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Lower Back Pain – The Low-Down
Lower back pain can be related to a specific issue, and can sometimes require a clinical professional, but more and more often these days it is caused by imbalances, sedentary lifestyles and sitting. Coach Craig explores how an experienced PT can guide you through fixing all of these.
Size! The Mechanisms of Hypertrophy
“Everybody wanna be a bodybuilder, but nobody wanna lift no heavy ass weight.” Coach Sale explores the work of Brad Schoenfeld, Bret Contreras and Ronnie Coleman in a bite-sized deconstruction of hypertrophy, and why you should include it in your size and strength work.
Stuart McGill’s Big 3 – Spinal Health and Longevity
The McGill Big 3 is a set of core exercises that need more exploration than they get. They provide ultimate bang for the buck in terms of rehabilitation of spine injury and maintaining good spinal health. Coach Fletch demonstrates them here.
How to Prime Your Body for Strength – The Central Nervous System (CNS)
Priming your body for a training session is an often-overlooked, easy change to make to your routine to see hugely increased benefits. The central nervous system represents the mind part of the mind-muscle connection, and priming your CNS can maximise your training benefit.
The Importance of Breathing – A Primer into Diaphragmatic Breathing
“The Importance of Breathing”. What a stupid thing to write an article on, I hear you say! Well, you’re not entirely wrong. Breathing is an automatic process. If we don’t breathe we die. Coach Sale explores the importance of using breathing technique in all things fitness and health.
Shut Up and Lift – A Primer on Jim Wendler, 5-3-1 and GPP
I love the 5-3-1 template. I don't always use it, but I have done in the past and when I did it got me pretty damn strong. Today I’m going to use it as a base for a little rant. Firstly, I would like to thank Jim Wendler for his massive, simple contribution to...
Hypermobility – All you need to Know
Have you ever heard of the term double-jointed? I remember when I was at school and Big Stu could do some amazing things with his limbs, you know, like kicking himself in the back of the head or combing his hair with his toes. Ok, I’m exaggerating a little, but...
Sleep Part 2 – 7 Steps to Improved Sleep
In this second part of the Sleep series, Coach Craig enlightens you on 7 steps to better sleep. Take action now, and take your sleep as seriously as you do your nutrition!
Stand Tall: Posture Series – Part 2
Stand Tall Part 2 - The Application of the very basics in SMR and Mobility "I have realised that my posture needs to be addressed" - if you have made this realisation, you are in the 1%. So where to go from here? We have come to the conclusion we should have a good,...
Sleep – 5 Key Benefits You Could Be Losing Out On
A good night's sleep is incredibly important for good health. Alongside exercise and nutrition, it is one of the most important pillars of well-being. For some people, the effects on performance could be just as potent as a performance-enhancing drug and yet, due to...
