A few years ago, most people in fitness were arguing about protein powder and creatine. Now it’s peptides. Everyone’s suddenly “looking into peptides”. Recovery peptides. Healing peptides. Longevity peptides. It all sounds advanced, precise, scientific. But here’s the problem: The word peptide, on its own, tells you almost nothing. A peptide is...

Is it just bad luck — or are most running injuries actually predictable? A lot of runners talk about injury as if it’s random. Like they just woke up one morning and their body suddenly decided to betray them. And to be fair, injuries often feel that way. One day your knee is fine. A week later, stairs are annoying. Then suddenly you’re Googling whether your Achilles is “just tight” or quietly preparing to snap - believe me, I have the t-shirt on that one. But here’s the truth: Most running...

You only have limited time. Is strength training a better investment than another easy run? If you’re a distance runner, chances are you’ve asked yourself some version of this: “ If I only have limited time, shouldn’t I just run more? ” It sounds logical. After all, if your goal is to get better at running, the obvious answer is to… run. But in reality, that’s where a lot of runners get stuck. Because while running volume matters, strength training is one of the most underutilised tools in...