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Walk into any gym and you’ll overhear it. Could be someone telling their mate that crunches will burn belly fat, or that a woman doesn’t want to lift weights because they don’t want to get bulky. These myths spread quickly, usually because they’re simple, catchy and sound convincing. Social media...
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Sprinters don’t just sprint. They lift. They squat, pull, jump and sprint again. At first glance it looks odd. You want to move faster in a race measured in seconds, yet you’re spending serious time moving heavy loads. The logic though, sits in physics and physiology. Sprinting is the art...
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Many women worry that low oestrogen means poorer returns from strength training. A new controlled trial gives some reassuring news in that the immediate muscle-building response switched on by lifting and protein still happens when oestrogen is low. As a personal trainer, this has an impact on day-to-day programming and...
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Why Food and Training Still Matter for Clients with Obesity, Prediabetes and Type 2 Diabetes Medications like semaglutide (Ozempic & Wegovy) have made a big splash in the world of weight loss. Appetite drops, the scales move and clients often feel they have found the missing piece. Yet weight loss...
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Walk into any gym on a weekday evening and you’ll hear it before you see it. The bass beat from behind a studio door, the hiss of resistance knobs being cranked, the thud of pedals turning over under determined legs. Group indoor cycling has been around for decades, but the...
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The idea that yoga could strengthen the brain is no longer just a hunch from practitioners, it’s becoming a measurable, documented reality. One recent piece of evidence comes from Szaszkó and colleagues (2024), who worked with healthy adults that had little or no prior yoga experience. Over eight weeks, these...
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If you spend time with kettlebells in your programming, you know the swing can be a powerhouse move for developing hip speed, posterior chain strength and conditioning. A recent 2025 paper in Sports Biomechanics has given us some very useful data on how performance changes across repeated sets of maximal-effort...
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Busy diaries don’t need to be a barrier to results. With a clear plan and smart use of time-efficient methods, clients training one to three times a week can still build strength, improve fitness and feel progress within a few weeks. The research now backs small, well-targeted doses of work...
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Appetite control is one of those topics that’s talked about a lot in weight management circles, but it’s rarely explored through the lens of menopause. Hormones have a huge role in shaping how hungry we feel, how satisfied we get from meals, and even how our bodies respond to exercise....
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Protein is often talked about in terms of building muscle. Which is true, but it’s not the full story. Beneath the muscle lies a network of connective tissue, tendons, ligaments, fascia and cartilage that keeps everything working smoothly. These structures transmit force, provide stability and protect the joints during movement....
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