Good posture should align your body so that minimal stress is placed on joints and the supporting muscles, tendons, and ligaments. This results in the stresses of daily life being distributed evenly. Good posture also allows you to facilitate movement as efficiently as possible, which decreases the stress on your joints, increases your overall performance, and allows for optimal function of your internal organs and nervous system. Maintaining optimal positioning [...]

My first four books are not far from completion. However, it's now time to create the video demonstrations for all the exercises in the books. It's going to quite a mammoth task, with over 250 videos to get done, but I'm excited to get cracking. All the video demonstration will be free with the books!  

The 5S Kids learning the basics of barbell training. Here Millie is working with a 13kg barbell to work on overhead press technique. The overhead press is a greatly underused exercise. A lot of it has to do with the fact the bench press tends to get all the attention when it comes to pushing exercises. However, it also comes down to the fact it's an inherently hard exercise... It's [...]

What do you look for in a Coach/PT? Out of the 3 below, who would you choose? Their Physique? Their lifting ability? Their qualifications? Their experience? Other? Just because an individual has an amazing physique or the ability to lift monstrous weights... Can they coach you to be/do the same? What does it say about the coach, if they don't practise what they preach? Above: Vasily Alekseyev - Not a [...]

Making them Deadlift gains - 5x5 @200kg Although I like to mix up sumo and conventional (tend to max out on sumo), I will be transitioning to conventional for a whole phase of training. Along with deep, narrow stance, high bar back squatting... Taking down the weight and building back up. I've made good progression hitting the maximal effort method (90%+) multiple times a week. However, I feel my soft [...]