Resources discussing strength, health & well-being.

Try These 5 Beginner Push Up Variations To Build Towards Your First Push Up

Getting your first push up can be a very challenging task for beginners. Especially when using exercise variations which are too challenging. Here we provide a description of why proper exercise selection is important, and a series of push up exercises you can use to ensure progression over time.

7 min read

Don’t Practice for A Number

In this article I discuss the important of creating a movement practice for reasons outside of just chasing physical goals.

4 min read

CrossFit – The Good, The Bad and The Ugly

I am the owner of a CrossFit gym and have been for nearly a decade now. In this article I outline some of my thoughts on both the positive and negative aspects of CrossFit. Programme was born out of my frustration with some aspects of the CrossFit training style.

11 min read

Patience and Progressive Overload

In this article, I aim to emphasise the importance of patience to truly allow progressive overload to work its magic. When it comes to resistance training and cardiovascular training, progress is hard fought and easily lost. Patience is crucial to long-term success in any physical endeavour.

4 min read

How To Effectively Use An Assisted Squat In Your Training

The assisted squat is one of the best ways to help beginners ease into the squat movement pattern. Using it correctly will allow you to create the building blocks of a great squat movement pattern.

5 min read

The Problem with Overly Technical Training

In the world of social media and finding the secret exercise or training method that is going to revolutionise your health, it is important to outline the problems with overly complex physical training. This article outlines the problems with overly technical training for individuals who are striving to be healthy.

5 min read

Can Fitness Trackers Be Harmful?

As a gym owner and personal trainer I have seen a huge variety of success and failure when it comes to fitness tracking applications.

3 min read

Try These 3 Low Skill, Basic TRX Exercise To Get Started

Basic exercises with a TRX or other pieces of equipment are an excellent gateway for beginners to use to get started in their resistance training journey. A lot of content in the fitness industry puts emphasis on very challenging exercises that a lot of people are unable to perform, hence why we are providing these basic exercises that you can add to your resistance training programme.

4 min read

Try These 7 Barbell Lunge Variations for Strength and Hypertrophy

Barbell lunge variations are the best way to apply load to the lunge position and build unilateral strength. There are numerous effective variations that can be used and all have their pluses and minuses which I will discuss in detail for all seven of the exercises provided below.

7 min read

Mitigate Pain With These 7 Lunge Variations for “Bad” Knees

Pain while trying to train can be extremely frustrating. While we should never train through pain, we should always look for ways to train around pain. In this article I will help you do just that, outlining strategies to mitigate pain in your training through exercise modification and selection.

9 min read

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