Iron Aligned — Issue 24 | The Respiratory System: More Than Just the Lungs
IRON ALIGNED PERFORMANCE RECOVERY DISCIPLINE ISSUE NO. 24 · JULY 2026 · BLACKIRONBARBELL.COM The Respiratory System More Than Just the Lungs When most people think about the respiratory system, they think of it as simply “the lungs.” In reality, it’s the delivery...
Iron Aligned — Issue 23 | The Endocrine System: The Body’s Chemical Messenger
Iron Aligned Performance Recovery Discipline Issue No. 23 · July 2026 · blackironbarbell.com The Endocrine System Break the Paradigm Performance Recovery Discipline The Body's Chemical Messenger When most people think about health, they think about muscles, bones, the...
Iron Aligned — Issue 22 | The Cardiovascular System
Performance · Recovery · Discipline Part II · The Body as a System If the Autonomic Nervous System is the body’s control center, the Cardiovascular System is its delivery network. Every heartbeat sends oxygen,...
Iron Aligned — Issue 21 | The Autonomic Nervous System: Sympathetic and Parasympathetic Pathways
Series Two · Issue 21 · The Body as a System Most people have heard the terms fight-or-flight and rest-and-digest, but few realize that these two responses are part of the same system working continuously behind the scenes —...
Iron Aligned — Issue 20 | The Visible Result of Invisible Effort
Iron Aligned — Issue 19 | The Four Hidden Systems of Performance
Iron Aligned Performance · Recovery · Discipline Issue No. 19 · June 2026 blackironbarbell.com The Four Hidden Systems of Performance Vagal · Enteric · Fascial · Lymphatic This is our thought process on how the Vagal, Enteric, Fascial, and Lymphatic systems fit...
Why I Prefer Listening to Deep House During Training
Black Iron Something to Consider Performance · Rhythm · Discipline This may come as a surprise to some of you. 95% of the time, my go-to training music is Deep House. Everyone who knows me knows I have a rather eclectic taste in music — everything from classical and...
Iron Aligned — Issue 18 | The Vagal System
Iron Aligned Issue 18 · June 2026 Performance · Recovery · Discipline Iron Aligned · Issue 18 The Vagal System Train the body. Regulate the nerve. Command the system. The Master Regulator This isn't just about calming down. This is...
Iron Aligned — Issue 17 | The Enteric System
IRON ALIGNED ISSUE 17 | MAY 2026 PERFORMANCE · RECOVERY · DISCIPLINE The Enteric System Train the body. Regulate the gut. Command the rhythm. The Second Brain This isn’t just about digestion. This is about the...
Iron Aligned — Issue 16 | The Lymphatic System
IRON ALIGNED ISSUE 16 | MAY 2026 PERFORMANCE · RECOVERY · DISCIPLINE The Lymphatic System Fluid movement, waste clearance, and the hidden pump behind every rep. The Hidden Pump in Your Training This isn’t just...