Fat Frog Monday part 2. Start your week off the right way. An old favourite – Death By Thrusters. Start a timer, perform 1 rep, on minute 2 you do 2 reps. Keep adding a rep every minute on the minute until you can’t manage the reps in the time. You can use DBs, KBs, […]

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Gyms in Scotland have now been closed for 20 weeks – here are 20 Sunday morning thoughts……… 1) Blaming the above for not being in shape is not a valid excuse. 2) Home workouts can suck, but they are 100% better than zero workouts. 3) A set of Gymnastic Rings and a Kettlebell should be […]

Read More 20 Weeks 20 Thoughts

I recently hit a couple of lifetime PBs, on the Push Press and Front Squat. No big deal in normal circumstances but with the whole Covid-19 situation, this came as a pleasant surprise to me. 20 weeks ago we had to shut down our gym and forced us to pivot to an online programme for […]

Read More Bodyweight to Barbell

Sticking to new habits is tough. One thing we tell our clients is not to focus on being perfect but to focus on ‘Never Miss Twice’. No one ever got fat missing a single workout or eating one take away. You end up in the position you’re in through all the choices you make. If […]

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If a food is readily available, it will get consumed – healthy or unhealthy. I will preface this by saying I don’t really believe that it should be as black and white as healthy and unhealthy, the old ‘it depends’ statement holds true – but for the purpose of this post, lets all agree that […]

Read More The Doughnut Dilemma

The concept that you do something physically and mentally challenging to set the tone for the week. As a society we have a comfortable existence compared to past generations and in other parts of the world. This has both positives and negatives. When you’re exposed to difficult situations frequently then you become better at handling […]

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There are so many training modalities available to us these days, it is difficult to know how we should be training. These is where having an understanding of what your goal is can point you in the right direction. If your goal is to drop some weight and get generally ‘fitter’ (whatever this means to […]

Read More SPECIALIST V GENERALIST

If you are training 2-4 times a week every week, eating in a way that’s conducive with your goals 80-90% of the time every week, getting enough sleep most of the time then you are very much on track. There will be days and weeks that you will stray from this, you will miss training […]

Read More PERSISTANCE

My good friend and published author, Martin Stewart, used to tell me “People like the idea of having written a book, but don’t want to write the book” This is how many people feel when it comes to getting fit. (I am using the term ‘fit’ – this will mean something different to every individual) […]

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12 Days of “Why your New Years Resolution doesn’t work” I don’t know the exact figures, but I am pretty sure that the majority of people that start a New Years Resolution don’t see it through, especially when it comes to weight loss and getting in shape. Here’s my thoughts on why you haven’t been […]

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