Why You Should Strengthen and Grow Your Glutes and Posterior Chain!
While the ‘mirror muscles’ like biceps and chest tend to get a disproportionate amount of attention, especially in bodybuilding and recreational gym-going circles, the BIG muscles of the posterior chain are critically important to strength and power generation, and because they are… well… so BIG, they also have an outsized (excuse the pun) role to […]
The 20-Rep Squat Challenge
In the next month of Train With Me, we’ll be challenging ourselves with a version of the classic 20-Rep Squat routine. The 20-rep squat routine, also known as “breathing squats” or “Super Squats” after Randall J. Strossen’s book of the same name, is a legendary training protocol originally promoted and made famous by early physical […]
6 Things I Would Tell Myself as a Young Lifter
As a competitive lifter in my twenties, I left a lot of strength unrealised. Looking back, this is what I would tell my younger self.
Can You Hack Your Way to a Better Back?
The Hack Lift is a novel and useful deadlift/squat variety for home trainers and all-round lifters and strength athletes.