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James Rafferty

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World Class Fat Loss & Physique results
Certified Nutritionist
10+ years experience (PT)

12/07/2025

31° weekend 📸

05/07/2023

Absolute Trojan effort from over the last 12 weeks. 🔪

3 weight training sessions per week with 1 of them being in-person in

Super adherent on the food side but also navigated trips abroad, concerts and social events really well in that was a very hard final few weeks.

Scale down a touch over 11lbs but strength actually went up considerably across a lot of our core lifts. Which is 💰for a successsful diet!

Follow the plan, get the results.

06/03/2022

Bumped into an old friend training legs today ☺️

Stefano coached me to my first ever show what is probably around 5-6 years ago now 😳

It’s been a few years since I’ve seen him, he was a bit shocked to see me about 50lbs heavier than the last time he had seen me 😂

A real good guy in the industry 💪

02/03/2022

There’s a perception with people who are trying to get into weight training that to be “like those people you see in the gym”.

Each session has to be noticeably better than the last and you have to be at the top of your game every single time you set foot in the gym.

Then, after a handful of weeks, they feel a bit of a disconnect because they don’t feel the way they think they should – unwaning hyper-motivation.

“Maybe I’m just not the gym type”.

Whatever that is supposed to mean.

I will tell you first hand, a large portion of my own personal gym sessions are relatively routine and are nothing to write home about. It is me ticking a box.

Now, there are some very, very good sessions in there, but also some sessions I would rather quickly forget…. But the common theme is that I am turning up regardless.

And that is what wins out over time.

Like this picture, I will turn up with bedhead on a rainy morning after a long day catching up on work previously. Am I ecstatic to be there? Not realty, but I know it has to be done.

Don’t get me wrong, I love weight training, but that doesn’t mean I will consistently have the same application for it every single day, or that other competing commitments might make me feel a little bit less motivated, and that is totally normal.

So, if you feel that you go through that same process. Don’t get too worried about it. It is completely part of the process, just make sure you turn up and do the work either way.

28/02/2022

Recovering from yesterday.

It wasn’t wild. I was in bed by 10pm.

Liverpool in a penalty shootout just out about 20 years on me 😂

I do get asked quite often how to approach city breaks and weekends away like they are a super common occurrence.

Generally, I tell people to enjoy it for what it is, stay active and if you WANT to train while away, go for it but keep it short.

Trying to be too heavy handed or rigid with your approach to food etc while away never ends well. 🤷‍♂️

Anyways, up the reds 🔴🔴🔴

22/02/2022

Deloads can be necessary for long term training success as well as keeping your interest and application in the gym high.

Realising that your progress isn’t just one linear rocket to the moon is a big thing 😂

Knowing when to add periods of increased recovery can save you a bad injury or longer periods of fatigue when other life stresses come into the picture.

Hopefully this post explains their usefulness and the different approaches you can take 😇

13/02/2022

For every two training cycles of heavy RDLs I need to start having days like this 😂 I believe this is called **checks notes**…. “Relaxing” 🧐🤔😂

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