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This blog offers practical and expert advice drawn from over 25 years of experience personal training actors and everyone else.
Training Actors vs. Training the General Population: Why the Goal Dictates the Method
Actor transformations are often glamorised in the fitness industry, dramatic before-and-after photos, shredded shirtless scenes, and stories of extreme commitment. Actor body transformation. But behind the headlines is a process that’s as technical, time-sensitive, and [...]
Gentlemen’s Journal Interview – How to Build Muscle
A couple of weeks back The Gentleman Journal asked if they could have an interview covering the basics of hypertrophy (muscle building) - There is lots more we went into around fibre type, stretch vs squeeze [...]
The most common mistake I see in clients with backpain…
Backpain is a pain Whilst it may be tempting to follow that statement up with a snappy or click-bait 'but it doesn't need to be' the fact is that for some people osseous structures [...]
Exercising through the ages
Since being on the 'other' side of 40 I have been getting asked for comment on the effects and importance of different forms of exercise as we age. (I'm taking that as being complementary [...]
Why I Ask Every Client to Walk More
Walking is, in my opinion, the most under rated form of exercise there is. I am well aware that there are a lot of trainers and influencers claiming its not 'proper' training and you have to [...]
The Anti Rotation Dead-bug
The underlying principle of core training is one of creating stability. We should be training our core to do two main tasks – protect the spine, and to transmit force between the upper body and [...]
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