Resources discussing strength, health & well-being.

The 4 Best Barbell Exercises for Beginners

Barbells and beginners don’t traditionally go very well together. In this article a beginner will be someone who hasn’t yet acquired the basic skills in the key movement patterns to perform exercises with good technique, as seen in gyms all around the world. Barbells complicate things as they require a certain level of skill to perform with precision, that doesn’t mean that beginners wont be able to become very strong in the barbell lifts eventually, but as a starting point it’s not always the best choice.

5 min read

The 9 Shoulder Barbell Exercises To Add To Your Upper-Body Workouts

Growing your shoulders in either strength or muscle size can be very effectively done by using a barbell. It’s the tool that allows you train so many different physical attributes. However, if you’re new to training or just bored of only doing the strict press, we have compiled 9 shoulder exercises you can do with a barbell and also written a guide of how to use these exercises for different goals.

8 min read

Average Grip Strength: How Do You Measure Up?

Grip strength is a very common test for those who have experienced an injury to the hand or a more serious injury and are under going rehabilitation. Hand grip strength is also often tested in elderly individuals also to test if they are losing strength. If you are curious about grip strength averages your are in the right place. In this article I will walk through the average strength of both males and females by age group.

3 min read

Try These 5 Eccentric Leg Exercises for Strength and Hypertrophy Adaptations

Eccentric exercises for the legs are very effective at inducing both strength and hypertrophy adaptations. In this article I will walk you through some of the most effective eccentric lower body exercises that you can add into your training programme.

7 min read

Try These 12 Different Push Up Variations to Add Some Variety To Your Routine

Push ups are one of the most effective bodyweight exercise available to us in the entire of resistance training. Getting your first push up can be a challenge, once its achieved, building to around 10-15 repetitions can be actually an easier process that getting your first repetition. However there reaches a point when just performing push ups can get a little repetitive and using different push up variations can be very beneficial. I have provided 8 different bodyweight exercise and 4 different push up variations with equipment. Let’s walk through 12 different push up variations you can use in your training.

11 min read

The 10 Best Kettlebell Back Exercises (plus kettlebell back workout)

Looking for back exercises when you don’t have access to a gym and can’t use a barbell or machines? Don’t worry we have a huge variety of kettlebell back exercises that you can use to make kettlebell back workouts at home.

8 min read

Q&A: What Is A Good Grip Strength

In physical training, it is normal to set goals and strive to be good in a physical characteristic. In this article I will provide you with some values you can strive for in terms of grip strength. One test will require more specific equipment, the other a pull up bar. Lets take a look at what would be considered good grip strength.

2 min read

Try This Full Body Tennis Workout

Designing a full body strength workout for a tennis player will ideally be highly individualised, based on their current ability with strength training, their strengths and weaknesses etc. In this article I will provide an intermediate level strength training session that a tennis player could use to improve their overall health and tennis performance.

4 min read

Try These 10 Strength Training Exercises For Tennis Players

Tennis players are putting more and more time into resistance training due to the role it can play in both performance improvement and injury prevention. In this article I will talk through the benefits strength training can have for tennis players and provide a framework for thinking about strength training for tennis players. While also providing 10 exercises you can use today in your strength training sessions.

9 min read

Try This Workout Plan For Tennis to Reach The Top of Your Game

In this article I am going to outline a workout plan that consists of three training sessions and will allow you to be in the best shape possible for tennis. This workout plan will provide you with a framework that you can use to constantly be improving your physical condition for tennis, but that will also have extremely beneficial health benefits.

6 min read
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