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Friday, 28th February

If you like to hit certain records all the time in the gym, or in sporting events, then don’t expect to hit them higher all the time without peaking for them, and giving yourself a day’s complete rest (at least) before attempting them.

This is also why most if not all the members of the gym who play sport never train on a Friday, or do very light sessions before a game on a Saturday. This is all about delivering your very best performance on a Saturday and game time.

Since the variety of exercise you now do in the gym will be vast, the overall effect to start with will be to make you more tired than normal because it will be the culmination of many different efforts over demanding exercises.

This is just your body getting used to different movements that require a different amount of energy levels.

Also, the training we do over a week requires three different energy systems due to the different lengths of time we spend doing different exercises, as well as the differing intensity levels we like to use too.

Research has shown time after time though, that if you are prepared to put the effort in doing well thought out exercises to suit your needs and performance levels, then with the amount of rest factored in too, then you will be able to smash through your previous personal bests!

All of this shows there is methodology used in your training, rather than just a “hit and hope” mentality that never works for anyone longer term, and increases the chance of injury greatly.

You need to make sure you plan is right, hitting all the right areas, and making sure your performance gets constantly better!

Twitt
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Thursday, 27th February

So some of you have gone through some tough sessions this week with me, and found it new and you have been aching in places you do not normally work.

These movements have been in my private training for years, now I am fully
incorporating them in the gym.

You may not work these areas of your body in your workouts usually, but you certainly do in everyday life. From making food in the kitchen when you turn side to side, bend down and then up, you may play sport and these movements will certainly apply to you as the one certainty on a sports field is UNCERTAINTY.

How about having a potential fall when you slip on something, how about the time when you have heavy bags from a supermarket, how about when you are lifting a small child from the car, how about the times when you have to lift or help out with an elderly relative or you may work with them, how about the time when you have to dig a garden, how about the time when you have to tidy your garden up now its spring?

I could go on and on with these possible everyday scenarios in your life, and its vital that you are prepared for them!

A lot of people go on about rehab with certain injuries, and that is something we do a lot of.

However, what I am talking about right now is prehab, this means the PREVENTION of injuries before they develop hopefully. Nobody can predict what happens, but making yourself stronger in every single area is very valuable indeed!

Twitt
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Wednesday, 26th February

Moving in straight lines is a thing of the past in terms of training, or at least it ought to be!

When you think of your regular weight training, you will usually move in straight lines in a fixed movement. Most people know I regard weight training as extremely important, vital in fact and that will never change but there are other options you need to do in ADDITION to this form of strength training.

The same with running in straight lines like someone will typically do in a sprint or on a long distance run especially. Sprints are great and one of the most productive techniques you can use and are vital in my view.

Longer distance running can be ok but is often at a cost to your joints, especially for those with poor running styles and poor running shoes and not changed often enough (every 500 miles or 6 months in general).

If you are not doing speed and agility, then you need to start doing it however slow you may start. It will only get better and with the right instruction it will get rapidly better.

All the recent additions in terms of equipment to the gym (over the last 7 days) are very much biased to you becoming much better at handling your own bodyweight and becoming more free in your movement.

These movements are also intended to mimic everyday life experiences in all that you do, as well as copying multi-sports movements.

This will lead to your core becoming a lot stronger again, and being ready for any eventuality in life that comes your way in movement terms.

Anytime you need full instruction on this new equipment let me know!

Twitt
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Tuesday, 25th February

Showing up all of the time is the difference between successful all the time, and having “patches” of success here and there.

When you do improve, you can always put that down to eating well, training well, sleeping well and performing consistently better in your numbers at the gym.

This is entirely possible and many do it all the time.

Everyone gets downtimes, when they are not at their best, and this makes us human beings and not perfect, nobody is.

What makes the difference though is your intent to get better, a deep desire to do your best all the time and look for new ways to achieve it.

We as a gym are constantly looking to get better, and I think we have clearly achieved that the last few weeks because we are having our highest ever percentage of members getting a superior level of results.

We have a big online investment going on too right now, which will give more and more feedback to your individual problems and experiences, and they will be personal to you.

I find taking time out to solve these problems as they happen makes the member figure out their problems immediately, stopping any potential problem in their tracks, and allows you to find your feet straight away again.

Talking about your limitations, celebrating success, working out how you will get to the next level, how you have overcome obstacles are all vital components to help you reach your potential so lets do it!!

Twitt
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Friday, 21st February

We concentrate on a bigger variety of training at the gym all the time, and that trend is very likely to continue with new ways of rising you to the highest level you can possibly be all the time.

The one thing you need to concentrate on doing is giving it your best effort, and adjusting to the new demands I put in front of you. I never ask anyone to do something I don’t think they can do, so have trust you are always going very much in the right direction.

If you go through the motions, you are likely to only get mediocre results and not develop in the way you really could.

If you focus on results, and give it your best every time, then the benefits you will get out of your training will be substantial and constantly surprise you in a pleasant way. Your body can respond to anything and this is why constant adjustment to your training programme is vital, and not something you should just think about
now and again.

If you hit outside work twice a week, then ignore it for the next two weeks then you are letting yourself down in terms of the progress you can get. If you finally get used to doing pull ups on the bar and you become good at deadlifts for example, and then you ignore them and only do lat pulldowns for your back instead, your body will notice this and dramatically slow down the results you have suddenly become used to.

The great thing about constantly being aware of the results you are getting is that you become totally aware of your eating too, you know that if you don’t eat well, then there is no way you can keep putting in meaningful efforts on your training, its impossible over the longer term.

Aim high and keep taking on new challenges!

Twitt