Lower Back Pain – The Low-Down

Introduction  Lower back pain… There, that got your attention! Didn’t it? You see, I bet everyone has had a spell of lower back pain in their lives. The spine is literally the centrepiece of our skeleton and we cannot function well without a strong and...

Size! The Mechanisms of Hypertrophy

Why Hypertrophy?  In today’s world, everybody wants to look good. Walk into any gym across the country it’s filled with people with this mindset – from the young wannabe “bros” curling in the squat rack, to the females on the stepper looking for their...

Stuart McGill’s Big 3 – Spinal Health and Longevity

So you have a client who has suffered a back injury? They are in the gym with you ready and raring to go, and as their trainer, you don’t even know where to start? Or consider this – you are training an athlete who’s been in the game a little longer, or maybe...