04
Dec
Crossfit does it again! It takes a concept that has been around for pretty much for as long as training has been a thing (timed work and rest) slap a catchy...
19
Nov
If you want to delve more into this topic or this way of thinking there is an excellent introductory book on the subject I read earlier this year. Thinking in systems...
22
Oct
When it comes to programing and perodisation there is only one thing that is certain. That is that what works, when, where, how and why it works is completely uncertain.
08
Oct
1 - To get bigger you have to put some fucking effort in.
You aren't going to see any muscle gain if all you...
16
Jul
I've been thinking this past week (a dangerous activity I don't recommend it) mainly with my own training experience especially as I have become more advanced as a lifter (I say advanced...
12
Jun
When it comes to training there are two very big attractors when it comes to programing. You have specificity and variation. A good program will utalise both to keep progress...
04
Jun
Lower back pain is an incredibly common thing even among the normie population who don't lift weights. Lower back pain is thought to affect about 10% of the population and was...
23
May
overwhelm/əʊvəˈwɛlm/verb1.bury or drown beneath a huge mass of something, especially water."floodwaters overwhelmed hundreds of houses" synonyms:swamp, submerge, engulf, bury, deluge, flood, inundate; More2.have a strong emotional effect on."I was overwhelmed with guilt" synonyms:overcome, move, stir, affect, touch, impress, sweep someone off their feet, strike, stun, make emotional, dumbfound, shake, disturb, devastate, take...
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May
mindfulness/ˈmʌɪn(d)f(ʊ)lnəs/noun1.the quality or state of being conscious or aware of something."their mindfulness of the wider cinematic tradition"2.a mental state achieved by focusing one's awareness on the present moment, while calmly acknowledging...
07
May
Powerlifting or lifting weights is a very objective activity. It's like real life but instead of looking like you are rich we can all see your bank balance every time we...
01
May
You have probably heard that consistency is the most important factor when it comes to achieving anything in life. Well, guess what it is parroted over and over again because it...
26
Mar
Busy work is a term you might be familiar with if you follow business books or material aimed at entrepreneurs or "side hustles".
It's...
05
Feb
After weight loss training to get jacked and tanned has to be the next most common training goal people have and just like weight loss most people over complicate the hell out...
04
Dec
I was talking to the Ginger String of beans know to some as Steven Wylie aka @w10strength after firing some weight about this morning and we had an interesting discussion around the talk that...
06
Nov
The internet is full of people telling you all about the new research or sucking each other off in giant circle jerk comment threads. Well if I know one thing, it is that in...
04
Sep
My name is Marc and I have a back spasm. The first important step to solving a problem or issue is to admit you have a problem or issue.
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Week Commencing the 13-August-2018 I had my...
24
Jul
For some reason that is completely foreign to me one of the most popular things that big fitness industry providers offer to their target audience is novelty and variety. The economics of it are...
20
Jul
One of the things I come across on a pretty regular basis are people's fears and apprehensions about trying something new or showing a video of themselves doing a hobby because they are worried about the...