Rashid Ali
Honest, sourced fitness information, and not a single thing to sell you.
I'm Rashid Ali, the founder and editor of OurPhysique. I research, write, and edit every article on this site, and I built the five free fitness calculators you can use here.
I want to be straightforward about who I am and what I do, because for a health and fitness site, that transparency matters more than a long list of credentials.
What I'm Not
I'm not a doctor. I'm not a registered dietitian. I'm not a certified personal trainer or strength coach. I don't have a degree in nutrition, exercise science, or any related medical field.
That's the honest answer. The fitness internet is full of people implying authority they don't have — lab-coat stock photos, vague "years of expertise," initials that don't mean what readers think. OurPhysique doesn't do any of that.
What I Am
I'm someone who reads peer-reviewed research carefully and writes about it accurately. That's the entire job description.
The work is a specific category: explaining established science clearly. Not creating new research, not diagnosing, not prescribing. Summarizing what the evidence actually says about BMI, calorie balance, protein intake, body composition, and exercise.
For that work, the qualification that actually matters is whether the writing is accurate and properly sourced. You can check both. Every article cites its sources. Every claim links back to research from organizations like the NIH, WHO, PubMed, Mayo Clinic, Harvard Health, and peer-reviewed journals. Nothing is invented.
How I Approach the Work
A few rules I follow on every article:
Read the primary source
If a claim comes from a study, I read the abstract at minimum, often the full paper. Not a summary of a summary. Not a tweet about the study. The study itself.
Quote real numbers
When I write "around 1.6 grams of protein per kilogram of body weight for muscle building," that number is from a specific 2018 meta-analysis by Morton et al. published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine. The reference goes in the article.
Acknowledge limitations
BMI has well-known flaws. TDEE calculations are estimates with significant individual variance. The US Navy body fat formula isn't lab-grade accurate. Every article that uses these tools says so plainly.
Push back on bad advice
Fitness has loud, confident, wrong information everywhere. When research clearly contradicts a popular claim, I say so directly — the "1,200 calories for everyone" advice, the "cardio kills your gains" myth, the "1 gram per pound minimum" protein guidance all get challenged in the articles, with sources.
Stay in my lane
Personal medical questions, diagnosing symptoms, supplement recommendations for specific conditions, treatment for eating disorders — I don't touch any of this. The articles direct readers to qualified professionals for anything beyond general education.
What I Cover
Across the seven content categories on OurPhysique — Health, Science, Fitness, Lifestyle, Muscle Building, Fat Loss, and Nutrition — I focus on the topics that have clear research behind them and that real people search for. Things like:
- What the standard fitness calculators actually measure (and what they don't)
- What current research says about protein, calorie deficits, body composition
- How to interpret your own numbers without panicking
- Why certain popular fitness claims aren't supported by evidence
- Practical applications of established sports nutrition science
I don't cover topics where the science isn't settled enough to write responsibly about, where I'd need actual clinical training to be useful, or where the honest answer is "ask your doctor."
My Background
Reading and research, not credentials. Years of personal interest in fitness, nutrition, and the science behind body composition. Self-directed study through journals, textbooks, and primary research. The editorial work on OurPhysique reflects what I've learned from that — not a degree program.
For readers who want professional credentials behind their fitness information, that's a fair preference, and there are sites and platforms built around credentialed experts. OurPhysique is different. It's a research-summarizing site run honestly, by someone who shows their sources and stays inside the limits of what general education can offer.
If that's useful to you, the articles and tools are here. If you need personalized professional guidance, talk to a doctor, dietitian, or qualified coach — not a website.
Get in Touch
Corrections, suggestions, questions about sources used in articles, topic requests — all welcome. I read everything and respond within 24 to 36 hours.
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Rashid AliFounder & Editor, OurPhysique