Dan Whitfield

Contributing writer

Dan Whitfield is a house byline for Science Meets Gym. Gear published under it is bought at retail and trained with before anything gets a verdict, and every claim about training outcomes is checked against the published research first.

Published under this byline

• 4 Weight Vests I Wish I Never Bought (And The One That Changed My Training)
• 5 Best Weighted Vests for Fat Loss in 2026 (Tested & Science-Backed)
• 7 Best Weight Vests for Working Out in 2026 (Tested & Ranked)
• A Hidden Sensor in Your Skeleton Controls How Much Fat You Carry
• Almost A Year Stuck At The Same Bench Number. A Bar With A 4-Inch Bend Unstuck It In Two Months.
• An MIT Engineer Built A Strange Weight Vest In His Grandma's Garage. Now 141,000 Lifters Own One.
• Busy Month? Here's The Least You Can Lift And Keep Your Muscle
• Do You Have A Deadlift Body? Here's What Scientists Say
• Floor Push-Ups Are Free. My Wrists Paid For Every One For 15 Years. Two Wooden Blocks Fixed It.
• Gymnastic Rings Have Not Changed Since 1811. An MIT Engineer Found Their Fatal Flaw.
• Hotel Gym Dumbbells Stop At 50 Pounds. I Bring A $49 Handle And Load Their Plates To 140.
• How Many Sets Per Week Do You Actually Need?
• I Almost Bought a $1,299 Dumbbell Set. Here's What I Got Instead.
• Jaw Trainers Did Nothing For My Jawline In A Year. Training My Neck Did In 12 Weeks.
• Muscle Memory Is Real, But It's Not What You Think
• My Wife Beats Me At Pickleball Every Sunday. Her Secret Is A $49 Club.
• My Wife Curls 15s And I Press 65s. We Own One Pair Of Dumbbells.
• Old-School Boxers Built Their Necks On One Free Exercise
• Persian Wrestlers Trained With This Weapon for 3,000 Years. An MIT Engineer Just Fixed Its One Flaw.
• Poor Sleep Is Making You Fat
• Pull-Ups Are Free Until Your Elbows Start Clicking. Here's The Fix.
• Researchers Found Nearly 40% Of The Weight Lost On GLP-1s Isn't Fat. The Fix Weighs 20 Pounds.
• Researchers Found Out Why Home Workouts Aren't Effective (Unless You Do THIS)
• Researchers Found Posture Is Hiding An Inch Of Your Height. I Got Mine Back By Training My Neck.
• Slow-Twitch vs Fast-Twitch: What It Actually Changes In Your Training
• The $15 Neck Harness Trained One Direction For Two Years. My Neck Got Hurt In The Other Three.
• The 30-Minute Walk That Burns Like a Run (Without Wrecking Your Knees)
• The Case for Plate-Loaded Over Fixed Weight Gear
• This 45 Year Old Thought Pull-Ups Were Behind Him. Then He Changed One Thing.
• Why More Lifters Are Hanging a Rope From Their Pull-Up Bar
• You Are Not Too Weak For a Pull-Up. You're Training The Wrong Half.
• You Don't Have Bad Calf Genetics. Your Workout Is Just Missing This 2-Second Fix.