Keto at a Glance The keto diet is very popular at present and for good reason. This type of diet can be very effective for fat loss. Keto is based on high fat, low carb and moderate protein. Helps keep your blood sugar levels stable and can be very effective for Fat Loss. This diet … Read more
Over recent times there has been a surge of interest from women getting into various forms of weight lifting. This is due to many reasons, more so the multitude of benefits that come with lifting weights on a regular basis and the myth that they will end up looking like Arnold being consistently debunked. But, lets get … Read more
Compound exercises are the most underutilised advantageous method of increasing all round strength and performance. Machines are great and have their place in complimenting any training routine but are far too often relied upon, more so due to the fact that people aren’t confident in the correct execution of a compound exercise or just not … Read more
The common saying is “train smarter not harder” which can mean different things depending on who you ask. I have quite often thought to myself that if you train smarter won’t this allow you to train harder?? Who are the people using this phrase? Generally people with injuries or who have been injured in the past, … Read more
A diet is: The kinds of food that a person, animal, or community habitually eat. You would have a bad diet if you consistently ate fast food. A special course of food to which a person restricts themselves, either to lose weight or for medical reasons. You need to go on a diet to lose … Read more
It’s a quite common for us to make the time and effort to get to the gym only to get there and “go through the motions”. This more often than not means we take the easy way out and use the pin loaded machines, not that I’m saying this is a bad thing, at least … Read more
If you want to live a long healthy life and be fit and strong while doing it, resistance training for hypertrophy (muscle growth) is what you need to be doing. Functional hypertrophy is something for everyone, not just the usual “gym junkie”. If we break it down, functional meaning practical and useful, hypertrophy meaning muscle … Read more
Being busy has been a long running excuse for many as to why they can’t fit in their training and can’t eat what they should be eating. More people in general are busier than ever these days and ironically more people are undertaking some sort of consistent training routine, making the whole “too busy” excuse … Read more