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You are getting more consistent with working out, but now you want to get more specific with your fitness goals, so let’s deep dive into some considerations… Having fitness goals helps to keep you motivated and gives you a reason to want to hit the gym. Goals don’t have to be complicated, they can be simple! You want to always ensure your goals are suited and relevant to you. There is no point in adopting someone else’s fitness goals just to have a goal yourself. The first co

Mind-muscle connection has seen a bit of hype recently and rightly so! Let’s talk about what it is, how you can apply it to your training, and the benefits! Your mind-muscle connection relates to your ability to focus on actually feeling each rep of an exercise in the correct target muscles. It is a psychological aspect of training that can help ensure you are recruiting the correct muscles when you train. They say to make every rep count! And this is true! We should be aimin

You may have heard that you need to be progressively overloading in order to make progress in the gym, but what exactly does that mean? Progressive overload put simply, means to gradually increase the intensity or difficulty of your strength training over time. This promotes the development of muscle mass. This is due to the fact that our body needs to adapt and get stronger in order to keep up with the increased load and demand. The progressive overload method helps to ensur

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

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