FOCUS on slow negatives!
This is one piece of advice that I hear all too often… And to tell you the truth, I’m sick of it. In today’s article, I want to explain why slow negative reps are hurting your progress in the gym....
Category: Training
REVIEW: Eco Friendly UPP Training Tee
A new and exciting eco-fashion brand, UPP (United Power and Performance) Weightlifting has launched, bringing casual clothing for weightlifters and Crossfitters, made from eco-fabrics. The company was born from its owner’s passion for sustainability and...
What is the Keto Diet?
Making Sense Of The Ketogenic Diet Simply put, the Keto Diet is changing your body’s preferred energy source (fuel for the body to function) from carbohydrates to fats. This is done through a process called Ketosis. If you have been on social...
How to Maximise Training on Your Own
In this article we're going to look at some of the issues and solutions that I have encountered from training on my own. What sparked this article, as so often does, was during a training session with my fellow weightlifter Mark Haydock...
How a personal trainer can maximise your Olympic Weightlifting
Lets play some word association games. When I say weight lifting what do you think of? Do you think of an Eastern European who has the structure of a brick wall straining under the pressure of multiple multi coloured 25kg...
What’s The Best Programme?
By Sean Mcloughlin We are now in an age where information is cheap and widely available on the internet, it seems there are many experts and guru’s who have the answer to your problems with a quick fix or secret technique....
Ongoing Training
This article is a follow on from Matthew Wells' Technique vs Pure Strength.IntroductionTo follow on from my previous article about technique vs strength, this time I will be looking at ongoing training. I will specifically be focusing on any trouble areas...
Coaching And Training Masters Lifters
Mike Bennett of North London Weightlifting Club shares his expert advice and experience when coaching Masters lifters (lifters over 40 years old).Advice & TipsMuch of what I convey has been learned by experience, often the hard way, but with some...
Grid City Fitness On Nutrition
Article by Afro from Grid City Fitness.Grid City Fitness (GCF) talks to Lifting Times about breaking down some of the common myths and questions around nutrition, weight training and losing weight. If you're new to Weightlifting and want to know...
Does Size Really Matter?
THE AGE OLD QUESTION “does size matter?” Well, we won’t be answering what your thinking of but rather a weightlifting spin-off, allow me to paint the picture... You feel confident in the technique. It’s improving but still a couple of...