Founders Letter:
Why the Paredes Performance Report™ Exists
If you’re reading this, you’ve probably felt it too:
Modern fitness and health information is everywhere — yet clarity is strangely rare.
Not because people don’t care.
Not because science has nothing to offer.
But because much of what’s published today is built for speed, certainty, and attention — not for truth, context, or long-term human outcomes.
The Paredes Performance Report™ exists as a corrective to that.
Not a reaction.
Not a brand play.
A necessary counterweight.
My Starting Point Is Simple
I’m a practitioner first — and a student of the human body in the classical sense.
I don’t begin with a method and try to force the body to fit it.
I begin with the body — and ask what holds up across time, stress, age, and real life.
That posture governs everything I teach and everything I publish:
Observe first.
Test second.
Explain only after reality confirms it.
This is not anti-science.
It’s pro-reality.
The Problem Isn’t Effort — It’s the Model
Over the past three decades, I’ve worked with adults who are disciplined, intelligent, and motivated — people who do what they’re told.
Yet many still end up in the same place:
recurring pain
plateaus that don’t make sense
flare-ups and setbacks
burnout disguised as “commitment”
progress that never truly holds
When those patterns repeat across large populations, I don’t conclude that people are lazy or broken.
I conclude something else:
The model is failing the person.
Most fitness systems today are built as if the human body is a machine — predictable, linear, and infinitely overrideable through willpower.
But the body is a living system.
Living systems adapt non-linearly.
Recovery is variable.
Compensation is intelligent.
Breakdown follows predictable patterns when stress exceeds capacity.
Which means the question is rarely, “How hard can you push?”
The real question is:
What can this body tolerate — and what will it adapt to without paying for it later?
How I Weigh Evidence
I value research. I read it. I respect it. I use it.
But I do not worship it.
Because research is not the highest authority in human performance — physiology is.
Here is the hierarchy I operate from:
Human physiology and biological constraints
Consistent real-world outcomes across populations
Mechanistic understanding
Formal research (contextualized, not treated as scripture)
Science doesn’t define truth — it often catches up to it.
And when science is unclear, conflicting, or incomplete (which is common), the solution is not to pretend certainty.
The solution is judgment — governed by risk, consistency, and long-term cost.
What This Report Will Do (and What It Won’t)
The Paredes Performance Report™ is built for readers who want clarity, not hype.
So you will not find:
trend-chasing
tribal nutrition wars
“one weird trick” promises
performative certainty
training advice divorced from recovery, age, or context
content designed primarily to sell urgency
Instead, you can expect:
calm, direct explanations
frameworks that help you think — not just follow
principles that hold up across decades of life
modern science used as context, not marketing
ancient wisdom treated with respect, not romanticism
real-world applicability for real bodies
If something is uncertain, I will say so.
If something is reliable, I’ll tell you why.
And if something “works” only under ideal conditions, enhanced physiology, or short timelines, I won’t present it as a universal truth.
Why Ancient Wisdom Matters Here
Ancient physical cultures didn’t have labs, but they had something we often ignore:
Disciplined observation over long time horizons.
They paid attention to:
movement quality
posture and breath
durability and capability
the relationship between training and life capacity
the cost of excess and imbalance
Modern science now confirms much of what those systems discovered through lived practice — and in many cases, it explains why those principles worked.
This report exists to connect those two worlds:
Ancient Wisdom – Modern Science – Authentic Strength.
Not as nostalgia.
As necessity.
Who This Is For
This report is written for adults — often 40+ — who want to stay capable as they age.
People who value:
durability over hype
understanding over quick fixes
long-term capability over short-term performance
intelligent training that honors recovery and real life
