There are dozens of additional details and caveats required to truly understand anything related to exercise, especially sciences. But the addition of details in presentation or ingestion is best triaged and progressed… only added on top of the foundational fundamentals (satellite view) only when the fundamentals are actually solid as a rock, otherwise the details will serve to confuse rather than enlighten.

Details are one of two things required to actually become an expert. Many people in this industry with the biggest mouths on social media love to think and act like they know everything without the details. Details are required to become the expert they pretend to be without them. Everybody wants to be an expert, but no one does their homework. HOWEVER, it should be noted that details are of no real value without the skills of application: knowing which details apply to whom and when. This is part of what defines “appropriateness” to the true exercise professional.

Everybody wants to talk exercise like an expert, but nobody knows the “language”. By language I mean has enough fundamental knowledge like mechanics (physics, structural anatomy), tolerance for details,  word skills, appreciates the semantics (meanings of words), can organize thoughts and separate contexts, and stay on track.

Detailed discussions require a detailed understanding. Superficial discussions of substance still require a detailed understanding to make the simple accurate. Sound bites don’t even qualify as superficial discussions are not supported by details or understanding.