We’ve all seen them; young groups of boys rocking up in the gym with their ‘brand new’ Nike blazers and their ‘brand new’ NBA vests (2 sizes too big of course.) You know the young lad half repping the bench press whilst his spotter is Tweeting their location hashtagging #Bulkingnotsulking. It comes to something when…
Week 2 – 3 Week 2 During week 2 I followed the exact same training routine as week 1, but I simply increased the weight being used slightly on each exercise in order to show progression and increase muscle mass. I went home to Cardiff on that weekend to visit my Girlfriend. We eat out…
Gym blog. Shifting those unwanted Christmas pounds. After spending the vast majority of Christmas eating whatever I wanted and drinking excessively on an almost daily basis, I embraced the gym come New Year with open arms. After training hard and consistently all year and living a healthy lifestyle, I thought that I would use the…
Diet plan: A recent survey by the Daily Mail suggests that ‘The average woman spends 31 years on a diet.’ Is this how hard it is to find your ever elusive ‘perfect shape?’ Notice how I say ‘shape’ not ‘body’ as I understand that everyone is different and we all come in different ‘shapes’ and…
One of the biggest and hardest things about the gym is ‘getting motivated’, ‘psyched up’, ‘pumped up’, ‘ready!’ No matter what you call it, it’s still the same problem for countless avid gym goers worldwide. Different people have different problems but many lack the drive and motivation to hit the gym. You may have had a hard day…
Aesthetics Aesthetics, a term loosely shot around on a daily basis by young boys who’s metabolisms are incredibly high and therefore , allow them to consume a ‘Family sized KFC’ leaving them with the belief that they are both huge and full of ‘aesthetics’. Definition of aesthetics: 1. (used with a sing. verb) a. The branch…
Today I watched a guy in the gym with a clear issue with society. He strutted around with his wife beater vest and carpets under his arms looking as if he was going to kill the next person that passed him a judging glance (which was quite clearly everyone). I sat there completing my sets…
When I first started training everyone seemed HUGE. Even the little guys looked massive to me. Growing up I was always tall and skinny (sort of bobble headish) so to me the gym represented a place to build some muscle. Now looking back 6 or so years ago I personally feel that the general ‘image’…
Tom Hayward 