If you’ve ever been to a gym, you have probably seen someone looking like they’re doing some revolutionary exercise that you have never seen before. These exercises usually take place on a cardio based piece of equipment and they’ll tell you they’re trying to get their resistance training in at the same time, or that[…]
Mobility and flexibility. Often confused, frequently neglected. How can focusing on these two key aspects of training really change your life? The following two definitions were taken from the Oxford Dictionary. Mobility- The ability to move or be moved freely and easily. Flexibility- The quality of bending easily without breaking. Now I don’t know[…]
The idea for this article came about due to being recently tagged in a post on social media by a client. The video highlighted in a comedic way all of the types of things you can expect to hear from clients over your career as a PT. As with most comedy, it was funny because most of[…]
It’s that time of the year in-between New Years resolutions and the build up to summer. Typically this is when gyms are quiet before the summer boom. But what if it was the behaviour of the “gym rat” members that create this quiet period instead of peoples New Years resolutions fizzling out? Now this post[…]
Motivation The Oxford dictionary defines motivation as; “A reason or reasons for acting or behaving in a particular way”. Motivation; it comes in many forms. It can be visual, emotional or physical and is subjective to an individual. What works for one person, won’t scratch the surface for another. There are occasion[…]
Nutritional supplements, I’d be willing to guesstimate (guesstimating because I haven’t actually checked the numbers) are a multi-million, possibly billion pound market each year. Every gym we go to, every training session we do, every magazine we read or with every trainer we train with, we see and hear about taking this brand or that version of supplement[…]
What is resistance training? Resistance training is any form of training in which your body/muscles are working against a certain resistance. The most common form of resistance training you’ll see in a fitness environment is lifting free weights. But all resistance training doesn’t have to require you to lift weights! An extremely effective form of resistance training[…]
Fat loss VS Weight loss. It is the common term to those who are feeling unhealthy and not quite at their ‘fighting weight’ any more, that they want to ‘lose weight’. But is losing weight really the way to go? We’ve been brought up in the age where being ‘healthy’ is often defined by stepping[…]
To train or not to train the forearm is a hotly contested topic. Even the athletes who are the very best in the world at fulfilling their muscle growth potential are split on it. I have read of some bodybuilders that train their forearms in excess of twice per week, I have also seen statements[…]
What happened This programme came about due to a conversation I had at work with two other trainers as a potential route to give me some structure to my training again. I had been suffering for over a month with elbow tendonitis and I was incredibly bored with meandering from session to session without[…]
We’ve reached the end of the fourth and final week of training before the big test next week! It’s been gruelling, it’s been tough both physically and psychologically, but it’s definitely been worth it! Heading in to this week the nerves and scepticism really started to set in. All I could think was; “With ten[…]
Now heading in to the end of the third week of the challenge and feeling good. Again, hit another personal best this week, so progress has been phenomenal! Thursday however I was in a world of trouble. For those that follow the social media feeds, you will know that Thursday I was in A[…]
Okay, so we are now reaching the end of week 2 of my February Squat Challenge and what a week it’s been. The week for me personally did not start off well…. At all! I wasn’t well in the slightest and barely made it out of bed on Monday. What makes this worse is that[…]
We’re now reaching the end of week one as a group and so far, from all of the feedback received, the whole group is feeling surprisingly upbeat. It has been mentioned by many that they are surprised that they are not in more pain. I’d have to agree with them. When I decided to set[…]
Current 3 RM = 170 Target 3 RM = 200 5 days a week squatting Reasoning behind it: I read an article that did a study on well trained powerlifters and weightlifters that had hit a plateau in their 1RM (1 Rep Max) squat, and how they then changed up their training, broke through this[…]
Why LDN Performance? LDN Performance was started due to me being a personal trainer and sports massage therapist based in London and realising that long term, my own name just wasn’t powerful enough as a brand. This industry is populated with so many talented individuals aspiring to do various different things. But for me, long term I want[…]