Eughhhhh it’s time to deload, we’re a bit beat up and tired… Lighter weights. Short workouts. But we know they need to be done, I mean they’re in the most successful programmes. However, if we’re working less hard and are in the gym for less time, won’t we burn fewer calories? — So if we’re dieting […]
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Have you competed but struggled to get the conditioning required to win? Maybe you’ve started on a contest prep but didn’t get as lean as you liked …so pulled out? Possibly you compete year on year, never really seeing the results you want??? Well with the 2016 Bodybuilding season getting underway we want to start thinking
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It’s not uncommon for experienced lifters to pick up injuries along their lifting career, but what allowed Chris Janssen to go from being unable to squat without anguish to setting Personal Records on the platform? I first started working with Chris in June 2015, at this time he just wanted to drop some fat and
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You’re looking to get bigger and stronger, you’ve got a decent base to do it from. But you don’t seem to be progressing. When you first went to the gym results came pretty fast, you got noticeable stronger almost every session and after a few months it was obvious you’d packed on muscle. 1. You
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Last weeks article went down like a storm: 11 Gifts Every Serious Powerlifter should have on their Christmas List – (& why) And because of the positive feedback I wanted provide you the bodybuilder with a tool to take your training up a gear in the new year. So today I introduce to you occlusion
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Are you a powerlifter? Or even just someone who loves to Squat, Bench and Deadlift? Not sure what you want for Christmas, but know you would enjoy getting stronger? Well, I have some must have items for any serious Powerlifter, and well what better time to get them than at Christmas. You can tell your
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When we first begin lifting we get strong real quick. This is because every time we lift, our body sees it as a threat and adapts to it, getting stronger. We get stronger mainly because of neurological adaptations, not muscle growth. However, past this stage it becomes more difficult to get strong. Our old training approach
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It has long been thought that we need to confuse our muscles to help them grow. Switch it up. The response nowadays is that this is baloney, rubbish and a bad idea. I am going to argue today that when used right not only is Muscle Confusion good, but it is absolutely pivotal to progress.
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Do you exercise? Or… Do you train? You might be sitting thinking; what is the difference? Well there is a big one, trust me. People who exercise don’t progress, they go to the gym, pick up a few weights, jump on some cardio machine, do some stretches and leave. They might go three times a
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One element in training that is sometimes overlooked is rest times. Sure we have our sets, reps and maybe even tempos, but how much time should we rest between sets, and does it even matter? On one side of the coin, I see people with their stopwatches, or those clock watchers, who won’t pick up
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