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Pause reps: How and why you should use these.
Pause reps: How and why you should use these. You may see people in the gym pausing mid-rep during a squat or maybe even a deadlift. For anyone who hasn’t, it is when you come to a dead stop at a certain point in the movement. There are two main reasons why I suggest you […]
What is Powerlifting, and what to expect at our in-house Competition?
What is Powerlifting, and what to expect at our in-house Competition? Our in-house powerlifting competition is fast approaching! It’s no doubt that some members who are new to resistance training are wondering what it’s all about. Powerlifting is a strength sport, where people of all ages and experience levels compete in the squat, bench press […]
Lifestyle Habits For Long Term Health. Part 3 – Optimising exercise and food intake.
Optimize your exercise and food intake. We all know that diet and exercise are important for overall health. There is always arguments about what kind of foods to eat and when to eat them, but for the most part, you probably have an idea of what kind of foods are good for your body and […]
Lifestyle Habits For Long Term Health. Part 2 – Get more natural sunlight.
Get More Natural Sunlight during the day and limiting exposure to bright light at night has amazing benefits. Exposure to UVB radiation, is important for many reasons, one being Vitamin D which is essential for the expression of over one thousand genes in the body. Vitamin D deficiency is a widespread issue and is associated […]
Lifestyle Habits For Long Term Health. Part 1 – Managing stress.
When it comes to anything in life, I find it helps to build a solid foundation if we hope to have success. The issue with health and well-being is that we have gotten away from the foundational practices that keep us running optimally. We all know that exercise is important to staying fit and healthy. […]
3 tips for overcoming a lack of motivation
Lack of motivation is something that almost everyone goes through at times and something we deal with a lot as trainers. Here are 3 tips to overcome this: 1. Stop making excuses. So you’re feeling unmotivated? This is the time when we start hearing a lot of reasons and excuses for cancelled training sessions and […]
Flexible Dieting
As far as ‘dieting’ goes, it seems like the list of diets are quite endless. From Atkins to Caveman, Keto to Straw, there are so many to choose from. The common trend we see in most of these are that the ‘diet’ puts you in a calorie deficit. (you eat less than you burn- which […]