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    3 Ways To Train Smartly For Strength When You Return To The Gym
    Chris K
    • Jul 20, 2020
    • 8 min

    3 Ways To Train Smartly For Strength When You Return To The Gym

    This week, gyms in the UK are reopening. Many of you will have had to significantly change your training or have stopped training entirel...
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    The Devil In The Details: 24 Small Things To Improve Your Lifting & Mindset
    Chris K
    • May 11, 2020
    • 14 min

    The Devil In The Details: 24 Small Things To Improve Your Lifting & Mindset

    While recording an episode of The Grafters Podcast with Steven Cuthbert (host of Strength Chat Podcast) he chatted about a guest who woul...
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    Why You Should Keep Training Your Clients (Via Video)
    Chris K
    • Apr 1, 2020
    • 6 min

    Why You Should Keep Training Your Clients (Via Video)

    "Your PT sessions are more than just a training session."
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    Client Questions: How Do You Judge RPE When You Are Lifting Weights Above Your 1RM?
    Chris K
    • Oct 23, 2019
    • 2 min

    Client Questions: How Do You Judge RPE When You Are Lifting Weights Above Your 1RM?

    My client Ben Thornes of the infamous WAKEFIELD STRENGTH ACADEMY asks: How do you judge RPE when you've never lifted that weight before? ...
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    What Kind Of Deadlift Grip Should I Use? Part 2
    Chris K
    • Oct 16, 2019
    • 5 min

    What Kind Of Deadlift Grip Should I Use? Part 2

    In part 1 we discussed how I decided that hook grip was the best option for me as a powerlifter. In today's article, we'll be discussing ...
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    Gym Etiquette
    Chris K
    • Mar 23, 2017
    • 4 min

    Gym Etiquette

    THE RULES OF THE ROAD!! No one wants to be known throughout the gym as rude, inconsiderate or even someone to be avoided whenever possibl...
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    Too Busy To Train?
    Chris K
    • Mar 6, 2017
    • 3 min

    Too Busy To Train?

    So Busy! So Little Time! How To Make Time When You Don’t Have Time. In a perfect world we would get all the time we could possibly need t...
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