We get asked often how and why we pick an exercise with our personal training clients and place it in a certain place in a gym programme. The answer we often give relates back to the individual. It isn’t just a programme thrown up on a whiteboard in a random order. Every different person mayContinue reading “Pressing Progressions”
Monthly Archives: March 2013
Does Exercise Order Matter?
This is a common theme that I wanted to briefly discuss as a new study has emerged that hormonal markers of post exercise recovery which need to be elevated to get stronger and build muscle (IGF-1, growth hormone and testosterone) are elevated regardless of exercise order. This is interesting because it means that for muscle growthContinue reading “Does Exercise Order Matter?”
Energy Drinks… What The Science Says…
Energy drinks are a relatively new phenomena in modern diets. While standard carbohydrate based “sport” drinks have been available for a long time “energy” drinks are perhaps another example of “functional” foods which promise to achieve the purpose of giving you more energy. Energy drinks in general are misleading. They don’t give you energy, wellContinue reading “Energy Drinks… What The Science Says…”
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