Throughout my time as a Coach I’ve been consistently reading up on new material and old school books/articles. As it turns out, based off the newer research and material, very little has changed since the lifting d...
Editor’s note: I woke up this morning absolutely ecstatic to go train. Despite knowing I wasn’t going to lift as heavy or move as fast as I had before I was still beyond excited. Because, at the end of the day this...
Some freakin’ motivation for you all! Progress! Literally the most important factor when it comes to improving your physique and/or performance. I recently got into a discussion with a client of mine about their cu...
Fat Loss 101 Following my own recent transformation, I wanted to provide people with a comprehensive but easy to read and understand piece on fat loss. Ok, we all know what the key to fat loss is, right? Calorie deficit....
Arise! If you’re one of these people that have decided they’re sick and tir ed of being fat and out of shape come the new year, or if you’re just simply clueless about what to do in the gym then fear not, Christmas ain’t...
In the following article, I’m going to go over what the term “diet” actually means, the basics of maintaining your diet, the popular different types of diets and also provide some personal and anecdotal...
In this article, I’m going to be covering a few misconceptions when it comes to “strength” training and in doing so I’ll also be providing some evidence alongside my own personal recommenda...
Weight Training For Women It’s quite sad to see in this day and age that women are still avoiding weight training, and by weights I mean heavy weights, not those pink neoprene dumbbells I see you doing curls and ki...
Carrying on from my previous article “Steroid Stigma” I want to give a very brief overview of various Anabolic Androgenic Steroids (AAS) and other Performance Enhancing Drugs (PED). Talking about PED‘s...
Right then, time to dabble in some controversy. Now before I start I need to say that I neither condone nor condemn the use of anabolic androgenic steroids (AAS). It seems a lot of people have very strong opinions about...
Ah cardio, one of the most disputed training modalities in the health and fitness world. With questions such as “Is it necessary for fat loss?” or “Will I lose all my gains?” plaguing internet for...
A Little Recap So as some of you might know (or not know) I operate out of two independent Strength & Conditioning gyms. Now I’ve been lucky enough to get to know the coaches of these gyms pretty well and I fee...
So on the 7th August I entered my first strongman competition and ended up coming 3rd. I think there was only a few points between 2nd and 3rd so I’m gutted I missed out on that but I know I made a few silly mistak...
It seems like I can’t go a day without seeing some advert or post about someone offering the newest detox/cleanse or some magic pill that’s “proven” to do all sorts of wonderful things to y...
Well, what more can I say? This bar is brilliant. For those that don’t know, the safety squat bar (sometimes known as a yoke bar or Hatfield bar) is a barbell with frontal handles and a slight forward camber. Esse...
