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05
2017
Let’s Talk About Diets
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...
01
04
2017
Strength In Every Rep Range
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...
21
11
2016
Get Under The Bar, Ladies! Why Women Should Lift.
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...
15
10
2016
Let’s Talk About PED’s
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...
21
09
2016
Steroid Stigma
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...
16
09
2016
The Anti Cardio Movement
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...
08
09
2016
A Tour of the Gyms Part 1
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...
06
09
2016
Current Training Goals for 2016
So far this year’s going great in terms of me reaching my goals. I’m currently following my own program which revolves heavily around a weekly undulating rep scheme, but also incorporates linear periodization...
05
09
2016
My First Strongman Competition
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...
13
05
2016
Cleanses, custom diets and magic pills
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...
01
05
2016
I’m in Love With the Safety Squat Bar
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...
08
04
2016
My Experience with Yohimbine HCL
So today I’m just gonna share my experience with Yohimbine when I was young and naive and tell you why I don’t recommend this product. What is Yohimbine? Yohimbine is a alpha-2-antagonist which inhibits the e...
05
04
2016
Stupid Shit I Hear
I’ll (no doubt) be constantly updating this post to share with you some absolute rubbish that I’ve heard over the years and continue to hear. I’ll be listing things here such as myths that plague the fi...
05
04
2016
Fear is the Weakness
Yesterday I was training with my girlfriend (now ex) and during this session she was box jumping before attempting a new squat PR. Now if any of you have ever box jumped or attempted a new PR (on any lift) you probably k...
01
03
2016
Meal Prep Madness
In this article I’ll be discussing the general issues behind the meal prep hype and why I think it’s unnecessary and also addressing the problems I have with mail order meal prep companies. Recently, on the r...