Master the Basics – Hitting Your Daily Protein Target
Protein has been a hot topic for the last few years, so much so that every food company under the sun now labels products as “high protein”.
Master the Basics
Master the Basics – Building Your Strength Training Sessions
Organising your week is up to you and will be based on the number of sessions you can do and how vital strength training is to you.
Master the Basics – Breathing & Bracing
One piece of insider info that isn’t often shared is that if you learn how to breathe and brace, you will automatically train your “core”.
Master the Basics – Align Your Diet With Your Training
The classic “I train so I can eat what I want” sentiment can only get you fa, so I want to come at this from a slightly different angle.
Master the Basics – Weights
I see many social media posts claiming that one method is superior, nonsense. They all have their place, and if you are lucky enough to have access to them, you should use them all in your training.
Master the Basics – Volume
When strength training it’s often stated that you should progress with load or volume. What is volume and is it more than just adding a rep to an exercise?
Master the Basics – Undulating Reps
When people first start to train, everyone naturally falls into the 8-10 or 10-12 rep range. That’s great for the first year, but after a while, you might want to explore some other reps ranges.
Master the Basics – Tempo
Tempo is a challenging topic which means I can’t show you a tonne of research supporting tempos as a valuable way to progress an exercise.
Master the Basics – Strength Training
Strength in the weight room is all about the capacity to produce a force which is calculated: Mass x Acceleration. So the more load/mass you can move and the faster you can move, the “stronger” you are.
Master the Basics – Range Of Motion (ROM)
Increasing the range or depth in which you take a movement is a great way to progress the training stimulus. Having the capacity to move joints through the full expression of motion is essential to ensuring well-rounded strength and long-term joint health.
