Most people notice that when they start back lifting weights again after a long time off their muscles grow back a lot faster than they took to grow the first time round, this is what is talked about as muscle memory.  There is no scientific evidence to suggest that the muscles have memory and grow [...]

Get some weightlifting shoes- proper weightlifting shoes will give you much better stability thus improving your squat.  Most people when they try proper weightlifting shoes are surprised by the difference in their squat instantly.
Perform front squats- front squats will help improve your back squat by teaching you to perform better squats whilst in an upright [...]

Often when I go to big commercial gyms I see people diving on the pull up bars for a warm up, I couldn’t think of a worse bit of equipment to warm up on.  Doing pull ups is like warming up on a lat pull down bar with your own weight as the plate load, [...]

Below are 4 great bodybuilding tips that all weightlifters can benefit from knowing.  (These tips apparently came from Dorian Yates at one of his seminars but I am not 100%, they sounded great so thought I would share them here, they do sound like the words you would expect from Dorian.)

On bent over rows don’t [...]

Below are 5 great workout laws you should always stick to, to ensure great results.

Take 2 days completely off each week- That means no cardio either.  2 full rest days will give you the best growth, remember it is when you are resting that your body grows.
Vary your exercises and rep ranges- to avoid the [...]

Pro natural bodybuilder Layne Norton has agreed to become an author of this blog and starts next week, which is great news as Layne is an expert on bodybuilding and the science behind bodybuilding.  Layne will be writing a few articles each month here specifically on the science to do with bodybuilding and bodybuilding nutrition. [...]

At the end of the concentric contraction during weight lifting, e.g at the top of a bicep curl, the muscle is in it’s shortest position.  Many bodybuilders and physiologists recommend you pause here and contract the working muscle as intensely as you possibly can.  Pro bodybuilder Garrett Downing swears by this and owes the success [...]

Most people in the gym don’t see the importance of eccentric training something that all good bodybuilders should not miss.  The eccentric phase is the lowering of the weight you are lifting which lengthens the muscle fibres, they also contract as you return the weight to the start position in a controlled way.  The benefits [...]

London is a great city for gyms, below I have listed what I think are the best gyms in London.  As a gym owner myself it would be a bit biased if I had included my Personal training gym in Notting Hill so I decided not to add personal training gyms to this list of [...]

Layne Norton is currently one of the best natural bodybuilders in the world and he is here today to give us an insight into his training and diet.
Hi Layne, its great to catch up with you I have been following your natural bodybuilding career the last year or so and checking out your videos on [...]