Meet Cassandra Battles, the strongest girl in StrongLife Gym. Now Cassandra didn’t join here to lift big weights or become super strong. It kind of just slowly happened. See, just over a year ago, Cassandra got in touch as she had had twins in early 2018. For many new moms, she wanted to lose some […]
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Today’s StrongLife Success story is none other than how Hannah Snowden transformed herself. Now that headline might be slightly misleading. Because the truth is. She has dropped 30lbs since May this year, so only 7 months. Hannah is a busy mum with 2 lovely kids, who wanted to prioritise her health this year. And even […]
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Over the last 6 months, I’ve been working with Jake McCrann to help him overcome some football injuries. He was getting to the stage of his footballing career that he was starting to get frustrated with niggles and strains. And he didn’t want to start the new season worried about when the next hamstring issue […]
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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, […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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