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, [...]

Most people find it hard to isolate the chest when performing flat bench press, they tend to feel it more in the shoulders and triceps.  Try bringing the barbell down to the bottom of your neck just at the start of the chest, this you will find will hit the chest more directly as the [...]

Most people wearing weight lifitng belts in the gym think they look more professional wearing one, but are there any other purposes for the average gym goer.  A weightlifitng belt has two main purposes-
It reduces stress on the lower back when the person is lifting in an upright position-  it does this by compressing the contents [...]

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. [...]

Ginger can boast many health-giving benefits.
Ginger is possibly most renowned for its ability to sooth a stomach and ease nausea – caused either from motion sickness, morning sickness, flu or food poisoning. You can just cut up some fresh ginger root and pop it into a pot or cup of boiling water to steep – [...]

What has more potassium than a banana, more electrolytes than most sports drink and is 99% fat free? One cup of coconut water!
Coconut water is the ideal way to orally re-hydrate your body. This is especially important during exercise and recovery from a workout. It is the purest liquid second only to water and full [...]

Often at the side of workouts in magazines you see the numbers 3-1-2, this is the rep timing.  Rep timing is the time you spend performing a rep when lifting weights, this is very important as this dictates the time duration of the stress being put on the muscle group being worked out.  For example [...]