Reading Material At some point in the last week, I wrote an article entitled "Why PT's Should Continue To Train Their Clients Via Video." In this article, I ...

"Your PT sessions are more than just a training session."

I'll be adding more to these as (and if) isolation and social distancing carry on for the foreseeable future. As Tony Gentilcore rightly says, the best train...

This weekend we had the British Female Powerlifting Championship over 2 days. I had 2 athletes competing this weekend and I'll be making a separate post for ...

If you are a strength coach, a PT or anyone that has to introduce someone to lifting weights or if you are looking to start lifting weights yourself then thi...

Today we are going to discuss two phases of my Powerlifting/Strongman programming that I use for most of my clients. These phases are: The Coaching Phase The...

This is a post for both clients and coaches. Or for my 3.8 regular readers. You heroes. Yeah, I'm talking to you, you loveable rogue. The ability to learn new...

Today we begin by celebrating the melancholy brilliance of Wintersun. Check them out on your favourite music provider and if you get the chance to see them l...

Do you want to spice up some of your secondary/assistance/exercises that happen after the 'main movements'? First of all, let me just say that this isn't "on...

The Code: -Be able to progress or regress any exercise you give to a client. - Always be learning - Always be coaching - When in doubt, refer out - Keep thin...

I began wondering this while I should have been counting the reps of the client I was training at the time. This makes me a terrible coach. It may, however, ...

With every Powerlifting competition comes various lessons about how I can be a better coach and how I can prepare people more effectively for competitions. T...

In the first 3 parts of this series, we discussed at some length, how I choose which grip someone should use. Today, I thought I'd refer to other far more in...

As January fast approaches, and because I promised it in my blog post last week here are a couple of handy infographics to help you navigate a busy gym full ...

Following on from last week here are a few infographics to help you navigate an incredibly busy gym floor without having to massively deviate from your progr...

Wow, what an intense weekend of lifting. This week we travelled to York for the YNEPF open with 4 of my athletes to test their metal, to test my abilites as ...

The gym I operate out of is great. Therefore lots of people train there. Recently, it's been busy to the point of various people sharing platforms and squat ...

Often, PT's, strength coaches and everyone else who is in this game will get so caught up in researching fitness, programming nuances and the like that when ...

In part 2, we spoke about the assessments I use to determine what grip you should use for the bulk of your training. In part 3 we will be looking at going in...

My client Ben Thornes of the infamous WAKEFIELD STRENGTH ACADEMY asks: How do you judge RPE when you've never lifted that weight before? For my readers who a...