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Making more from less - Home workout hacks

Whilst everyone is jumping on the home workout bandwagon, I figured I ought to as well. Except, instead of writing a workout template, I’m going

Optimism and aspiration - Two lenses with which to examine your training

In George Orwell’s dystopian masterpiece, 1984, there is a concept called “doublethink”. Doublethink entails the simultaneous acceptance of two contradictory beliefs, and part of what

Can you shuffle your training days around, and does your training split matter?

I’m frequently asked by clients whether making alterations to their prescribed training structure is going to cost them gains. Obviously there’s a reason that I

Is "technique" training just practice?

When we think about technique training, we often think of performing a number of immaculate reps. I definitely think that practice has value – it

Red meat is healthy now?

Discussions about the role of meat in the diet are very much in vogue. The WHO recently classified processed meat as a class 1 carcinogen

Doubt yourself and improve as a coach

For context, consider the following story. I was having a discussion with a client today. Her best squat is 145kg, and in her last peak

Training frequency for hypertrophy and strength - a research review

I was initially going to make this piece one of those ones about the danger of cherry-picking evidence. It’s quite easy to find research supporting

How much will I get out of a taper? Variability in competition performance

I’m often asked how much strength an athlete can expect to gain out of a taper, a question to which I’m not sure there’s a

The Coach's Toolbox - Training prescription, cueing and feedback

In this article I want to explore the coach’s toolbox a little, and see how manipulating exercise prescription, cueing and feedback can help promote learning.

Specificity to task isn’t always specificity to sport

I was recently having a chat with my friend Thomas Lilley (aka the man everyone thinks is Frustrated Strengthcoach, in the same way that everybody

Per-session volume targets, defining hard sets for hypertrophy and strength, and exercise selection for muscle growth

Unlike my previous articles which have tended to have a specific focus or question, this one is just a collection of tidbits that have come

The thing I focus on most when coaching the squat

Sometimes you hear other people say something that you already know, but the way in which they express it is so elegant that it helps

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