Are you sad or just coming down?
At the start of this year, I went to a workshop to learn how to teach gym classes to music and I thoroughly enjoyed it. When I came back...
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- 5 days ago
- 1 min
I'm a bit of an eccentric myself actually; or, control those negatives!
My training partners hate me for it but slowing down movements could lead to greater strength and muscle gains without needing to add...
- Nov 20
- 2 min
Caffeine addiction: let's acknowledge and manage it
Earlier this year, a UK study showed a significant disparity in the amount of caffeine different coffee chains deliver in their cuppas....
- Nov 17
- 2 min
How I implement giant sets in my training
Giant sets are what you take, walking on the moon, or at least you’ll be walking like you’re on the moon after one… The terminology here...
- Nov 16
- 2 min
Building body and character
In October 2023, on the last day of my cut, I weighed in at just under 70kg – a weight I hadn’t been since my late teens. And yet, 10...
- Nov 15
- 1 min
Whether you call it a snatch waist or an x-frame
“I want nice arms, a small waist and a big bum” yeah, like, sure, hun, get in line behind me 😀 From experience, male and female clients...
- Nov 14
- 1 min
Gym poetry: thighs
Earlier this year, having read over a hundred poems on my poetry TikTok, I decried the dearth of good gym poetry in the public sphere....
- Nov 13
- 2 min
Set yourself up to win: reduce friction
If you feel like you’re constantly having to choose between “being good” and hitting snooze or indulging your cravings, then you might...
- May 14
- 5 min
Is this a pretty perfect glute workout?
Right then! Welcome to my pretty perfect perter posterior session plan, based on most of my clients' requests for "more ass, Jack"! What...
- Jan 3
- 2 min
What do bodyweight scales know about going on holiday?
Don’t let your scales define you or dictate what you do or don’t do on holiday. Last week, for the first time in a while, I was able to...
- Dec 16, 2022
- 2 min
When you know you need help, who should you talk to?
Who should you go to when you need help? Generally, if you’re struggling with something, I recommend talking to someone you can trust,...
- Nov 18, 2022
- 2 min
I've been gaining weight for 20 weeks. I'm having a break for four. Here's why
Ass getting bigger. Traps getting bigger. This is peak gaining season, and, after months of hating how I felt and looked, I’m finally...
- Nov 13, 2022
- 2 min
Client check-in: Laura, week six
I’m super proud of everyone I’ve worked with as an online coach so far this year, from improved gym numbers across the board to finding...
- Oct 2, 2022
- 3 min
Training to failure
In weeks four and nine of the X-frame gaining phase, we deliberately train to failure. Here I describe what failure is.
- Sep 17, 2022
- 4 min
X-frame gaining phase
The x-frame gaining phase is a 10-week weightlifting programme that follows a five day push/pull/full-body split over seven days.
- Sep 2, 2022
- 3 min
Pop punk enjambment; or, poetry everywhere
Falling in love is chaotic, discombobulating and exciting; falling out of love for me has also been the first two with inverse pain.
- Aug 26, 2022
- 3 min
Staying sane while gaining weight; or, learning to love and trust the process
Eating in a calorie surplus has been mentally challenging. Here I discuss the – admittedly privileged – difficulties of "bulking up".
- Jul 24, 2022
- 5 min
Avoiding avoidance; or learning to turn into the skid
I avoid starting things. I sometimes avoid finishing things. I've been putting this article off for a while...
- Jul 8, 2022
- 4 min
A hot take on mini-cutting
This is not an exhaustive guide; this is my hot take on why I decided to run a mini-cut phase this year alongside how it went.
- Jun 17, 2022
- 3 min
What's in a word? Are we what we do?
This is an account of a recovering depressive weightlifter; or, someone who lifts weights and gets down sometimes. What's in a word?
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