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Can cardio hinder your strength training results? Should you be doing cardio if you are in a calorie surplus? People usually have a love/hate relationship with cardio, and others just have a hate relationship with cardio. All jokes aside, cardio is excellent for your cardiovascular health. It is also commonly utilised in a fat loss phase to help drive fat loss further. So if cardio is used in a fat loss phase, then that must mean we don’t do it when in a building phase? The a

Are you stretching after every workout? Do you know the importance? Let's get you educated on all things stretch! Many of you would have heard that it is important to stretch, especially after a workout - But you may be asking why? Stretching in general on a daily basis can provide the body with so many wonderful benefits both physically and also mentally, but stretching after a workout is especially important to help reduce the risk of injury and promote recovery. I know the

How do you know if bodybuilding is really for you? In recent years, bodybuilding has definitely taken more of a spotlight in the general fitness world. This is possibly due to the constant rise of social media, as we are all more exposed to what goes on around the world. When many people initially think of bodybuilding, a few things come to mind - Big muscly men and women with almost no body fat, posing on stage in minimal clothing. I suppose that is a common stereotype that

Do you know the difference between muscle soreness and pain? Don't get them confused. In our last article, we spoke about muscle soreness. If you have not read my post on “Is soreness an indication of a good workout?” Then I would highly recommend it! Continuing on from this, we are going to explore the difference between muscle soreness and pain, and how pain can be a sign of injury. It is important to note the difference between muscle soreness and pain, as they are two ver

We all get sore from time to time when training, but does soreness actually indicate a good workout? Being sore after working out is totally normal and we have all likely experienced this before. As a beginner lifter, you are more likely to be sore on and off after your workouts for some weeks, until your body adapts to the style and intensity of the training you are doing. However, being sore after every single workout after you’ve passed the newbie lifter phase is not a sig

What to do when the gym is busy and your go-to equipment is taken. Depending on the time of day that you train, a super busy gym will be more of an issue for some of us than others. If you train during peak times, e.g. 5 am-7 am or 5 pm-7 pm, you would have most likely experienced getting to the gym, looking around, and thinking “Great everything I need is taken”. So what now? Do you just turn around, walk out of the gym, and leave?? NOOOOOO!! You have just made an effort to

Overtraining is a real issue, here are a few signs to watch out for to ensure you stay safe. It is very common to get a little carried away with reaching our goals, we may be feeling like we are on a roll and nothing can stop us now! Now don’t get me wrong, being dedicated to our goals and smashing our workouts every week is a great habit to get into and I absolutely encourage hard work and dedication. It is one of the foundations of great results. However, overtraining is a

By now, you have probably heard the term “macros” thrown around once or twice in the health and fitness world. So what are they? What are ‘macros’ you ask? Macro, is short for ‘Macronutrient’, and macronutrients are nutrients that your body needs in order to function. ‘Macro’ specifically means ‘large’ and ‘nutrient’ means a substance that provides essential nourishment for both life and growth. So basically, macros are needed in quite large amounts for the body to be able to

We all deserve to love the body we are in both inside and out... As we only get one! Body image has become an increasing topic of interest since the days of social media. However, even our parents, grandparents, great-grandparents, and so on were exposed to the concept of Body image and how this can have such a huge impact on our mental health. Many tend to admire those who love their bodies both inside and out, and wonder how people can have such a positive Body image. The t

We have all been there. Yes, even those crazy fit and muscular guys and girls in the gym, we all started somewhere. I can assure you, no one came into this world lifting weights straight out of the womb. Just like when we are young, we need to learn and acquire skills. Not everything comes to us naturally, we have to wire up our brains to complete certain tasks in certain ways. Just like taking our very first steps, heading into the gym for the first time can be scary. The di

When you are choosing a comp prep coach to help you with your journey to the stage, you must take into consideration many different factors