As a lifter, this is one of the most painful situations you will be in. Emotionally painful, that is. And with the deluge of social media, it has become even worse! Everyone and her dog is dying to tell you about their latest Personal Best. It feels like the whole world is rubbing your miserable […]
Pull ups are a key compound exercise to improving your upper body strength. But as far as body weight exercises go, they can also be one of the toughest. Primarily working your lats and biceps, a full pull up involves lifting your body towards an overheard bar so that it is level with your chin. […]
The best training for fat loss is the kind that makes you forget about your body hang-ups and enjoy what your body can do. What if instead of hating your thighs, you marvelled at how much they can squat, or how strongly they carry you up that hill? What if you stopped worrying about a […]
You’ve reached a certain level of competence so from the outside everything looks ok. But you are not improving at the rate you could be improving because you are avoiding certain movements.
Often people struggle to focus when lifting heavy weights, especially in the olympic lifts, which happen so fast. Other thoughts muscle their way in just as you are preparing to lift the bar. You’re distracted, you’re overthinking it, and all of a sudden your lift is gone. I’ve found that one of the best ways […]
Is fear of lifting heavy weights affecting your progress in the gym? You’re not alone! I work with a lot of adults taking up weight lifting for the first time, or coming back to it after decades of not weight lifting. As we get older, we naturally feel more fear and it becomes harder to […]
If you struggle to keep new year’s resolutions, try this: instead of making your resolution about the final goal, focus on what you need to do to get it.
Comparing ourselves unfavourably to others – or ‘compare and despair’ – is becoming endemic in this modern life. It is particularly apparent in fitness, with it’s natural sporting competition, comparison of physiques and alpha behaviours.
This MMA-inspired conditioning workout is a high-intensity blast that will leave you with jelly legs and arms but a satisfied smile on your face. Each round is 5 minutes in total. You will need an interval timer for this one.
We all associate barbells with getting strong, but did you know that you can use them to get fit and lose fat too? Enter the barbell complex!