Do Half Reps Build as Much Muscle?

1 week ago
Michael Betts

Fifteen per cent. That’s how much one of the calf muscles grew in eight weeks in a group of young…

Ice Baths and the Recovery Industry

2 weeks ago

Get in. Three minutes. Breathe. You’ve probably seen it in a thousand social media clips, usually filmed in a garden…

Training Clients With Frozen Shoulder

3 weeks ago

Few shoulder problems come with as much hearsay as frozen shoulder. It freezes, it stays frozen and then it thaws,…

The Perfect Posture Myth

4 weeks ago

“Shoulders back, chest up.” It may be the most common cue we use, and of course, it’s coming from a…

Physical Literacy or Fitness Testing

1 month ago

Eighty per cent. That’s the share of UK secondary schools still putting fitness testing into the PE curriculum, from a…

Exercise Snacks for Clients With No Time

1 month ago

Take the stairs. Although it’s one of the most repeated pieces of health and activity advice, it’s also one of…

What Should a Personal Trainer Charge in 2026?

2 months ago

Whatever you charge an hour, you probably arrived at it by rounding up from what the last trainer in your…

Pilates for Osteoporosis

2 months ago

Most Pilates instructors learn the same thing, and that’s avoid flexion for anyone with low bone density. That usually means…

Coaching Neurodivergent Clients

2 months ago

A client books a 7pm Tuesday session. She comes twice, cancels the next four and stops replying. Hmmmmm…something is up.…

Training an Arthritic Knee

2 months ago

5.4 million people in the UK have osteoarthritis in at least one knee. That figure comes from Arthritis UK, the…