Ah, the lower back. Almost every week I get a couple of questions from people with a tight and painful lower back. Or when people first sign-up to my gym, the constant use of muscles they’ve never trained before can cause a lot of tightness and pain in the lower back.
Usually this is because when you train the muscles of your back and legs as opposed to the more frequently trained chest and back – those untrained muscles are weak!
Read MoreIn today’s climate, the access to information is easier than it has ever been. Whether it’s the 1000s of articles written around sets/reps, exercises, and training methods, or the millions of training videos posted on social media. There is no denying there are many different ways of getting strong. But, in the age of information overload, what sets the best lifters apart from the rest of the population?
What habits do the more successful lifters share?
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We all get stuck in a rut.
In fact, I believe the way we live our lives is broken.
People in the UK spend less than 2 hours of their day outside
The average british citizen will spend 47 years working, probably in a job they hate
The fitness media does a terrible job of separating facts from fiction.
And so try as we do, after doing a diet 95% of us will regain the fat lost within 3 yrs.
Back to 'stuck in a rut' mode
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I did this once.
Read MoreFitness has got a bad reputation:
> overly complex advice
> differing opinions
> extremely boring and strict methods
Which leads people to flat out give up.
In my opinion, giving up is never a good option.
Especially when we’re talking about giving up on your own health, strength and really, your sanity!
So is there such thing as an easy fitness plan?
Read MoreEver had one of those lightbulb moments?
I have them all the time.
not because I'm particularly clever
But usually because I'm doing things so arse-backwards that when I finally see the light it's a big revelation.
Take lifting weights, for example.
Read MoreI love eating out, one of the best meals I've ever had was in Hawksmoor, Manchester.
Oak panels, secret passages, old-world feel, old fashioned whiskeys, steak, wine...... you gotta try it.
Anyway....
Fancy dining is great, but I don't depend entirely on restaurant meals for my nutrition.
That'd be stupid, right?
Read MoreEvery lifter, athlete and gym goer will experience it, even those who take the time to warm up, mobilising, prehab and use correct form within a correctly structured exercise program… you will, at some point get injured.
I know the pain of being side-lined (as I write this is I am suffering from a shoulder injury.)
It was my first time playing for the seniors, I was 15 and knew nothing about anything, up until this point every game from warm up to cool down was run by a coach, I had never really thought about how or why I should warm up.
Anyway, I turned to the senior captain and asked what I should do to warm up, he replied “ah just summa deez and then we will be good to go” swinging his arms out and in a couple of times, touched the floor, shook out his legs and he was done.
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