Editorial Policy & Citation Standards
Every cue. Every claim. Cited.
FixAxis is built for people who don't accept "trust me, bro." This page is our public record of the experts, organizations, methodologies, and academic sources that drive everything we publish — plus the editorial process we run every single week.
Six pillars that govern every video
These aren't marketing taglines — they're the editorial rules our team applies before any frame is shot or any cue is voiced.
Evidence Over Anecdote
Every claim about an exercise, muscle role, or programming choice is traceable to peer-reviewed research, accredited curricula (NASM, NSCA, ACSM), or established kinesiology texts — never “gym-floor wisdom” alone.
Anatomy-First Production
Every video begins with the anatomy. We map the prime mover, synergists, stabilizers, and antagonists before a frame is shot. Form cues are derived from biomechanics — not the other way around.
Safety Above Speed
A movement is only published when its joint-by-joint mechanics, common faults, and contraindications are fully documented. Hard movements wait — they don’t skip review.
Joint-by-Joint Logic
We follow the joint-by-joint approach pioneered by Gray Cook and Mike Boyle: each joint is classified as mobility-dominant or stability-dominant, and programming reflects those needs.
Cited Continuing Education
Every educational video lists its primary references. Where research is contested, we say so — and present both sides. Where it’s settled, we point to the consensus.
Weekly Editorial Review
One day every week is reserved exclusively for content review: re-checking citations, updating outdated cues, replacing footage as biomechanics literature evolves.
Our six-stage editorial process
From the first storyboard to the weekly re-audit, this is how a FixAxis video earns its place in your library.
Anatomical Mapping
Before any movement is filmed, our editorial team documents the prime mover, synergists, stabilizers, antagonists, joint actions, planes, and axes — cross-referenced with Human Kinetics texts.
Citation Audit
Every cue, common-mistake claim, and progression decision is paired with an authoritative source (NASM/NSCA/ACSM curriculum, peer-reviewed journal, or recognized expert).
Form Standardization
Footage shoots follow a strict cue list derived from the anatomy map. Side, front, and 3/4 angles are captured for every exercise to support 3D overlays.
Common-Mistake Curation
For each movement, the three highest-frequency form errors are filmed and labeled — derived from instructor experience and clinical literature.
Alternative Generation
From our 3,242-exercise biomechanics database, we tag same-pattern alternatives by joint action, plane, axis, abduction/adduction profile, and rotation profile.
Weekly Editorial Review
Every week, one full day is dedicated to re-auditing existing content: refreshing citations, updating cues, replacing footage as the literature evolves.
The authorities behind our content
We are not the experts. These are. Every recommendation in FixAxis is traceable back to one of the names below — and we update this list as the literature evolves.
Organizations & Certifying Bodies
Industry-leading authority for corrective exercise, performance enhancement, and personal training certification.
Why it matters: NASM’s Corrective Exercise Specialist (CES) and OPT model inform our movement screens, mobility prescriptions, and progression logic.
Premier scientific society for strength and conditioning research and certification (CSCS).
Why it matters: NSCA position statements drive our 1RM testing protocols, periodization frameworks, and load prescription standards.
World-leading authority on exercise prescription guidelines and clinical exercise physiology.
Why it matters: ACSM guidelines inform our cardiovascular programming and special-population modifications.
Global functional-fitness methodology developed by Greg Glassman.
Why it matters: CrossFit L1–L4 movement standards, virtuosity principles, and fault hierarchy inform our CrossFit, HIIT, and Olympic-lift breakdowns.
Methodologies
Functional Fitness
Movement-pattern-first training centered on real-world strength transfer.
Why it matters: Functional Fitness principles (squat, hinge, lunge, push, pull, rotate, gait) are the backbone of our pattern-based exercise classification.
WORKOUT — Movement Education
Anatomy-driven movement education methodology.
Why it matters: Reference for our anatomy-first video production standards and joint-action language.
Academic Publishers
Subject-Matter Experts
Gray Cook & Mike Boyle
Pioneers of the joint-by-joint approach and Functional Movement Screen (FMS).
Why it matters: Their joint-by-joint framework structures how we sequence mobility vs. stability work.
Bret Contreras
PhD; the leading authority on glute training, EMG-driven exercise selection, and hip extension.
Why it matters: EMG-validated exercise selection logic informs our hip-extension and glute training videos.
Brad Schoenfeld
PhD; foremost researcher in hypertrophy mechanisms (mechanical tension, metabolic stress, muscle damage).
Why it matters: Hypertrophy programming logic, volume thresholds, and frequency recommendations follow Schoenfeld’s research.
Jeff Nippard
Natural pro bodybuilder & evidence-based educator with peer-reviewed analysis style.
Why it matters: Reference for our evidence-grade communication style and exercise-selection rationale.
Greg Nuckols
Founder of Stronger By Science; leading meta-analyst of strength research.
Why it matters: Programming-density and intensity recommendations cross-checked against Stronger By Science meta-analyses.
Mike Israetel
PhD; co-founder of Renaissance Periodization, expert in volume landmarks (MEV, MAV, MRV).
Why it matters: Volume landmark methodology informs our progression and deload logic.
Kevin Carr
Co-author of “Movement-as-Medicine”, performance coach at Mike Boyle Strength & Conditioning.
Why it matters: Movement-as-Medicine framework drives our rehab-to-performance progression library.
Thomas Myers
Author of Anatomy Trains; mapped the body’s myofascial meridians.
Why it matters: Anatomy Trains framework underpins our yoga, mobility, and full-body chain breakdowns.
Academic frameworks we follow
The structural backbones of our programming, mobility logic, and progression decisions.
NASM OPT Model (Optimum Performance Training)
Five-phase periodization model spanning stabilization endurance, strength endurance, hypertrophy, maximal strength, and power. Used as our progression backbone.
Joint-by-Joint Approach
Cook & Boyle’s framework alternating mobility-dominant and stability-dominant joints. Drives our mobility prescriptions and rehabilitation logic.
Anatomy Trains (Myofascial Meridians)
Thomas Myers’ mapping of fascial chains. Shapes how we explain whole-body movement, especially in yoga and mobility content.
Volume Landmarks (MV / MEV / MAV / MRV)
Israetel’s framework for hypertrophy volume management. Informs our weekly progression and deload protocols.
Functional Movement Screen (FMS)
Cook’s seven-test screen for movement-pattern dysfunction. Used as a model for our mobility self-assessment content.
Energy System Development
Aligned with Joel Jamieson’s and Sean Seale’s integration of phosphagen / glycolytic / oxidative energy-system training.