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Five for Friday
2 NOVBack to basics today. The last few weeks I’ve put a slight spin on Five for Friday and stuck to one particular topic, but this week I’m going for the traditional FFF format as there are just too many damn good articles floating around the Interwebz at the moment. Here y’a – 1. “Smart, Strong and Sexy” by Roman http://www.romanfitnesssystems.com/blog/smart-strong-and-sexy/ Think all the best personal trainers and strength coaches are male? ...
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Reflex Diet Carnitine RTD Review
29 OCTI was contacted by UK-based sports nutrition company Reflex last week and asked if I’d like to try some of their new products. http://www.reflex-nutrition.com/ I believe the answer I gave was something along the lines of “Hell Yes.” I was sent a few different RTD (Ready-To-Drink) supplements, and decided to give the Diet Carnitine a go first off. If you’re currently scratching your head Homer Simpson-style, wondering what on earth carnitine is...
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Five Reasons Your Workouts Stink
26 OCTEveryone has off days from time to time. You know – those workouts that just don’t feel right. In reality, this isn’t a massive issue. I remember hearing a podcast interview with Coach Dan John where he suggested that everyone has a 5-workout cycle. Out of every five workouts you have: -1 awesome one -3 pretty good one -1 all out gut-wrenchingly, tear-inducing awful one. Don’t sweat it if you tend to go like this. In fact, I’d say this is pretty much ideal, you can't be perfect all the time. However, it’s when you start getting extra crappy workouts here and there that it ...
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Five for Friday - 5 New Protein Sources
19 OCTTired of chicken, tuna and eggs? It’s no secret that to build muscle, shred fat, ramp up your metabolism and generally be pretty awesome you need lots of protein. That’s protein at breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks in between too. None of this “I had a chicken breast on Tuesday and a shake this morning so I’ve had enough.” That simply doesn’t cut it. If you’re serious about your results you’ve got to get serious about protein. I’ll admit though, eating the...
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Five New Ways of Using Resistance Bands
12 OCTResistance bands ain't just for old ladies and yoga classes. No Siree. Bands have always been popular as a rehab tool, but are also rapidly gaining popularity in the strength and conditioning industry and even the world of bodybuilding as an awesome way to build muscle and strength, and make exercises more challenging. I'm by no means a "bands man" but when you do mobilt personal training, you can't really chuck a Monolift, Hammer Strength pulldown machine or a 7 foot Olympic bar with 200...
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Getting Large and In Charge with Classical Music, and How I Hit a Deadlift PB Thanks To The William Tell Overture
9 OCTYeah, so I just used the phrase “Large and in Charge” as part of an article title. What of it? At least it got you to this point, even if you’re only still reading as you’re appalled at how awful it was. Basically I’ve been doing some thinking recently. (Dangerous I know.) I’ve worked and trained in several gyms over the last half dozen years or so and all of them had one theme in common – absolutely terrible music. Seriously, who can get a great workout when Taylor Swift is playing? I don’t think I’ve seen...
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Five for Friday
5 OCT1. "A Yearly Strength Training Plan" by Tim Henriques http://www.t-nation.com/free_online_article/most_recent/a_yearly_strength_plan Too many of us blidnly follow the same routine day after day, week after week, month after month, years after year, decade after - okay, you get the idea. Point is, we think that by just aiming to lift a bit more each session, doing a couple of extra reps and generally grinding out a bit more here and there, we can make progress. Big no-no. ...