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Applied Sports Science and Compound Literacy

Explore connected references across training, nutrition and physiology. Follow a topic to its related concepts, supporting sources and practical context. Written and maintained since 2010.

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Maintained
since 2010
Structure
three layers
Authorship
single author
Provenance
cited throughout
Access
by enrollment
Academic Scope

Evidence-based educational research and harm-reduction reference. AMIFIT does not sell, prescribe, or promote scheduled compounds. This curriculum exists for physiological literacy and informed harm reduction. It is not medical advice, it is not a protocol, and it is not a recommendation to use any substance. Nothing in it substitutes for the guidance of a licensed physician.

Why it exists

The questions this was built to answer

Questions from coaching practice guide the subjects covered here.

The client
Why is my iron low when I eat plenty of it?

The reference explores iron intake, absorption and food interactions. The worked example below shows how these topics connect.

The panel
My bloods came back. What does this number mean?

Explore the physiology behind a marker, the context needed to interpret it, and when to seek clinical assessment.

The decision
I am going to run this. What should I know?

The compound references cover published research, documented risks, evidence limitations and regulatory context.

Follow the explanation back to its source.

Entries connect related subjects and identify the basis for each relationship.

Explore the connections

A connected knowledge universe.

Select a module. Follow a topic. See how the subjects connect.

Opening the knowledge map…

Connected subjectsNetwork in motion

Hover a subject or a connection. Select to keep reading.

Highlighted paths explain shared curriculum topics. The fine background web illustrates the wider knowledge network.

Fig. 1

Each subject connects to related topics across the library. Explore a highlighted path to read the connection, then follow it into the reference material.

Maintained Since 2010 Written and revised as the published evidence develops.
Written By hand Entries are written and maintained by the author.
Claims Traceable Relationships are labelled as cited, derived or structural.
In use Daily I use this reference when building client plans.
Depth

Follow connections across subjects

A question about one subject often needs context from another. Cross-references make those relationships easier to explore.

Subjects connect

Follow relationships between training, nutrition, physiology and the other modules without losing the original question.

Evidence has context

Cited relationships point to published sources. Derived relationships record an inference. Structural relationships organise the reference.

Explore at your own pace

Start with a topic, read its explanation, then follow the connections relevant to your question.

Start with the question you have today.

Use individual reference entries as needed, or work through the structured course material in Training and Hypertrophy.

Table 1

Three layers, 12 modules

The curriculum groups applied practice, compound research and foundational science. Each module connects to relevant subjects in the other layers.

I

Practice

What you prescribe, adjust and screen day to day.

TRN

Training Analytica

Programming and periodization. How training load is structured over weeks and months, why the same session produces a different result in two people, and what actually drives adaptation.

After it you can
  • Read a programme and say what it is actually training, and over what timescale.
  • Explain why the same block produced two different results in two people.
  • Tell an adaptation plateau apart from an under-recovery one.
HYP

Hypertrophy

A complete muscle-growth curriculum linking anatomy, loading, effort, volume, recovery and individual response to the decision rules used when a programme is built.

After it you can
  • Explain how load, effort, volume and recovery interact to produce muscle growth.
  • Distinguish a population guideline from a client-specific rule and state the evidence strength behind each.
  • Trace a programme choice back to the assessment input and algorithm rule that produced it.
DIET

Diet Analytica

Applied nutrition. Energy balance, protein quality, meal structure, and the difference between a dietary reference intake and what one person in front of you needs.

After it you can
  • Say which of a label's claims are load bearing and which are decoration.
  • Explain why a dietary reference intake is not the same as this person's requirement.
  • Trace a shortfall from what was eaten to what was absorbed.
SYM

Preventative Care

Symptom-led reference. What tends to help, what tends to make it worse, and the findings that mean a doctor rather than a coach. Includes clear boundaries for clinical referral.

After it you can
  • Separate a finding that needs a doctor from one that needs a change in training.
  • Say what tends to help, what tends to make it worse, and where that came from.
  • Refer sooner, with a reason you can state out loud.
II

Compounds

What goes in: dose, protocol, interaction and risk.

SUP

Supplement Analytica

Critical evaluation of the supplement market. What has replicated evidence, what has a single funded trial, what has none, and how to read a label and a study without being misled by either.

After it you can
  • Tell replicated evidence apart from a single funded trial.
  • Read a label and a study abstract without being misled by either.
  • Say what an ingredient is likely to do at the dose actually in the tub.
PEP

Peptides Analytica

Academic review of peptide science and the published literature. Mechanism, evidence quality, regulatory status by jurisdiction, and documented risk. Educational and harm-reduction reference only.

After it you can
  • Describe the mechanism behind a claim, and how good the evidence for it is.
  • State regulatory status by jurisdiction instead of guessing at it.
  • Name the documented risks a marketing claim leaves out.
ANA

Anabolics Analytica

Academic review of anabolic androgenic steroid pharmacology and the published literature. Mechanism, physiological consequence, documented harm profile, and legal status by jurisdiction. Educational reference only.

After it you can
  • Explain a mechanism from receptor binding through to the outcome somebody notices.
  • Name a compound's documented harm profile and say where that evidence comes from.
  • Hold a conversation you are already being asked to have, accurately.
NEU

Neuro Analytica

The neurological literature on the same compounds: which brain regions and circuits carry the receptors, what is reported acutely, what is reported with chronic exposure, and what the evidence says about recovery.

After it you can
  • Say which regions and circuits carry the receptors involved.
  • Separate what is reported acutely from what is reported with chronic exposure.
  • Say what the evidence actually supports about recovery, and what it does not.
III

Substrate

The reference layer everything above resolves into.

HOR

Hormones Analytica

Endocrine signalling and its response to training, sleep debt, caloric restriction and chronic stress. How each axis is read on a lab panel, and why aggressive dieting suppresses the systems it is meant to improve.

After it you can
  • Read a lab panel and say which axis a number belongs to.
  • Explain why aggressive dieting suppresses the systems it is meant to improve.
  • Tell a result that needs a clinician from one that needs a change in load.
ENZ

Enzymes Analytica

Enzymatic pathways underlying digestion, energy substrate use and clearance, with the rate-limiting steps that explain why some interventions plateau.

After it you can
  • Identify the rate-limiting step in a pathway and say why progress stalls there.
  • Name the cofactors a reaction depends on, and what happens when one is short.
NUT

Nutrients AnalyticaOpen

Micronutrient and macronutrient science. Absorption, interaction, deficiency presentation, and the antinutrients that block uptake.

After it you can
  • Trace a deficiency from intake through absorption to how it presents.
  • Say which antinutrients block which uptake, and what rescues them.
PHY

Physiology AnalyticaOpen

The systems layer. Receptors, tissues, processes and markers, and how the endocrine, metabolic, musculoskeletal and nervous systems interact under training load.

After it you can
  • Follow a change from a receptor to a marker somebody can actually measure.
  • Explain why one stimulus produces two different results in two people.

The compound references connect pharmacology with physiological processes and documented outcomes.

Follow those connections to examine the supporting literature, uncertainty and reported risks.

Module descriptions cover the curriculum. The map offers selected topic previews alongside connections from the reference graph.

Figure 2

Explore an entry and its connections

This open reference entry introduces non-heme iron and connects it with related nutrients and absorption factors. You can read the full entry without an account.

OPEN ENTRY TYPED RELATION CONNECTED CONTEXT MECHANISM LAYER 1 2 3 4 5 6 + Non-Heme Iron NUTRIENTS definition · source · related context chelates Oxalates chelates Phytic Acid chelates Saponins chelates Tannins competes for transporter with Calcium enhances absorption of Vitamin C binding transport uptake curriculum 1 into the study module continues into structured lessons
Selected connectionHover a path to explore the flow

Each line carries a relationship from the open entry into a wider layer of context. Move across a line or node to see what that relationship means.

Fig. 2

Iron from plants and fortified foods. Absorbed through DMT1 in the ferrous state, so it is the form vitamin C rescues and the form phytate, tannins and calcium block.

2 further open relations are not drawn. Read this entry in full or browse the open layer.

Who reads it

Ways to use the library

The client who asks why

Now
You want to understand the decisions behind your training and nutrition plan.
After
Understand the purpose of each part. Explore the reasoning behind your plan and the measures used to review progress. Access is included with 1-on-1 Managed Coaching.

The trainer sitting an exam

Now
You want to connect the concepts in your certification syllabus with questions from coaching practice.
After
Connect concepts with their mechanisms. These references also support my certification mentorship programme.

The practitioner who gets asked

Now
You need a referenced overview of compound research and its limitations.
After
Explain the evidence and its limits. Review the sources, documented risks and regulatory context behind a claim.

Educational scope. Compound modules cover research and harm reduction. They do not provide personal prescribing advice or instructions for compound use.

Access

How it works

01

Send an enquiry. Add your contact details and, optionally, the modules that interest you.

02

I reply personally. We discuss the relevant modules, access costs and your learning goals by WhatsApp or email.

03

Read on any device. Module access is linked to your account. It is included with 1-on-1 Managed Coaching and available separately by enrollment.

Enrollment

Ask for access

Tell me how to reach you and I will reply on WhatsApp with what access costs, what is in each module, and whether it is the right thing for what you are working on.

Pick your country and type the rest. A leading zero is national dialling and is dropped for you.
Optional. Leave it blank and I will work it out with you.

Next step is a WhatsApp message to me with your details already filled in. You send it, or I reply to your email either way.

Questions

Common questions

Is this medical advice?

No. It is educational reference and harm-reduction material. It does not diagnose, treat or prescribe, and nothing in it replaces a licensed physician.

Do I have to be a coaching client?

No. Access is included with 1-on-1 Managed Coaching, and it is also available on its own by enrollment. Ask either way and I will tell you which makes sense for you.

Can I read some of it before I ask?

Yes. The physiology and nutrient reference layer is published openly at /knowledge, with no account and no payment. That is several hundred entries of the same corpus.

What happens after I send the form?

You get a reply from me on WhatsApp, or by email if you would rather. I tell you what is in each module, what access costs, and whether it is the right thing for what you are working on.

How is access actually granted?

Access is granted per module and linked to your account. Sign in on any device to read your available modules.

Do I need a science background to read it?

No. Entries begin with a short definition and explain relationships in plain language. You can follow related topics as needed.

How long does it take to get through?

Use the reference entries whenever you have a question. Structured course modules can be studied at your own pace.

Is any of this a protocol I should follow?

No. The compound material reviews published mechanisms, outcomes and risks. It does not provide instructions for personal compound use.

Educational and harm-reduction reference only. AMIFIT does not diagnose, treat or prescribe, and does not sell, prescribe or promote any scheduled compound. If you are unwell, see a physician.

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