Get perfect push ups
Don’t do push ups on your knees! You will not progress to full push ups this way. Use the progressions shown in this video to get proper, good form full push ups from the floor.
10 reasons women should lift weights that have nothing to do with what you look like
The internet is awash with ‘reasons why women should lift weights’ type articles that focus on sexy butts, toned arms, looking hot and not being bulky. That shit bores me. Here are 10 other reasons that women should lift weights.
Bodyweight training session Girl Friday
We celebrated the Good Friday bank holiday in 2014 by organising a free female bodyweight training hangout at the famous Primrose Hill exercise area, where many of the top bar calisthenics/street workout folks train.
Get your first pull up with this workout based on negatives
Fi and Sally show you a workout utilising pull up negatives (the lowering part of the lift) to help you get your first pull up or improve your pull ups. If you can do this workout as prescribed, you have enough strength to do a pull up!
When to increase your weights in training
Too many people are unsure about when, how and why to increase the weights they are lifting – so here’s the answer in simple terms!
Motivation mind tricks to get you to the gym
Sally gives you a couple of neat mind tricks that will get you to the gym or out on the pavements on those days when motivation is lacking and you feel like slacking off!
Get a stronger pull off the floor using halting pulls
How to use halting or paused lifts to get a stronger back and a stronger pull off the floor in deadlift, clean or snatch.
How to motivate women to lift heavy weights
Sally’s tips to overcome common concerns and objections women have to lifting heavy weights, including the belief that lifting weights will make you look big and bulky, fears about being too weak and lack of interest in ‘bodybuilding’ type exercises.
How to use resistance bands to get pull ups
In this video, Sally explains how to use resistance bands to do pull ups and what types of band you should use.