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What do you really want? Do you want long term results that stick, or do you want to feel better in the instant but pretty much get what you’ve always gotten? This is the question. The crux. The dichotomy that most people suffer from when they travel along their fitness journey. Can you delay your […]
A swing is not a squat Maximum hip bend, minimal knee. This is the mantra which has led many who will do exactly what you tell them to do to hit themselves in the butt with their own kettlebell. The fitness world now seems to understand that a swing is not a ‘squat-swing’, but the […]
The organisations that govern the professions of Medicine, Engineering, Teaching, Accountancy, etc, require that to call yourself things like Doctor, Chartered Engineer/Accountant, Teacher, etc, that you complete a certain amount of Continuing Professional Education (CPD) every two years. The fitness industry is lacking in that regard. A lot of trainers get a qualification and never […]
In the first part I laid out that if training is only 10% of achieving your physical goals, then the remainder is made up from: Sleep – Training equals trauma, sleep is when you repair. Poor sleep means little improvement. Nutrition – If you ain’t got the bricks and mortar, you ain’t building the body […]
One of my female students who I see twice a month was training in a chain gym. It’s common for me to only see my clients twice a month, but I harass them a couple of times a week via email about training/dietary compliance. You see, I’m all about ‘teaching students’ rather than ‘working out […]
One of the most important abilities of a coach who is training a student over the long term is the ability to sit and listen. Using the occasionally prod to get the students to keep talking, it’s amazing how many of their problems they already have the answer to inside themselves. The process of vocalising […]
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