Colm Duignan
Colm Duignan
Should Supermarket Product Placement Be Regulated
As we roll along through November, you’ll notice a trend across every supermarket. The weeks are sprinting along to Christmas, which means the festive sweets and treats are out in force. Enter any supermarket, regardless of size, and you’ll be greeted with walls of tins and tubs. So the question I want to raise is, […]
Continue readingWhy You Should Lift Weights For Running Performance
As we enter November fully, many people’s running calendar is slowly emptying. Winter time is a period when the casual runners and even more serious use as a time to ease up. Recovery, both mentally and physically from all the miles done throughout 2019. And runs may resemble more of enjoyable ones rather than pushing […]
Continue readingRe-Arranging Our Value Hierarchy In Life
At the weekend, I was tagged in a post from 2014 where I wrote about why I became a Personal Trainer and opened a gym which highlighted a change of value in life. And over the following days, I thought about the journey along the way. One of the key things was how your value […]
Continue readingDiscussing The Vegan Vs Meat Debate
So throughout 2019, we’ve had an insurgence of Vegan / Vegetarian diets. Not only that, but so many people/companies started selling vegan plans and products. Because when something becomes popular or trendy, people will tend to push it to make money off it. And now we have Netflix shows like ‘Game Changers’ which drives propaganda […]
Continue readingShould We Prioritise Our Mental Diet?
In the current social media climate, is there a case for us to start prioritising our mental diet? Or should we simply just keep sailing along the rapid and ever accelerating flow of technology and information? Today, I’m going to dive into a few considerations about whether or not we should maybe look at how […]
Continue readingWhat If We Lived Life Like An Egg Timer?
I rarely do this, but today I’m writing about some perspective on life. I spent last weekend in Southampton at an event. It’s more marketing etc so I won’t bore you with that. But, there were some great take home points that really resonated with me, and matches the way I’ve been thinking the last […]
Continue readingThe Case Against Short Rest Times When Lifting
Are short rest periods optimal when training for strength or hypertrophy? Or is there a case against keeping your rest periods too short? Here, I want to cover a few considerations as to why it may be beneficial to avoid short rest times. So let’s start taking a look. The Old School Approach When I […]
Continue readingWhy “Muscle Confusion” Is Costing You Gains
“You need to keep the muscle guessing” was an old mantra tossed around gyms. It was the belief that in order to grow muscle, you had to confuse your body. It was determined that by doing so, you would force your body to grow more. However, is that really the best practice for hypertrophy and […]
Continue readingHow Karen Overcame Back Pain And Toned Up
Today’s StrongLife Success Story is about how Karen uses StrongLife Gym to overcome back pain and tone up. At the start of the year, Karen messaged me with a view to joining here. She had been exercising but felt her back issues always limited her. And she wanted to tone up. With the challenge of […]
Continue readingHow To Keep Progressing In The Gym
95% of ladies who join a gym say they want to get stronger, lose weight and tone up. Most guys want to pack on some muscle and boost their confidence in t-shirts. To be fair, that’s probably 95% of the gym going population. While I you may not be able to train here, I do […]
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