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An Absolute Beginners Guide to getting stronger.
Weight Training: toning, size, endurance & strength
Keystone Abilities: What are they & do you have them.
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How to improve your strength.
Download these free documents that will help you on your way to getting stronger... An Absolute Beginners Guide to getting stronger. Weight Training: toning, size, endurance & strength Keystone Abilities: What are they & do you have them.
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Free strength articles.
But if you are after a bit more information, below you will find all my articles on getting stronger. Feel free to take a look!
How to: Do Arm Step Out
Name: Arm Step Out.
Also known as: (If you know these by any other name, please leave a comment below).
Main muscles used: Belly.
Other muscles used: Shoulders, lats.
Top tips:
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How to: Do Reverse Crunch
Name: Reverse crunch.
Also known as: (If you know these by any other name, please leave a comment below).
Main muscles used: belly, sides.
Other muscles used: Hip flexors.
Top tips:
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Going to get fitter/stronger in the new year? Avoid these pitfalls…
The new year is here, and statistics show that most of us plan to get fitter, stronger or lose weight in 2012. But statistics also show that only a fraction of us will actually succeed. If you are working out your new year resolutions, make sure you don't fall into any of these exercise and diet pitfalls...
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What are Movement Compensations?
Since I started to learn Karate when I was 7 years old, I have consciously or subconsciously been trying to improve the way I move. I have learned that if I want to put my body in a certain position, there are loads of different ways I can do it. But I have also learned that some ways are better than others.
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3 golden rules for strength and fitness success…
Do you want to get fitter?
Do you want to get stronger?
Follow these 3 golden rules and improve your chances of success...
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Which exercise machine burns the most calories?
Which exercise machine burns the most calories?
This is a very common question. The short answer is:
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Fixing the right problems and doing your back in
Often, a pulled muscle is not due to a weakness in that particular muscle, but because of a weakness in a totally different muscle.
Why?
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How to: Do a Reverse Lunge
Name: Reverse Lunge.
Also known as: Backwards Lunge.
Main muscles used: Bum, legs.
Other muscles used:
Top tips:
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My ridiculous advent challenge.
I get bored easily. I have noticed that unless I have some kind of goal to aim for, or unless I have someone keeping me accountable, I can easily put things off until another time (why do something today if you can put it off until tomorrow?).
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How to: Do Bastards
Name: Bastards.
Also known as:
Main muscles used: Legs, chest, shoulders, arms, heart.
Other muscles used: Everything else.
Top tips:
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How to: Do Inverted Rows
Name: Inverted Rows.
Also known as: Australian pressups, bodyweight rows.
Main muscles used: Upper back, arms.
Other muscles used: Lower back, bum.
Top tips:
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Do I need a protein drink?
I was asked a common question the other day. A young lad came up to me and asked if he should be having a protein drink like he sees all his friends having. He trains once or twice a week and when I asked, he said he had no specific goals. He seemed the perfect example of the average lad doing recreational exercise for general health.
This was an easy one to answer...
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Marine Commando Challenge 2011 photos.
We did the Marine Commando Challenge on Sunday. I'll write a report of how much fun it was later...but in the meantime, here are some photos from the day...
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This will be me Sunday…
A clip i just found of one of the obstacles i'll be facing tomorrow...
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Cross training – training when injured.
My friend was out running in the rain the other day, slipped and twisted her knee. It is now lovely and swollen and she has been advised to avoid too much force going through her knee. So what does she do now? Does she have to lay up for a couple of weeks recovering and possibly losing some of the fitness she has trained hard to gain? Of course not! This is where cross training (and a little imagination) comes in! First of all, here is the usual obvious disclaimer:
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Requesting help for the Devon Air Ambulance
I'm doing the 10 km Marine Commando Challenge on October 9th, raising money for the Devon Air Ambulance.
I have a "Just Giving" donation page where anyone can donate money for the charity, and I need your help to get as much donations as possible.
Please click here to go to my page and donate something, and tell all your friends to help me too!
Thank you!
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Poll: Why do you train/exercise?
The gym I work at has been refurbished and now all the equipment is brand spanking new. So, we have been spending the last week or so helping people get used to the new toys (showing them how they work, how they are different, what they can do etc).
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10km Marine Commando Challenge…here I come!
OK...I think I am going to sign up for the 10k Marine Commando Challenge, so that means I will be hounding anyone and everyone for sponsorships.
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Video: Sir Chris Hoy on the squat.
The squat (as shown by my lovely stick man figure here) is a great example of a Keystone Ability (click here for more info). But if you don't believe me, listen to what an actual Knight of the Realm has to say on the matter...
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Limiting Factors and Weakest Links. What’s holding you back?
Our bodies are very sophisticated, complex things. So complex that usually, many different things have to happen for an end result to be produced. I have talked before about walking. It is an everyday task, but in spite of this it needs:
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The Intensity/Duration Curve – or “How come I walk for hours every day, but still get knackered climbing the stairs?”
Do you recognise the following:
"I think I'm reasonably fit. I do a lot of walking (dozens of miles a every week), but I get so out of breath when I climb the stairs/run for a bus/play with the kids. What is wrong with me?"
The Intensity/Duration CurveI recognise it. Every single week someone comes up to me and asks me some version of this question, so here is the answer.
It is all to do with the Intensity/Duration Curve. First of all, here are a couple of definitions:
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Sheffield Man Of Steel
Only a couple of weeks until I have a go at the Nettle Warrior challenge! So as a practice run I'm having a go at the Sheffield Man Of Steel tomorrow!
Wish me luck!
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New physical activity guidelines for adults in the UK.
"New and important guidelines" have been released today about recommended physical activity levels for people in the UK. Click here to read them and see how you compare.
Here are just a couple of my thoughts...
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What happens to your training while on holiday?
My friend is going on holiday to Italy for 3 weeks, so she was wondering how will she cope without her regular training 3 times a week?
Holidays can be difficult when it comes to training. So off the top of my head, here are some of the main problems and how we might get over them...
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Training movements, not muscles.
I work in a gym, but I don't think I am your average gym monkey (at least I hope I'm not). I am not interested in isolating muscles and "maximising the burn". Instead, because of my background in Karate, I am more interested in being able to move in strong, powerful, fast and well coordinated ways.
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Low Back Pain Recovery Slow; And Worse For Those On Compensation
Last year, I ranted about how a guy I knew was being prevented to exercise and rehabilitate his injuries because his solicitor said it would jeopardise his compensation claim.
Well, today I was doing some research on back pain and stumbled on the following webpage. It talks about recovery times for people with low back pain, and how various factors affected these recovery times. Then I read the following sentence:
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Why absolutely everyone should aim to increase their muscle (yes, this includes you!): Part 2.
Last summer I did my best to explain why everyone (including women and the elderly) should do weight training in order to get stronger.
Well, The American Journal of Medicine have published a report that backs me up! They say:
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Getting out of the wheelchair and relearning to walk.
I've been spending the last few months working with Joan, who has been in a wheelchair for a long time. The goal has been to help her stand and re-learn how to walk.
And that is the important bit...she needs to relearn how to walk. How do you teach someone how to walk? Is it just a case of "put one foot in front of the other?" At first, I thought it was as simple as that. But I now know, if you do that you will fall over. There is a hell of lot more to it than just that.
Just some of the things you need to do include:
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Supervised Weight Training Safe for Pregnant Women
A while ago I wrote some posts about exercise during pregnancy (click here, here, here and here). So as an add-on to these posts, I want to direct you to a new bit of research done to test the saftey of resistance training for pregnant women (click here for the abstract).
In short, 32 pregnant women did 12 weeks of low to moderate intensity strength training and it was shown to be safe. So getting pregnant is not an excuse to give up all activity, do nothing and eat loads!
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How to: Do The Seated Row
Name: Seated Row.
Also known as: (If you know these by any other name, please leave a comment below).
Main muscles used: Upper and lower back.
Other muscles used: Biceps, back of the shoulders.
Top tips:
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How to: Do a Scapular Retraction.
Name: Prone Scapular Retractions.
Also known as: (If you know these by any other name, please leave a comment below).
Main muscles used: Upper back.
Other muscles used: Back of shoulders.
Top tips:
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Do less, score more.
Do less, score more.
This is a line I heard a top level coach telling one of his fighters. The fighter was moving around, ducking, weaving, attacking, blocking...generally doing plenty of work and making his presence felt...but he was not actually scoring any points, or getting the job done!
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What makes a fit and capable body?
We should all strive to have a fit and capable body. I don't care if you are:
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Women, never lift more than 10 kiograms. It is DANGEROUS!
It is official. A lady at work told me about a chiropractor who says that women should not squat with more than 10 kilograms, because it is dangerous for them.
He did not say that a particular woman, with a particular injury, should not use more than 10 kilos...no, he said no women should do it...
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Recommended reading: Being a Woman in the gym: Diary of an Intern
If you are a woman and if you go to the gym, please take 5 minutes to read this:
Almost every other day I talk to a woman in work who refuse to do anything that does not involve little pink dumbells in fear of "turning into a man".
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How to: Do The Glute Bridge
Name: Glute Bridge.
Also known as: (if you know this by any other name, leave a comment below).
Main muscles used: Gluteals (bum).
Other muscles used: Hamstrings.
Top tips:
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How to: Do the Front Squat
Name: Front Squat.
Also known as: (if you know this by any other name, leave a comment below).
Main muscles used: Legs.
Other muscles used: Bum.
Top tips:
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How to: Do Supine Leg Lower
Name: Supine Leg Lower.
Also known as: (if you know this by any other name, leave a comment below).
Main muscles used: Abdominals, hip flexors.
Other muscles used:
Top tips:
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Aching like hell after training?
Few weeks ago I wrote a bit on Recovery Strategies (click here). And it was geared more towards those who train harder and more regularly than your average punter.
But it is the new year now, and millions of people have a resolution to get fit, and join up with gyms/exercise classes. So this article is aimed more at that crowd...exercise virgins, if you like!
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Happy new year!
In case you didn't notice, it is January, so happy new year!
I've been ill (with sniffles) the last couple of weeks, so to be honest I can't really be arsed to write anything meaninful just yet. So I'm taking the easy route and simply posting the 5 most popular things from this blog over the last year...so here are the things that have attracted the most attention over the last 12 months...
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Movement Analysis – See how you move and how it can be improved.
I see my job as helping people move more, and move better. I've been lucky and since I started Karate when I was 7, I have been coached to move well (well = efficiently, safely and with coordination).
And because of this, I notice just how many people move badly (badly = inefficient, unsafe and uncoordinated...click here). These people come in all shapes and sizes, from your average Joe through to your exercise junkie. 
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Get the basics right, and the details may not matter at all.
I carry on a lot about getting the basic fundamentals right and not stressing about the little details. This is totally unsexy and not at all what people want to hear when they ask my advice. But what the hell. I'm paid to get results, and I don't have a warehouse full of "Ab-Dominator!" machines to flog.
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Pros and cons of working with a training partner.
When people come into the gym I work at during the day, I often encourage them to find/bring a training partner. This one simple thing has many benefits to people who exercise recreationally or train hard. Just some of these benefits include:
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Recovery Strategies: What to do after training has finished.
It is a well known, but well forgotten fact that our bodies don't improve during exercise/training. Instead, they improve after exercise/training. Put simply, during training, our bodies are damaged/broken/busted up. And in the hours/days following, our bodies repair/improve/upgrade themselves, and make them just that little bit better than before.
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Aim for “perfect”, but settle for “good enough”
This is my quote for the day...Aim for "perfect", but settle for "good enough".
This means, be aware of and recognise what you want in a "perfect world", and every day strive to get there. This can mean the perfect job, perfect girlfriend or the perfect move done with perfect technique and perfect timing.
But recognise that this is not a "perfect world", and be happy when you have something that is good enough, effective and does the job.
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Army launches ‘improvised’ fitness guide for troops
"The British Army is rolling out an 'improvised' fitness guide to all soldiers operating in isolated spots away from main bases."
Click here for the video.
I absolutely love this kind of "guerilla" exercising. You don't need a gym full of expensive machinery to get you fit and healthy. All you need is your own bodyweight, the environment around you and the indomitable will to do it.
Having said that, I would be doing better exercises than some of those shown on this video...but I think it is clear that they were taking the piss a bit!
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How to: Do a Pullup.
Name: Pull up.
Also known as: Chin up.
Main muscles used: Back muscles.
Other muscles used: Arms.
Top tips:
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The difference between a sweat session and a “clinic”.
Some people have been surprised when watching me coach clients. They have expected a hard, rip-roaring sweat session...pushing people to the max like some drill sergeant.
And to be honest, sometime that is my job. Sometimes I do need to push people out of their comfort zone in order to get them to their goals.
But the main part of my job is not simply getting people to do more (a sweat session).
It is getting people to do better (a technical session). 
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How to: Do Back Extensions
Name: Back extensions.
Also known as: Back raises, porpoises.
Main muscles used: Back.
Other muscles used: Bum.
Top tips:
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How to: Do Single Leg Squat
Name: Single Leg Squat.
Also known as: Pistols.
Main muscles used: Legs, bum.
Other muscles used: Hip flexors.
Top tips:
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How to: Do Box Jumps
Name: Box Jumps.
Also known as: (if you know these by any other name, leave a comment below).
Main muscles used: Legs, bum.
Other muscles used: Heart.
Top tips:
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How to: Do Tuck Jumps
Name: Tuck Jumps.
Also known as: (if you know this by any other name, leave a comment below).
Main muscles used: Legs.
Other muscles used: Hip flexors.
Top tips:
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How to: Do Single Leg Deadlifts
Name: Single Leg Deadlift.
Also known as:
Main muscles used: Bum, legs.
Other muscles used: Back.
Top tips:
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How to: Do Squat Jumps
Name: Squat Jumps.
Main muscles used: Legs, bum.
Other muscles used: Heart.
Top tips:
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How to: Do the Stepdown.
Name: The Stepdown.
Also known as: The Stepback.
Main muscles used: Bum.
Other muscles used: Legs.
Top tips:
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How to: Do a Dumbbell Squat Swing.
Name: Dumbbell Squat Swing.
Also known as: Dumbbell swing.
Main muscles used: Legs, bum, back.
Other muscles used: Shoulders, heart.
Top tips:
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How to: Do a Deadlift
Name: Deadlift.
Also known as:
Main muscles used: Bum, legs, back.
Other muscles used: Forearms, lats.
Top tips:
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How to: Do the Romanian Deadlift (RDL)
Name: Romanian deadlift.
Also known as: RDL.
Main muscles used: Bum.
Other muscles used: Back.
Top tips:
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How to: Do a Waiters Bow
Name: Waiters Bow.
Main muscles used: Bum.
Other muscles used: Back.
Top tips:
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How to: Do the Lunge
Name: The Lunge.
Also known as:
Main muscles used: Legs, bum.
Other muscles used:
Top tips:
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How to: Do the Split Squat
Name: Split squat.
Main muscles used: Legs, bum.
Top tips:
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How to: Do the Side Crunch
Name: Side Crunch.
Also known as: Oblique Crunch.
Main muscles used: Sides.
Other muscles used: Stomach.
Top tips:
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How to: Do Windscreen Wipers
Name: Windscreen Wipers.
Also known as: (if you know these by any other name, please leave a comment below).
Main muscles used: Stomach, sides.
Other muscles used: Hip flexors, arms.
Top tips:
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How to: Do the Wheelbarrow
Name: The Wheelbarrow.
Main muscles used: Stomach, shoulders.
Other muscles used: Hip flexors, arms, most the muscles on the front side of the body.
Top tips:
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How To: Do an L-Sit
Name: L-Sit.
Also known as: (If you know this by any other name, leave a comment below).
Main muscles used: Stomach.
Other muscles used: Hip flexors, arms.
Top tips:
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How to: Do Cannonball Situps
Name: Cannonball Situp.
Also known as:
Main muscles used: Stomach, hip flexors.
Other muscles used: Shoulders.
Top tips:
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How to: Do Full Situps
Name: Full Situps.
Also known as: Situps.
Main muscles used: Hip flexors.
Other muscles used: Stomach.
Top tips:
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How to: Do Abdominal Crunches
Name: Abdominal Crunches.
Also known as: Ab crunches, crunches.
Main muscles used: Stomach.
Other muscles used:
Top tips:
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How to: Do the Side Plank
Name: Side Plank.
Main muscles used: Stomach and sides.
Other muscles used: Shoulders.
Top tips:
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How to: Do the Front Plank
Name: The Front Plank.
Also known as: Prone Bridge.
Main muscles used: Stomach.
Other muscles used: Muscles on the front side of the body.
Top tips:
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How to: Do a Squat Press
Name: Squat Press.
Also known as: Thrusters.
Main muscles used: Legs, bum, shoulders, triceps, heart.
Other muscles used: Stomach, back.
Top tips:
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How to: Do a Shoulder Press
Name: Shoulder Press.
Also known as: Overhead press.
Main muscles used: Shoulders, triceps.
Other muscles used: Stomach, back.
Top tips:
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How to: Do Buckaroo Burpees
Name: Buckaroo Burpees.
Main muscles used: Shoulders, legs, heart, "coordination & balance muscles".
Other muscles used: Stomach, back, arms.
Top tips:
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How to: Do a Burpee
Name: Burpees.
Main muscles used: Legs, bum, shoulders, arms, heart.
Other muscles used: Most of the muscles in the body.
Top tips: 
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How to: Do a Squat Thrust
Name: Squat Thrusts.
Main muscles used: Shoulders, legs, heart.
Other muscles used: Stomach, arms.
Top tips:
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How to: Do Mountain Climbers
Name: Mountain Climbers.
Also known as: Single leg squat thrusts.
Main muscles used: Shoulders, legs, heart.
Other muscles used: Stomach, arms.
Top tips:
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How to: Do Bodyweight Squats
Name: Bodyweight Squats.
Also known as: Air squats.
Main muscles used: Legs, bum.
Other muscles used: Back.
Top tips:
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Periodisation – what, why and how
What is periodisation?
To me, periodisation is:
"Specialising in different things, in different phases, over a period of time, in order to bring them all together at the end."
For example, if I were to build a house, I would divide the project up into the following phases:
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Why absolutely everyone should aim to increase their muscle (yes, this includes you!)
You need to do resistance training (weights) and aim to increase your muscle mass. If you disagree with me, or think this does not apply to you, sorry, but you are wrong, and I am right.
Read on and I'll try to explain why...
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Strength and strength training – What, how and for who.
Many people (including some experienced athletes) tend to equate strength training with bodybuilding...thinking that both are one and the same. But there is more than one type of strength and as such there is more than one way of training for strength.
Here is a quick run down of the major forms of strength...
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Training for very practical reasons.
Most people come to the gym to train for aesthetic reasons (to look better). But a special few train for practical reasons (to be able to perform a physical task better). And I like coaching these people! And I had an eye opening opportunity the other day...in a funeral home.
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Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.
I was coaching a general circuit training session, and we had a couple of minutes left before we had to finish. We could have just left it there. But instead we did one last flying lap round the circuit.
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Recommended reading: Weight training during pregnancy – Lieke’s experience
Because a couple of people have asked me recently about training during pregnancy, I've found myself reading up loads on it (remember, I'm not claiming to be any kind of expert, so if you know better, please let me know). But I just read this blog post about one ladys personal experience of weight training during her pregnancy.
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Getting back into training after a break.
I was coaching a nice lady who was back after having a months break. She has a fantastic attitude, but was killing herself trying to do the same things as before she stopped. As normal, I am going to try to take a step back and take the long view. So here are my recommendations for getting back into training after a break...
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Woo hoo! Someone wants to do pressups!
I was in a really good mood the other day. A lass who is a regular in the gym actually came up and asked how to improve her pressups! Most people grimace and run a mile when I mention pressups to them! So here is a rough and ready guide to pressups. How to do them and how not to do them...
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Exercise Workshop last Sunday
So I did my first Exercise Workshop on Sunday, and first and foremost I want to say a huge congratulations and thank you to all who attended!
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From the General to the Specific – How to get good at absolutely anything.
So you want to get good at something? It could be getting good at your sport, your diet, your job, your relationship or your school subject.
But there are good and bad ways to go about this. One of the best ways is to work from the general to the specific.
This means you spend time getting the fundamental, foundation principles right before worrying about the minute details. Get good at the general stuff first, then move on to the specifics. For example:
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Exercise Workshop – Romanian Deadlift (RDL)
The Romanian Deadlift.
What does it doand why do it?
This is one of the first exercises we will be covering in my Exercise Workshop here in Skipton on Sunday July 4th. If you are at all interested in learning how to do safe, efficient and effective exercise, click here and book yourself in!
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Now taking bookings for my first Exercise Workshop.
Don't forget, Sunday, July 4th from 10am - 12pm. My first exercise workshop covering safe, efficient and effective resistance training techniques.
Click here to book your place on line, or you can come see me in the gym at Craven Fitness Centre. Bare in mind, I'll only be there in the mornings these next couple of weeks.
Book your place if you can, and if you can't, tell your friends about it and get them to book in!
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Coming soon…Exercise Workshop in Skipton
After weeks of fighting to get it arranged, I'm finally in a position to announce my first Exercise Workshop!
It will be an indepth tutorial on how to do some of the main, fundimental resistance exercises and how they cross-over to virtually every other exercise you do.
It will cover how to do things, how not to do things, and most importantly, why.
There will be room only for the first 15 people who book themselves on the list, so as soon as you have signed up, please tell your friends so they can join in too!
I'll put up all the details, and ways to book your place over the weekend. So check back again soon!
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Common mistake: “What’s the best thing for…?”
A common mistake I've seen from many people I have trained with (from absolute beginners to those who are really very good). They want to know "The best thing for..."
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Are you born fit/strong/fat or do you become fit/strong/fat?
I managed to have a lie-in this morning, and I ended up hearing this short discussion on the radio (click here to listen. It lasts less than 6 minutes). They were asking if great athletes are born, or are they made through training?
And the line that really caught my ear was:
"...the limiting factor in the vast majority of sports and most real life situations, is software"
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Consistency part 3
OK, after this and this post, this will be the last rant about consistency. But this comes about after spending 2 hours(!) in a waiting room yesterday with nothing but a pile of trashy womens magazines for company.
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Consistency…an update.
Following on from my previous post about consistency, a couple of people came up to me to ask:
"So shouldn't I change my current workout then?"
Due to me never reading my posts before I publish them, I want to be a politician for a moment and "clarify" what I meant...
What I meant to say was...
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Consistency
A very important factor that decides if an outcome is achieved or not, is consistency (simply doing something time and again and again and again).
Do the following stories sound familiar?
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Exercise bargin of the year!
In our circuit sessions, we have been doing barbell rollouts on our knees for a few months now (this is a fantastic way to strengthen your stomach/core). First time, they were hideously hard! I felt it for a week! But now...well, they are a bit run-of-the-mill to be honest...
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This weeks circuit training sessions was…
It was the first week back off the easter hols, so we had a nice easy session this week.
The group was split into 2 groups, and they alternated between shuttle runs and the following exercises...
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Why weight training is like a garage
Because of films, magazines and the media, about 99% of people seem to think that weight training = bodybuilding. This is not true. Bodybuilding is only a small subsection of weight training.
Instead I want you to think of weight training as a car mechanics garage...
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Keeping it simple brings real results
A regular in the gym I work at came up to me asking for newer, more elaborate exercises, because the ones she is doing now "aren't working".
Now I'll be the first to admit that there is nothing wrong with doing new, funky exercises...but do them for the right reasons.
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Exercise during pregnancy: Update
After yesterdays post about exercise during pregnancy, there was a question about what specific reps and sets of resistance should be done.
So here goes...
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