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13 Dec

Posted at 12:14h in Training

At the start of the second lockdown in November I wrote an article about how to get the most out of your training at home. Now that the gyms are open again, I will focus on how you can optimise your training sessions back in the gym. So whether you've been training for years and are looking to take it to the next level or just starting out, hopefully this will help you! Firstly, principles stay the same. Whenever we train we always want to train the body through certain movement patterns; in my 'Training at Home' blog I wrote out a basic 2-day split. You can still use this split now you're back in the gym as it incorporates all natural body movements and targets all major muscle groups, the only thing we need to change is the rep range. The rep range that we decide to use is based upon...

05 Nov

Posted at 23:27h in Training

Training at home can be tricky and it might not seem like it but even with limited or no equipment, you can still make progress towards your physique goals. All it takes is a little bit of know how, thinking outside the box, and the want to get it done. For the majority of us the biggest challenge when training at home is that equipment can be very limited. However, I'm sure that if you looked hard enough you would be able to find some old dumbbells or a kettlebell that you have lying around. If not, resistance bands or even a TRX are great pieces of kit that you could use. Now, if for whatever reason you can't get hold of any equipment whatsoever, there are plenty of household objects you could use from; water bottles, the classic tins of beans to a backpack weighed down with books. In general, at home...