Social media, although it can have many positive effects, can also seriously skew your view of the world. The fitness industry is particularly guilty of this – myself included. I’m sure you can see from my social media that most of the time I post positive...
Create a calorie deficit with diet. For three days record everything you eat as honestly and accurately as possible. Work out how many calories you are currently consuming to maintain your weight using a tool such as ‘MyFitnessPal’. Reduce this amount by between 300-500 calories thus...
If you are looking to lose weight or gain a better understanding of nutrition, then quit wasting time on FB and get on MyFitnessPal. I've heard it a million times before that people don’t have time to track their food. This is obviously rubbish as the...
Whether it’s a cheat meal, a night out with your friends, or a week-long holiday, making healthier choices to stay on track can be difficult, and can often leave you feeling as though you’ve fallen off the wagon. I wanted to take a look at a...
In this picture we have 2 slices of toast – 1 has 10g of butter and the other has 25g of butter. The difference is about 112 calories which may not sound like a lot but over the course of a week, this equates to...
Mindset is something that everyone will struggle with at some point in their life, whether it is in your training, in your business, personal life etc.; everyone will experience this. Mindset is something that has to be in place to be successful with any goal,...
Now, you may look at this and think, what do bear holds even do? Doesn't look too challenging...
PRESS UP WITH A TWIST Now, we all love the classic press up exercise (or you all should anyway). As we know, it's a great chest builder but also trains the triceps, shoulders and core. There are endless variations to the press up from the plyometric...
Plate-Loaded Lat Pulldown We are mostly used to using the cable lat pull down with the bar which is great variation. For me, I certainly find that I feel the contraction so much more with the plate loaded pull down. Latissimus dorsi muscles (lats) seem to...
Wildcard Wednesday - Turkish Get Up (TGU) Want to move better, increase your core strength and build strong shoulders? Try the Turkish get up. [video width="1920" height="1080" mp4="http://www.theclubgym.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Wildcard-Wednesday-Turkish-Get-Up.mp4"][/video] Although it looks complicated, it can be broken down into these simple steps. How To: 1. From your side - loop your...