If you are one of my clients then you will know how great this is, high intensity interval training is one of the best ways around to increase fat loss.  HIIT is a training method which intends to burn fat in a short high intensity period.  HIIT sessions range from 10-20 mins and take the [...]

1. Build your strength: It doesn’t matter whether you’re trying to lose weight or get fit or tone up – you need strong muscles.  The best way is to use progressive resistance with significant weights until a decent base level of strength is reached.
2. Focus on your weakness: Become aware of your body and what parts are [...]

Heavier- increasing the weight will make the exercise harder but don’t neglect your form, you only want to go as heavy as you can keep the form correct for.
Standing exercises- if your used to doing a seated shoulder press for example try a standing shoulder press it will be much harder as you need to [...]

Personal training studios has changed to My Fitness Studio , we haven’t changed hands it’s still the same company but we have changed the branding to match the domain name.  We will still be running everything the same but thought it was about time to clear up the confusion between the domain name and [...]

Train all muscles proportionally- it is hugely important to make sure you train all muscles proprotionally don’t go down the classsic route of many weightlifters by training chest and arms 90% of the time leaving you with rounded shoulders and your neck pushed forward.  I fell into this trap in the past and injured my [...]

As you begin to reach a noticeable size from training, you may decide that it is now time to train individual muscle groups in each session.

One muscle group which usually gets let down by this training variation is the hamstring region.  Most likely because it is a muscle that’s not shown off too often, [...]

Here is a short list of essential gym gear that will make your gym sessions more enjoyable and help you to get better results.

Pre workout shakes – PWO shakes like NO-Xplode and Jack3d are great taken before an intense and gruelling workout. They contain caffeine to wake you up, taurine to increase concentration, and [...]

Having huge shapely shoulders can be the difference between looking big and looking huge. Just a few changes and additions to your workout can give you the broad V-tapered look that you’ve been striving toward.

First of all it is important for you to know the different parts of your shoulders. – The deltoid muscle [...]

An undoubted problem area for gym goers and body builders alike – the calves seem to either get over trained or not get trained enough!

I have devised a simple 3 step plan to getting bigger calves.

Train the calves separately from other leg muscles – The reason I say this is because in order [...]

German volume training aka GVT is exactly what the title suggests. It’s a training method from Germany which will have you shifting a large volume of weight – in particular, 10 sets of 10 reps!

The origins of this concept go way back to the 70’s when bodybuilders in Germany would use the 10 x [...]