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HIT CARDIO

23 Tuesday Sep 2014

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Here’s an outtake from a recent shoot i did in London. This is probably the most up to date shoot in terms of what kind of shape I’m currently in, lately I’ve been doing much more cardio and I’m really seeing a difference. Its so easy to get caught in weight training and focussing on getting bigger that alot of people neglect cardio. Cardio is going to really help you keep your body fat down and help increase your all round fitness.

Ive recently been doing a lot of HIT cardio (high intensity cardio). If your not familiar its basically when you go all out to your max! Often done in some kind of interval workout or circuits.  Its great because its a much more intense way of getting your cardio done and your going to see much better results than just spending ages on a cross trainer. My latest HIT cardio workout is running at an incline for about 10 minutes at a moderate intensity for a warm up, then i sprint for a minute then reduce the speed and recover for 30 seconds. I do about 5 sets of these sprints followed by some body weight exercises like burpees which ill superset with pull ups.

Give HIT cardio a try!

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Bigger shoulders

21 Sunday Sep 2014

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What a lot of people don’t realise when it comes to building well shaped muscle is that you need to hit the muscle from every angle. Your deltoids are a muscle that have 3 main heads or sections.Which are the anterior (front) middle and the posterior (rear). So to form well rounded shoulders you will need to be doing exercises that don’t just work the anterior head but the middle and posterior also. Here is a great workout that will do just this.

21s – superset front raise with side raise and rear delt raise

7 reps front,7reps side raise,7reps rear delt raise x3
Military press (barbell)

10reps x 3 sets
Side raise (dumbbell)

10reps x 3 sets
Front raise (barbell)

10reps x 3 sets
Upright row (EZcurlbar)

10reps x 3 sets

Rear delt raise (dumbell)

10reps x 3 sets

Shrugs (dumbbell)

10 reps x 4 sets

SECRET TO A GOOD BODY

15 Monday Sep 2014

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Repetition is key

= CONSISTENCY 

Just like anything you do, the more you do it the better you become. When it comes to reaching your goals physically or mentally REPETITION is key. It drives me mad when people say they want to have a good summer body or they want to look like a certain person who has a physique they want, they don’t realise that the person they are aspiring to look like has has been training consistency for much longer than a few months just so they can look good for summer, They train numerous times a week and eat clean. A good body doesn’t just come over night and no legal supplement can be purchased which will miraculously get you in shape. The secret is to train train train, eat eat eat and rest! So please to anyone out there that thinks they can just start training in march to be ready the july holiday, think again.

Fitness Friday

29 Friday Aug 2014

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Today i was planning on getting down the gym and doing some circuits and cardio, but unfortunately i haven’t had the time. I know many of you also have this problem due to commitments which are probably more important than the gym which is understandable. However if you feel like you still want to workout, going over your local park or even exercising in your back garden is acceptable. Anything that gets a sweat on and your heart rate up is good!

Anyway here is my workout that i did today since i couldn’t get down the gym, this is a mixture of cardio and also some strength training, this can be done no matter your gender or fitness level! give it a go and see how you get on.

Light cardio:

1mile steady jog

Interval sprints:

100m sprint – 30 second walk x 3     *if 100m is to much for you try 50m

Body weight exercises:

pull ups to failure  x 20 burpees

push ups to failure  x 20 mountain climbers 

plank to failure x 3

 

 

Beginner mistakes

27 Wednesday Aug 2014

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When i first got into training i had little to no idea of what i was doing, the only thing i wanted to do was put in muscle and look ripped. I spent the best part of 6 months picking up random weights and trying out different resistance machines before i actually began to build knowledge and a good understanding of how to actually workout. This is common for most beginners so If you are fairly new to weight training I’m going to give you a few tips on how to skip the ‘ i have no clue what I’m doing stage’ 

SET GOALS

For me this is one of the most important things you can do, set goals and make sure they are achievable. Knowing what you want to achieve is great, you can then begin to think up ways you can achieve them opposed to just training for the sake of training.

 

START WITH COMPOUND LIFTS

I would highly recommend performing the compound lifts to build your all round strength before you start to isolate muscle groups. Here are the main lifts and presses you should be incorperating into your workouts:

  • Squats
  • Deadlfts
  • Military press 
  • Barbell row 
  • Bench press

* I would definitely add dips and pull ups into your regime also.

 

NOT HAVING A PLAN

 To help you achieve your goals you need to actually have a plan and know what your doing. If your training say 3-4 times a week make sure you know what your doing every day and what muscle group you are training, this will also help you keep track of your progress as every few weeks you will find that certain exercises will become easier and then you can begin to up the weight or intensity.

 

NOT HAVING A MEAL PLAN

When your starting out your body will most likely ache like crazy because its not always used to the exercises and movements you are doing so its going to need all the nutrients it can possibly get in order to help the body recover and grow. So make sure you have a solid diet and your getting in plenty or protein and carbs in order to fuel your body.

 

Now you know what to do and what not to do so please take some of these tips on board and you will be well on your way to making some good gains!

How many reps?

22 Friday Aug 2014

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” how many reps should i do?” i get asked this a lot typically when guys are weight training so I’m I’m going to clear up a few myths and give some advice on what i feel has worked for me. I personally go for anything from 10-15 repetitions purely because for me it gives me a great pump and I’ve still been able to build lean muscle and also gain strength using this rep range. However most commonly you will hear that anything from 4-8 reps is for strength training and 8-12 is usually muscle hypertrophy. Thats not to say that doing 4-8 reps won’t result in muscle growth because usually with any type of strength gains muscle gains will come hand in hand. Anyone experimenting with different weight training programmes and trying different rep ranges needs to remember that what works for someone may not work for yourself so i would recommend to just have fun with it and see what works best for you. Another point i wanted to focus on is that doing for example a classic muscle building 8-12 rep range will not necessarily build you muscle if your diet isn’t spot on. I would say any kind of gains or fitness progression comes from 60% diet and 40% exercise so be sure to eat clean and you will begin to see progress in no time!

Give 100%

One of the main problems i see with guys lifting weights in gym other than awful technique is not giving it 100%. On your final rep of every set you should just about be able to finish the rep and be absolutely exhausted! i see so many people getting to their final rep and then completing it with ease? your gains are made in the final few reps and they should be the hardest. if your finding yourself completing them with ease you need to up the weight otherwise you will never progress. 

Build a bigger back

19 Tuesday Aug 2014

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Here I’ve put together a great back workout which has a mixture of compound lifts aswell as exercises that will isolate specific areas. This will leave you with a great pump and your be well on your way to a bigger and stronger back! Make sure you warm up before trying this and also stretch of. Each exercise should be performed with strict form with a slow controlled tempo.

Pull ups (wide grip)

To failure x4

Lat pull down (close grip)

4x drop set 12.10,8

Bent over barbell row

10×4

Single arm row

Deadlifts superset with barbell shrug

8×4