Rep outs aren’t anything new they have been around probably for as long as weights have been around it doesn’t take a genius to take a weight and say I am going to do...
I’ve given CrossFit a fair amount of shit in my time, I won’t shy away from it some of the movement standards allowed by boxes and at competitions doesn’t really do much to put...
When it comes to programming there are a whole bunch of variables to consider some of which can lead to massive gains in a very short period of time when it comes down to...
TAKE AWAY ITEMS
Never rest on your laurels improve in every aspect of your lifting.
Be exacting on yourself high standards are essential.
Always seek feedback subjective, objective, video, lifting partners and coaches.
Have...
I’m what you might refer to as a self made man in the gym pretty much for 90% of my 12 year lifting life I have written my own programmes and devised my own...
So when I last updated this blog series I was heading down to London for the first time using the ironically titled Gold service down to London offered by megabus. Since then I have...
In the last entry, I took you through the reasons and rationale for my goal of a 320 kg deadlift. Since then I have actually been doing some training I am currently on week...
Kirill Sarychev and his 335 kg unequipped bench press is just one of the many reasons when Mr. Sheiko speaks wise men listen.
It's 4 am and I am leaving my flat in Edinburgh...
As strength and conditioning coaches and especially as strength coaches pretending to be strength and conditioning coaches I feel it is easy to get trapped in the process of worrying too much about...
When we talk about strength training it gets easy to get sucked into one of the many cults that exist here are a few of those prestigious religious institutions - The fat man cult...
I've worked with sports men and women for nearly a decade now I have worked with Olympians, International team sports stars and youth athletes who have never stepped in a gym before. One thing...
If you want to be strong you have to lift heavy all of the time right? You need to provide constant overload in the form of one more rep or one more kilogramme week...
Powerlifting is a sport of physical limitations there are few sports that rub someone against their own physical and mental limitations on a daily basis. If you ever meet a good powerlifter, weightlifter or...
If you haven't seen some of the latest gadgets doing the rounds such as push bands, barbell sensi or gymaware then you're probably not on the internet very often or you're not involved with...
I'm sitting here in the Libary writing this article after what can only be described as a cluster fuck of a session. I was planning on taking an easy week this week since I...