EVOLVED TENDONS
Load Your Damn Tendons. Properly.
You've got a tendon problem.
Maybe it's patellar tendinopathy in a lifter who can't squat heavy anymore. Maybe it's Achilles issues in a runner who's tried every "return to running" protocol on the internet. Maybe it's a pitcher with elbow tendon pain that comes and goes but never really leaves.
You've tried the standard playbook: eccentric loading, time off, isometrics, gradually building volume back up.
And it kind of worked. For a while. Until it didn't.
Here's why your tendon protocols keep failing:
You can stretch it.
You can floss it.
You can smash it with a lacrosse ball and chant "mobility" like you're summoning tissue change through interpretive dance.
But tendons don't care about your mobility rituals.
They care about one thing: load.
And not just any load.
It has to be:
→ On the right tendon
→ At the right length
→ At the right speed tolerance
That's the level of specificity tendons demand.
And yet, most programs are still poking around in the dark with a TheraBand and a wish
Evolved Tendons gives you the diagnostic tools to figure out:
Which specific structure needs attention
Which position reveals the actual flaw
Which exercises solve the problem instead of just masking it until Thursday
Fuck copy-paste-repeat protocols. This is a problem-solving system for coaches and practitioners who want to understand how to rebuild tendon capacity under load.
Here’s What’s Inside:
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How to identify which tendon is actually the problem (not just which one hurts)
Position testing that reveals length-tension relationships
Speed tolerance evaluation that tells you where to start loading
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Achilles: Soleus vs. gastrocnemius differentiation and targeted loading progressions
Patellar: Quad tendon vs. patellar tendon positioning and force application
Hamstring: Proximal loading strategies that don't just hammer the muscle belly
Hip: Glute med/min tendon work that isn't another clamshell variation
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Length: How to find and load the specific range where tissue adaptation happens
Speed: When to use isometric vs. eccentric vs. concentric loading (and why it matters)
Load: Progressive overload frameworks that actually progress instead of just adding reps
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Why your athlete's tendon pain got better then came back
How to tell if you're loading the right structure (or just the surrounding muscles)
When to back off, when to push through, when to change position entirely
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Real case examples showing how to build from pain to performance
Loading strategies you can adapt to your athletes
Common mistakes and how to spot them before they derail progress
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Because reading "load the tendon" means nothing without seeing what that actually looks like.
Physical Therapist, Boston
“I've been treating tendon issues for 8 years. This is the first resource that actually explains WHY certain positions work and others don't.”
Strength Coach, D1 Baseball