Optimum Training

25/08/2019

Thinking about food only as fuel reduces food to petrol, your body to a dumb machine, and you to a calorie accountant. you're more than that.

Food and your body deserve a lot more recognition and honor.

25/04/2018

Paleo, Intermittent fasting, vegan?

The best coaches don't have a single nutrition philosophy.

You may have an approach you like, or one that worked for you, but good coaches take a flexible approach. They take the best ideas from everywhere and everyone, and are always looking for new insights or tools. They don't get stuck in dogma.

23/04/2018

I still stand by this, too many people paying Personal trainers to exercise and not train.

If your in the gym then i applaud you, but lets make that time count.

EXERCISE VS TRAINING

Training is thought out, specifically programmed, recorded and performed well enough will continue to push you further towards your goal and genetic limitations.

Exercise is random, exercise is working for that day’s short-term result, be it a sweat or a pump and lacks thought for long term results.

Sure random exercise will get you so far, if you’re new to working out your going to make changes within the first month easily, but try keeping that up for a year. Training isn’t a term for only sports men and women, I play no sports but when I’m in the gym it’s training, training towards a personal goal or a clients goal.

Areas to take into account:

Exercise selection and order
Rep ranges and number of sets
Rest times
Time spent in the gym
Recording of weights lifted
Food choices around training and throughout the rest of the day

The term “muscle confusion” gets thrown around a lot, this is the main argument you’re going to hear for a sporadic workout, yes your burning calories and getting what seems like a good workout from the sweat, pump and doms the following day but this means nothing for long term results, what I want to see is 1 more rep than last week, 5kg more on your deadlift than last month, or a circuit time cut down by a minute! Little victory’s weekly.

If the thought of squatting every week bores you but you want to get bigger and stronger than you really need to sort your attitude towards what its going to take to reach your goals. I will have clients perform the same lifts week after week, and miraculously they get stronger and more efficient weekly.

Don’t fall into the trap of exercise and definitely don’t pay a trainer to exercise! If you’re going to be in the gym for an hour why wouldn’t you want it to benefit you in the long term?

I hope this makes you think about the efficiency of your time spent in the gym, take action and let’s train!

21/05/2017

Never ask a client to do anything you wouldn't do yourself, have some integrity and hold strong to your morals

21/04/2017

Hey guys, so its been a little while.. but big things are coming soon! In the meantime here's a beauty of a quote from one of the REAL coaches in the industry, just encase your on the lookout for a trainer.

Would you trust a realtor who’s never owned a home? How about a broke financial planner? Probably not. So why would anyone hire an out-of-shape trainer? - Dr. John Berardi

03/07/2015

There will be no strongman at Valour tomorrow! back to normal next week

26/06/2015

FRIDAY RANT

I will always offer a fully customized meal plan to any client as part of a training program, and i don't use the word customized loosely here, this is taking into account recent food diary macro nutrients, number of meals allowed daily by lifestyle, goals and any dietary needs e.g. vegetarian, pescatarian, food intolerance's etc.

As i sit here writing up one now for a client that has been with other trainers for a while i feel quite frankly annoyed about the whole situation, if your trainer has no interest in offering this out then:

A: They have no idea how to write a plan, in which case should be honest about it and refer you to someone else rather than copy some random plan of the internet or just tell you to eat "clean"

B: They should get their head in a book and educate themselves, if they have no interest in bettering themselves then ask yourselves what benefit can they offer you?

16/06/2015

Stumbled upon this great post today, a short read if you have a couple minutes spare

I won my first figure competition when I was 24. That evening, I was on top of the world – the leanest I’d ever been, sitting at 11% body fat, abs popping, my friends and family cheering me on from the crowd, elated at having accomplished something that very few people would ever be able to sac...

29/05/2015

STRONGMAN SATURDAY

Tomorrows session:

Barbell squats @ 100% bodyweight, Last man standing

Seated Barbell rack press working up to a 1rm

15kg Medicine ball throw

Chain lateral holds

possibly some carries depending how long it takes for everyone to get through the events, or if they have any energy left..

No Ross Pickering tomorrow as hes off in America trying his luck on tinder, good luck mate!

22/05/2015

STRONGMAN TOMORROW

Tomorrows session will consist of:

Log push press, max reps in 120 seconds, aim for weight at 50% of body weight.

Trap bar deadlifts, max reps in 120 seconds, aim for weight above 100% of body weight.

Team carry medley

farmers walks and barrel carries, will be split with short sprints for some hard conditioning work.

Tomorrow morning 10am at Valour Fitness Guernsey

13/05/2015

Liberation day strongman session went down well, a few new faces and hard work put in by all