Category Archives: General

Narrow Grip vs Wide Grip Upright Rows With most exercises in the gym there are many variations and upright row is no exception. Most people will perform this exercise in a narrow grip style,  however there is debate that a … Continue reading →

Go into any main weights room of any gym and ask about BCAA (branch chain amino acids) you will get a response from most guys that they are really important for recovery and getting big! So I understand that for … Continue reading →

We all have started a diet program or exercise routine and had initial success, the hard bit is keeping it going. Recently researchers tracked 170 overweight or obese women for two years and found the most successful (those who achieved … Continue reading →

From the moment you see a muscle building magazine or a movie with Arnie or whatever when you see a big guy the perception is that, that guy must lift some heavy weight! With most bodybuilders in the 60’s or … Continue reading →

For most people we have one of two issues when we are starting a new training program, bad back or bad knees. Knee osteoarthritis is one of the leading causes of pain world wide. For most people when starting a … Continue reading →

Menopause is the permanent ending of the menstruation. Natural menopause is caused by hormonal changes and it occurs when a women has not had her period for 12 consecutive months. This signals the end of the fertility stage of a … Continue reading →

The link below is for the story of David Smith who lost 401 pounds (181 kg). We have posted a news story on him previously entitled “the 650 pound virgin” but I stumbled onto an article david wrote about his … Continue reading →

We all train hard at the gym! Then we follow this up with good eating but sometimes we don’t see the benefits of the training and wonder why? Well in this blog I’m going to look at cortisol and how … Continue reading →

So Christmas isn’t too far away and as always this is the time of the year that diets and fitness regimes go out the window. So here are some tips for everyone to try to minimise the damage over the … Continue reading →

A new study conducted by the University of Adelaide being presented to the Australia sleep conference in Sydney this week has linked lack of sleep with tougher lifestyles and health circumstances. The study also found that the flashing lights of … Continue reading →