Latest Posts
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150 (Leg) Days
A different kind of goal setting. Just trying to be present and attentive to every workout, because there aren’t infinite chances. Continue reading
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Strong legs are always a good idea
There is method behind the madness of targeting legs as strong as they can be. Rugby player’s legs in fact. Continue reading
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Control
Dealing with a tricky week. Trying not to get stressed if you can’t train like you wanted to. Being rational! Continue reading
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Squat Special
A love letter to my nemesis gym lift….. So if there was a job which was to do high bar squats at a very moderate load, a few reps at at time, I am now your woman. I was so… Continue reading
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Trust me, I’m a Powerlifter
Trust me, I am a Powerlifter. A post on the most surprising upside of strength training – helping develop our work performance at the same time. I have been kind of amazed to find that being strong might have helped… Continue reading
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Being an X
Learning about the crossover between strength in body into other areas of life. We are still learning and there is still potential Continue reading
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Strip it back
How much do you think about your reasons for doing what you do? When you’re riding high it’s easy to answer that question. You can simply say about anything where you are being successful, ‘well I simply love it, of… Continue reading
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Expectations…
Don’t prepare for a normal gym session like i just did, Continue reading
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Happy When….
How not to come up with rational, helpful New Year’s Resolutions – gym bunny business-owner edition Continue reading
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Can everyone have a bodybuilding body?
Training to feel good and look good even when you know there are limits! Continue reading
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Muscles & Therapy
Matching the right goals to the context and making conscious and aware choices about how to train Continue reading
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Everyday miracles
Just another week of training, and what I think about training when I am thinking about training. Continue reading
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My So-Called Perfect Week
Trying to put together an ideal week of training is a humbling but fulfilling experience. Continue reading
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You Get to Decide
How Dale changed his future through strength and fitness and decided who he wanted to be after years of self-trash talking. Continue reading
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Training Alchemy
Sitting down with a coach to generate some training goals and getting back the right training mix is fun and an injection of inspiration. Continue reading
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Muscularity: Ancient, Recent and Modern
A look at how muscle is depicted across media, and celebrating the development of muscular women in our visual culture. Continue reading
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It’s All Iterative
Accepting change and developing is hard stuff. But worth it. We keep on trying to create ourselves, even whilst in the maelstrom of life events. Continue reading
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When the answer is to flex (not a posing post)
Developing a more rational response to any or all life events that could interfere with our training or other goals, that isn’t all or nothing. Continue reading
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For the love of Bench
If you’re not already bench pressing or training upper body, let me try to persuade you and bring you to the dark side of the gym. If you are already join me in celebrating it! Continue reading
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Performance Anxiety: not so badass now
Can we master performance anxiety? I swear off powerlifting comps yet my hand keeps straying towards that competition cookie jar. But can we combat our nerves? Continue reading
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The Lockdown Lifters
We called ourselves the Lockdown Lifters and we were to be found in our local skateboard park, along with a barbell and weights. I definitely felt pretty badass then…. Continue reading
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From Sofa Jockey to seeking badassery
Training in the gym has given me a self-confidence and feeling of capability that I never managed to create before. For someone who never really stuck at anything, why has this one stayed the course? We are 6 years in… Continue reading
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Notice what you’re noticing – new muscle is so exciting
Train to feel good and look good, not just because you should. Doing it for the here and now and for feeling good, Things I have noticed as a result of strength training. Continue reading
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Lisa Lyon – an original. find what/who inspires you and use that…
Lisa Lyon was badass exmplified. She died in 2023 and she was an incredibly inspirational figure to me, particularly because of her collaboration with the photographer, Robert Mapplethorpe. Continue reading
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