Our Method: How Ignite Decides What to Publish

Fitness publishing has a credibility problem, and it is mostly self-inflicted: claims stated with more confidence than the evidence supports. Here is how we try to avoid it.

Where our claims come from

We prefer, in order: systematic reviews and meta-analyses of human trials; individual randomised controlled trials in humans; observational studies; and mechanistic or animal work. When a claim rests only on the last category, we say so in the sentence that makes it.

The A–D evidence grade

• A — Multiple well-designed human trials agree, and effect sizes are practically meaningful.
• B — Human trials support it, but the body of evidence is small, mixed, or the effect is modest.
• C — Plausible mechanism with thin or conflicting human evidence.
• D — No credible human evidence of benefit, or evidence of no effect.

Grades are set before any commercial relationship is considered, and we publish D grades on products we could earn commission from.

Review

Training and technique content is written by qualified coaches. Anything touching health, injury, pregnancy, medication or supplementation is additionally reviewed by a clinician, whose name appears on the page. Seewho writes and reviews here.

Corrections

When we get something wrong we fix it and note the change and its date on the page. We do not quietly edit and reset the timestamp. Report an error throughour contact page.

What we will not do

No before-and-after transformation photos as evidence. No "one weird trick" framing. No health claims a source cannot support. And no reviews of products we have not actually examined.