Vol. XIV · Issue 06The Sporting Review
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The Sporting Review — Established 2018
No. 142 · The Discipline Issue
Spring Quarter, 2026

A method of one's &
own making.

Cadence is a considered approach to training — programmed by coaches, measured by you, sharpened in the company of others who refuse to phone it in.

Strength  ·  Endurance  ·  Mobility  ·  Recovery  ·  Hypertrophy  ·  Conditioning  ·  Sleep  ·  Nutrition  ·  Strength  ·  Endurance  ·  Mobility  ·  Recovery  ·  Hypertrophy  ·  Conditioning  ·  Sleep  ·  Nutrition  · 
§ 01 — Departments

Three disciplines, one practice.

pp. 14–47
— DEPT 01 —

Programmed workouts, written by humans.

Twelve-week blocks, periodised to your goals and reviewed by the coaching desk each Sunday. No algorithmic guesswork; no infinite scrolls of disconnected sessions.

  • Block length12 weeks
  • Coach reviewsWeekly
  • Disciplines8
  • Sessions / wk3–6
— DEPT 02 —

Progress, plainly measured.

A single, legible dashboard for the metrics that matter — load, output, sleep, fatigue — without the cortisol-spiking noise of vanity dashboards.

  • Metrics tracked24
  • WearablesAll majors
  • ExportCSV · PDF
  • PrivacyYou own it
— DEPT 03 —

Challenges among good company.

Monthly community challenges, run in small cohorts of twenty. Accountability without spectacle. Conversation without comparison.

  • Cohort size20 people
  • CadenceMonthly
  • FormatAsync + live
  • Cities32
§ 02 — Correspondence

Letters from the field.

pp. 64–71

I'd given up on apps. They were either gamified to oblivion or a thin wrapper over a PDF. Cadence reads like something written for me — because, week to week, it is.

Iris TanakaArchitect, Brooklyn

The cohort changed it. We're six months in and I know what every one of these twenty people is training for. That's the trick — they made the internet feel small again.

Owen BrennanTeacher, Cork

My coach noticed my sleep was off before I did. She moved Wednesday's session to Thursday and the week clicked back together. Quiet, attentive software.

Priya MahajanSurgeon, Mumbai

I do not own a single wearable. Cadence still feels intelligent without one — because the intelligence isn't in the device. It's in the programming.

Jonas WeissWriter, Vienna
214k
Active members
92%
12-week retention
4.9
Average review
32
Cities, in person