The dumbbell snatch is a version of the Olympic lift, the snatch, performed with a dumbbell in one hand. You move the dumbbell from the floor to above your head in one explosive movement.
The dumbbell snatch is a full body movement and most of the major muscle groups come into play, particularly legs, shoulders and [...]
This time we look at another compound barbell exercise, the deadlift. The deadlift targets the muscles of the posterior chain (hamstrings, glutes, lower back) and like the squat is another must do exercise to include within your training if your goals are increased muscle size or strength gains.
Many people avoid the deadlift due to a number [...]
This series of posts looks at some of my favourite and most effective exercises that I use on a regular basis within my personal training sessions. For each of the exercises I will look at correct technique and teaching points, other variations of the exercise and then list some sample workouts. For this first post [...]
For today’s training session we were still focusing on strength work basing the workout around compound exercises such as deadlifts and squats as well as introducing some more sport specific moves such as the press-up with knee strikes.
We warmed up using a mixture of medicine ball exercises such as swings, rotations and lunges with rotations [...]
This series of posts will follow the progress of Marlon as he trains for an upcoming Semi-pro cage fight at the beginning of May. Marlon will be training with me twice per week alongside his current MMA sessions. The first few weeks we will be focusing on basic strength work using large compound lifts such [...]
Many people head to the gym with the sole aim of increasing their muscle size and strength but fail to reach their goals. This could be down to a number of reasons such as poor nutrition and ineffective training for example. Many people spend hours in the free weights area following programmes that are not [...]
This whole body workout combines large compound resistance exercises combined with plyometric based exercises to help you improve your strength, power, anaerobic fitness and burn plenty of calories. This workout superset’s (performing 2 exercises back to back with no rest) strength exercise with an explosive cardio based movement.*****
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As a member you can now receive detailed training plans that you can follow either at home or your local gym. These plans will be designed with your goals in mind and include exercise descriptions, photos and video clips showing exercise techniques and progressions so you can keep your workout fresh and keep achieving results. [...]
At the Results fitness studio not only do we offer personal training in single sessions and block bookings but also fitness packages. These 6 week packages are designed to help you achieve specific goals by following structured programmes and personalised eating plans.
Results Burn it: If your goals are to lose weight, drop body fat and [...]
If your goal is to increase muscle size and strength then this programme could be what you need. The programme is a 3 day split which means training your whole body over 3 days, so for example Monday you would train your chest and biceps, Wednesday back and shoulders and finally Friday legs and triceps. [...]
