Success isn’t always about greatness. It’s about consistency. Consistent hard work gains success. Greatness will come. Reflecting on the past two years of coaching people online and in person, I created a list of the advice that my clients have found most helpful in the pursuit of their goals, but that seems to be underrated in an online fitness space rife with detox teas and abs-blasting workouts.
This article breaks down these tips into the following categories:
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There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them. Training and dieting plateaus are normal to an extent, but they can cripple your results if they are too frequent.
Being able to assess your training in an objective manner and to identify why you’ve plateaued, is going to be essential to chart a path out of your current funk and to create a preventative strategy for the future. This article breaks down the following common reasons for a plateau and the troubleshooting approach to each one:
Start with the reason that seems most likely, apply the suggestions for that alone, then wait at least four to six weeks before re-evaluating whether you’re still “stuck”. Why not try all of these solutions at once? Though it might seem slower to produce results, this trial-and-error approach is the most effective in the long run. Altering too many variables at once will make it challenging, if not impossible, to figure out which change was the most helpful. Now, let’s tackle the first reason: A decline in performance should lead to a search for its cause and to a focus on the quality of your recovery. Remember, often doing less is more powerful than training more. A deload is a crucial part of a resistance training program… but also the least sexy.
Who wants to be told to take a break from hardcore training? But hear me out: You don’t grow when you’re smashing the weights in the gym. In that session, you’re actually doing the opposite, creating a lot of stress to challenge your body to become fitter. It’s when you’re resting, in the hours and days following each session, that your body grows bigger and stronger in order to handle that training stress better in the future. So recovery is the Super Soldier Serum that transforms you into Captain America. However, when you’ve been training hard for a few weeks, just taking one or two rest days may not be enough to restore your body. That’s when a deload comes in. It’s the quick pit stop you make to propel yourself forward. Without it, sooner or later your car will slow down, or you might even lose a tyre. Now, if you’re ready to boost your training, this article will cover:
Time for some brain gains. Positivity, confidence, and persistence are key in life, so never give up on yourself. If you’ve been reading this blog since 2019 (hats off to you, OG Reader!), you might remember “Hardgainer, Now What?”, an article I published in January 2019.
Over two years later, I decided it was high time to revamp the original post, tackling the topic from a new perspective: What are some key aspects of training and nutrition, which hardgainers typically struggle with, and which could have a dramatic impact on your physique? First of all, a hardgainer is someone who thinks they struggle to build muscle or to put on any weight at all. They usually look like the typical “skinny kid” and believe they have “bad genetics” for muscle growth. I view myself as a hardgainer and, at some point in my bodybuilding journey – and sometimes to this day – I’ve had all three of the issues I’m going to cover in this article. What’s more, over these past years working as a coach, I noticed that many clients who wanted help building muscle, were facing similar hardships. So I’m going to share:
Ready for the brain gains? If you can build a muscle, you can build a mindset. Are you at the beginning of your fitness journey and want to design your own workouts? Then you’re in the right place. Read this article and learn to apply basic principles of exercise science to create your own full-body training sessions.
First of all, I’ll be completely honest with you: A single blog article is no substitute for a personal trainer or coach, who can teach you correct form and draw upon their expertise and experience to craft a training program suited to your current fitness level, skills, and individual body. But not everyone has access to a coach, and some training is better than no training. As a beginner, what you need the most are consistency and practice, so you can get great results for months with a simple, well-structured full-body workout. I trained this way three days a week for six months when I started bodybuilding. I have clients who do the same, even if they’re not beginners anymore, and still get incredible results. Now that I’ve spent long enough singing the praises of full-body training, let’s get into the basics. In order to create a science-based muscle-building workout, you need to understand:
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