Training

Fitness trackers are notoriously bad at determining your calorie burn, but they've been proven to be pretty accurate for step count and heart rate tracking. So, determined to increase my cardio output last year, I got myself one and have worn it every day since. But, like the best-laid plans

Today marks a year since I started Low Fatigue Training. I've completed three 16wk cycles, and I'm getting better at the "less is more" approach, but still struggle to get the right balance. Ahead of the last cycle, I started adding a step-up set, which was the top-set minus 5%

Take that 50 (birthday last week) - or rather, take 150kg (330lbs/23.6st) for 2 reps and a new squat PR, and 93kg (205lbs/14.6st) for 2 reps and a new bench press PR! There's the saying that "age is just a number", and as a number, it

Test week has come and gone, and I'm delighted to report a 170kg (375lbs/26.7st) Squat PR! Up from 162.5kg set at the start of March. Over the last year that's 10kg added - I'll take that considering my recent back tweak and being (mostly!) in a calorie

Have been feeling a bit fatigued recently. For the past 12wks, I've been pushing a bit harder than I maybe should have. Top sets were as prescribed, but added 3% to the drop sets to make the weight more challenging - it's the volume in drop sets that drives a

The Hatfield squat moves the hands from the bar to the rack, so that the arms can be used in the movement. Requires the Safety Squat Bar (SSB) instead of a regular barbell, so it can be balanced hands-free. I got this SSB soon after starting barbell squats as just

I've been trying out something new the last couple of weeks. Previously, my lowest weight increment was 2.5kg. This sometimes meant a struggle to increase weight on a weekly basis when using the same rep and REP (Rate of Perceived Exertion) scheme, as the jump in e1RM (Estimated 1

Completed my 16wks of Low Fatigue Training, but it ended in a bit of frustration as I tweaked my back a couple of weeks ago, and was unable to test my maxes - gave it a go, but it just wasn't happening unfortunately. Had the option of re-running the Peaking

You can speed up your time in the gym by utilising "super sets". The idea is that if you've 2 or more movements that are antagonistic to each other (push vs pull), then they can be performed one after the other with a shared rest period.Movement A and movement

Positive heart-health promoting exercises generally fall under the banner of cardio, which can be broken into 2 main forms; HIIT (high intensity interval training) and LISS (low intensity steady state). Both have their place, and arguably neither is superior to the other. Resistance training, can be overlooked in this regard,