So in the wake of leaving a job very close to my heart, I finished my last few days soldiering in the very first place I started this time 8 years ago and I forgot what an absolute nightmare of a place that is! I love travelling, culture, meeting new people and trying new things, [...]
Just like the deadlift there is no where to hide with the strict press. Just like the deadlift there is no eccentric movement to prime and assist the muscles. And just like the deadlift you have to be immensely strong to put up some serious weight. Pressing a big weight overhead forces your entire musculature [...]
Often debated against the squat as the king of all exercises, the deadlift will build transferable strength like no other. The kind of rate of force production required to pick up a heavy deadlift is quite unlike any other exercise, this is largely due in fact to the lack of the eccentric factor. Eccentric muscle [...]
Alright if its squats for athletes, then its guaranteed to be bench for the gym rats. The most commonly available equipment in the free weights, the bench press has been slammed in the past for being the dreaded 'non-functional', however pushing is pushing, whether that's horizontal or vertical. The bench press is also a must when looking [...]
Probably the number 1 lift the majority of athletes will be seeking to improve is the back squat. Assistance exercises for the squat warrants an entire article of itself, to address every particular weakness in a muscle group that therefor relates to a breakdown in form. Here I'm just going to give an overall broad [...]
The joys of bulking, eat what you want when you want. That's the premise of the 'see food, eat food' diet, unfortunately effective bulking isn't that simple, unless you want to put on a whole lot of fat in the process. No, I'm not talking about adding lean mass here, I'm talking about no holds bard, [...]
Its very distinct. Through the mist of chalk being slapped on the hands you sense a feeling in the air that shits about to go down. Take a closer look and you will see 20kg plates stacked enough to outweigh a small car, with a thick, muscular back as wide as a barn door stood [...]
Try this brutal, quick calorie burner that'll have you waking up in the morning wondering how it was ever possible for your traps and shoulders to be that sore. Conditioning Challenge 1. 10 minute AMRAP Kettlebell snatches. Do not allow the kettle bell to touch the floor. The moment the weight touches the [...]
When we think of hypertrophy or muscle building, most of us tend to think body building style programs, where the goal is to exhaust a particular muscle group through several different exercises with an absurd amount of reps to crank the volume up. For a change try to mix things up utilising all over compound movements, [...]
