I’ve been away from the blog due to academic obligations, and this is frustrating because I don’t like leaving things unattended. It has to be done though, so in order to appease your appetites for training bits and bytes, the least I could do is record a co...

So today was the first day of a month or two of High Intensity Training, in an effort to start boosting that metabolism for more fat burning and hopefully the addition of some lean muscle mass too. Remember, the benefits don’t end there: Anaerobic capacity increas...

Lunges are, along with squats, one of the greatest lower body development exercises, utilising all of the major hip,thigh and leg muscles. They are particularly good at targeting the glutes at the tie-in with the hamstrings (the point where your bum begins on the back o...

One of the best movements (any variation of) for working the hamstrings ‘top-down’. Your hamstrings (biceps femoris) actively move two joints, your knee and your hip, so insisting on working them with just a leg curl doesn’t quite cut it. A Functional ...

Adding the TRX to the lunge brings in a balance aspect and recruits the core more intensely. Bringing in a kettlebell in one hand brings more assymetry to the move. Great quadriceps, glutes and core movement. Remember: - Keep your torso upright throughout the move. - Ap...