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Thursday, 17th April

The results we keep having aren’t a coincidence, and it’s all our members feedback and reaction to our programmes that has led to it. We try to learn every single session, every single day and how and why everyone reacts differently to our huge variety of workouts now.

They are themselves a result of years of experience of the people we train giving us the feedback we need to tweak things and force a programme through even when the going gets tough.

Number one rule is to be cautious with everyone you train.

Push them only gradually in terms of intensity, and make sure you think that they are ready and capable of the next stage up.

Then always ask the person you train the next day how they feel.

If they can feel the workout the next day, then that’s good and if they enjoyed the workout then that’s even better.

Exercise sessions should be a small part of the big plan and where we want to be in one month’s time. Then it’s time to re-assess whether what we are doing is working or not, and this is why we always like to back it up with testing right across the board as you all know by now.

If your results are good, lets develop it some more and figure how we can make the results outstanding.

If your results are disappointing, let’s scrutinize what went wrong and change it around right then and there!
This system seems to be working very well and thanks for all of your continuing feedback!

Twitt
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Wednesday,16th April

Rest intervals are highly important for your workouts, and can make the difference between having very effective sessions, or just going through the same old thing which will sooner or later put a halt on your progress.

Many of you must have been to a place where they have 5 minutes in between sets, have a chat in between sets and generally there is “no rush” on the training session.

Look at those who do it, then decide whether you want to emulate them.

This feels a really comfortable place to be for all the wrong reasons.

Staying in your comfort zone is fun but not very challenging. The longer you stay in your comfort zone, the longer you are not going to get the results you want.

Simply reducing your rest in between sets can be the smartest thing you do this week.

You may get a bit out of puff, you may even have to lower the weights you use, but you will be all the better for it, and become a lot fitter too, reduce your body fat and feel a lot, lot better in 4 weeks or so.

We challenge all our members on their rest periods, and there’s never much sitting around not doing anything. We want everyone to keep on improving, so stay ahead of the game and reduce your rest periods!

Twitt
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Monday, 14th April

Monday morning should always give you fresh opportunity to improve, to move better and to renew your body after some of the excesses of the weekend, and face the weekend with fresh optimism and momentum.

There is a big chance of you improving on a Monday if you are regular exerciser, because a good programme will demand fresh progress out of you regularly.

Your body is perfectly able to improve and much more resilient than you think.

Certain conditions have to happen though to enable you to take fresh opportunities, and set yourself up for success.
You have to eat well 80% of the time to allow your body to be energized for your workouts, and to recover from them much more quickly.

You have to be on a progressive progamme that encourages you to take new challenges on. Working with someone who has a similar ability to you is always positive, and you know im going to do my best to get everything out of you anyway.

Getting everyone to move in different ways that are more beneficial can take some time but is always worth it.

Once you do this, no matter what the individual age is, the results always come faster and the person you are training can achieve much more sustainable results.

Everyone needs to “re-awaken” their body and remind themselves of how they used to move when they were at their very peak in life. Not only that, with the right type of training you are very likely to move even better, and with much more strength and speed!

Twitt
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Thursday, 10th April

After coming out of a long dark and wet winter, it’s vital you come into the spring as fresh as possible.

Many of you train 5-6 times a week with us, and this will usually mean that you are in great shape, that you have improved substantially over the winter and there’s a very strong chance that your fitness is at its all-time best.

Sometimes though we all hit a wall and we don’t know really what to do about it.

Our motivation goes down a bit, we can’t get a constantly good performance out of ourselves, and we wonder whether we can hit the heights anymore.

We may see people who we have been training with pull slightly ahead of us, and we may lose our enthusiasm to stay with them. This is a sign that you need to step back a bit.

A great answer to these problems is to train LESS for a while in terms of days.

Cutting back to three days a week for a month or so can make all the difference.

On your days off, try doing different things, enjoy yourself whatever you want to do, and you will give your mind a good rest from your programme.

The result from this type of approach is that you start enjoying your training much more again.

When you hit those three sessions a week, they tend to be of much higher quality again because you will realise again what you are really capable of.

You will start to make gains again and your body will thank you for getting off a schedule that you needed a break from.

I usually find that a month is usually enough, and then most of those who have cut back feel ready to step it up again and hit extra days again.

You can feel the rest has done them good, and most people go on to reach new personal highs in their next cycle of training.

Training in different cycles is very common with professional athletes, who find it an absolute must to peak for their events.

Training smart and taking days off when you need them will always keep you close to your peak, and keep you mentally fresh just when you need it.

Twitt
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Sunday, 6th April

Shaking things up with your training means that you shake things up with your internal body too. Your body can react very positively to change in all sorts of ways, shaping your body’s destiny and take you to new levels of wellbeing and athleticism.

Results happen quicker when you challenge yourself in different ways, try things that you really thought you wouldn’t be good at, re-discover the movements that you may not have tried since you were in school, actually increase your speed as you get older, learn to move much more efficiently and without so much effort-yet still move quicker, learn that weight training is definitely not the enemy and won’t make you big if you are a female-just make you leaner, harder, re-shape your body and lose any annoying areas of body fat that keep on concerning you.

If you have limited yourself to certain forms of training, and don’t think you can change, then you are really underestimating yourself and not realizing anywhere near your short or long term potential.

I have seen people who have never been runners, become runners and move with real speed and agility.

There are girls who have become some our best athletes, and regularly beats the guys-WITHOUT getting too much out of breath anymore.

Our variety of training has never been greater, and my best bit of advice is to try them all and see where you come out the other side, you will definitely be extremely pleased with the overwhelmingly superior results!

Twitt