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Cole Brennan

Portrait of Cole Brennan

Editor and strength coach

Cole Brennan has trained in home gyms since 2013 and has coached lifters through the exact constraints this site is about: one pair of adjustable dumbbells, a low ceiling, a downstairs neighbour, and nobody to spot. He built Iron Leaks after watching the biggest fitness sites answer every question except the one a reader with limited equipment and limited time actually asked. He reads the primary literature rather than other people's summaries of it, and every number he publishes carries a link to where it came from. He is not a doctor and does not pretend to be one.

Background and how he works

Cole has lifted since 2013 and has coached in-person and remotely since 2018, mostly people training at home or in budget commercial gyms. He trains in a single-car garage with a rack, a barbell and a pair of adjustable dumbbells, so the constraints on this site are the constraints he lives with.

His research method is deliberately narrow: position stands and guidelines from named bodies first, peer-reviewed trials second, and practitioner sources only when clearly labelled as opinion. He does not cite other blogs. Where the evidence does not support a confident answer, the article says so instead of guessing.

He holds no commercial relationship with any supplement brand, equipment manufacturer or gym chain, and Iron Leaks carries no affiliate links.

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