Don’t compare yourself to other people. You could be looking at somebodies chapter 21 whilst you are maybe only on your own chapter 4. They may have 3,5 or 10 years worth of experience over you or 10 years of training over you. They may have the...
You are getting frustrated and your progress has stalled at the gym. Sound familiar? Well you are not alone. You have hit what we call a plateau. Thankfully, I have hit many of them and have a few training solutions that can break the walls...
Now I know for the majority of people stepping foot in a gym is a scary thing to do, you are scared of being judged, scared of doing things wrong, scared of being stared at. I completely get it, I have been going to gyms...
2020 has not been the year any of us imagined when the new year bells and fireworks went off. It’s been a year where even the most organized people amongst us have seen their plans fall apart. Many of us have cancelled holidays, moving home,...
Progressive overload involves increasing demand on the body over time to build muscle, increase strength, or get fitter. You must continually make your body work harder than it’s used to to keep getting results. Let’s look at how it works with some examples Say when you start...
Tip #1 - Set a step target for the day. 10,000 steps is a good start - so aim for this daily and you'll be off to a flying start! If you have a Fitbit/Garmin watch etc then you can easily track your step count...
In order to achieve anything in life sometimes you just need to do the boring mundane things consistently. This goes for losing weight or gaining muscle and just changing your body in general. The things we need to do in order to change our bodies are so...
As we all know 2020 hasn’t been a very enjoyable year for most of us. We’ve all probably experienced anxiety, despair or worry at some point whether it be about our health, job, business or family. Throughout lockdown I had spoken to a few members of...
Here’s one major reason you may not be getting results.. What are stealth calories? Stealth calories are calories you consume without thinking about it and albeit the calories can range small to big, they add up over the course of the day. What’s all the fuss? If your in...
I was excited to finally design a plan for our Group PT programme in the club. After some thought I decided to stay true to my own personal training roots and design a hypertrophy plan based around my most successful training plans for clients. As a PT...