Why Real Strength Starts Beyond the Studio | F45 Training

Why Real Strength Starts Beyond the Studio. Backed by Science.

F45 Training | Joi + Blokes

January often pushes people toward extremes—restrictive diets, relentless training schedules, and quick fixes that promise rapid transformation but rarely deliver lasting change. Yet real strength, the kind that supports performance, health, and longevity all year long, doesn’t begin with intensity alone. It begins with understanding the body.

At the intersection of intelligent training and biological insight is where meaningful, sustainable results are built. This is where F45 Training and Joi + Blokes come together, creating a holistic wellness pairing that supports strength from the inside out.

Strength Built on Science, Not Guesswork

F45 Training has long been recognized for its science-backed approach to functional strength training. Through progressive resistance, athletic movement patterns, and intelligently periodized programming, F45 helps members build lean muscle, improve metabolic efficiency, and develop real-world strength. But even the most effective training system can only perform as well as the body allows.

According to Lindsey VanSchoyck, NP, Clinical Lead at Joi + Blokes, the science backed diagnostics helps to alleviate the guessing game. 

“We often see people training hard and doing everything ‘right,’ yet their results don’t match their effort. That’s usually a signal—not a failure. When we understand what’s happening internally with hormones, metabolism, and recovery, training becomes more effective and progress becomes predictable.”

In other words, effort isn’t the problem— proper internal alignment with your external effort is the path to aid you in pushing over that plateau.

Why Physiology Matters for Strength and Performance

Strength training is one of the most powerful tools available for long-term health. Research consistently shows that resistance training improves lean muscle mass, insulin sensitivity, and glucose tolerance¹, while also reducing inflammation and supporting longevity². But these benefits are profoundly influenced by internal physiology.

Hormonal imbalances can slow muscle development and impair recovery. Disrupted sleep and elevated stress hormones can stall fat loss. Poor metabolic health or nutrient deficiencies can drain energy and blunt performance. When these systems are out of balance, the body struggles to adapt according to Dr. Lanae Mullane from Joi + Blokes

This is why optimizing what’s happening beneath the surface is essential for unlocking the full potential of strength training.

Joi + Blokes: Building the Foundation for Better Training

Joi + Blokes was created to address a critical gap in modern wellness: people are working hard, but without clear insight into their own biology. Rather than offering generic solutions, Joi + Blokes begins with comprehensive diagnostic testing that provides a detailed picture of hormonal health, metabolic function, inflammation, recovery capacity, and longevity markers.

From there, individuals meet one-on-one with a licensed clinician for an in-depth consultation—not a templated report or automated recommendation. Each treatment plan is built entirely around real biomarkers, personal goals, and lived symptoms. Thoughtful supplementation and guidance around sleep, nutrition, and stress ensure that every aspect of health works together rather than in isolation³.

The result is a body that is primed to adapt, recover, and perform.

What Makes Joi + Blokes Different

1. Comprehensive Bloodwork

     We analyze biomarkers related to:

  • Hormones (sex hormones, thyroid, stress hormones)
  • Metabolic health
  • Inflammation
  • Recovery + stress response
  • Nutrient status
  • Cardiovascular risk
  • Longevity markers

2. A 30- to 60-Minute Appointment with a Licensed Clinician 

Not a PDF.
Not a chatbot.
A real conversation with a licensed clinician trained in hormones, peptides, metabolic health, and longevity medicine.

3. Personalized treatment plans built specifically for you with real medical interventions when needed

Based entirely on your biomarkers, your symptoms, and your goals including:

  • Hormone optimization
  • Peptide therapy
  • GLP-1 support when appropriate
  • Smart supplementation
  • Nutrition, sleep, and stress guidance

Strength, mood, sleep, energy, sexual wellness, and cognitive function. Nothing exists in a silo.

  • Hormone optimization improves muscle strength, metabolic health, mood stability, and bone density
  • Peptide therapy enhances recovery, fat metabolism, cognitive performance, and anti-aging pathways
  • Building strength plays a key role in longevity, mobility, and metabolic resilience

4. Ongoing Health Coaching & Follow-Up

Because consistency builds strength — but support makes it sustainable.

F45 Training: Where Optimized Bodies Get Stronger

Inside the studio, F45 provides the training environment where internal optimization can be fully expressed. F45’s functional strength and hybrid workouts are designed to challenge the body through progressive overload, multi-joint movements, and varied intensities that drive both muscular and metabolic adaptation. The structure of the programming balances effort with recovery, while the community-driven atmosphere reinforces consistency and accountability.

When the body’s internal systems are supported, the impact of this training multiplies. Muscle builds more efficiently, fat loss becomes more predictable, recovery between sessions is optimized, and energy levels provide more stability. Performance begins to feel sustainable rather than exhausting.

This is what happens when training aligns with biology.

A Truly Holistic Wellness Ecosystem

F45 focuses on what happens in the studio—movement, strength, conditioning, and community. Joi + Blokes focuses on what happens beneath the surface—hormones, metabolism, recovery, stress, and longevity. Together, they create a comprehensive ecosystem that supports the entire human system, not just isolated goals.

This partnership isn’t about chasing a short-term transformation or a “new year, new you” mindset. It’s about clarity, strategy, and sustainable progress built on real data and real training.

This is root-cause fitness.

Not just working harder… but working smarter with a body that’s finally aligned.

Your Strongest Year Starts With Understanding Your Body

If you’re looking for results that last, the answer isn’t more restriction or more intensity. It’s insight. When advanced diagnostics, expert clinical care, and world-class strength training come together, the body stops fighting back and starts responding.

You don’t just get stronger. You build strength that lasts. If you want sustainable results in 2026, start with answers. Get your diagnostic labs + personalized clinician plan through Joi + Blokes.

When you combine data, expert clinical care, and world-class training… you don’t just get stronger.

You become unstoppable.

Learn more about the F45 Training | Joi + Blokes partnership at https://f45training.com/joi-blokes/

Source: 

  1. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3168930/
  2. https://www.cnn.com/2025/12/05/health/muscle-loss-strength-training-longevity-wellness
  3. https://joiandblokes.com/

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