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11 REAL Reasons To Train With A Personal Trainer
In a desperate bid for attention, and potentially because I didn't want to be ANOTHER PT selling my services using the same promises,...
Chris K
Jul 6, 20201 min read
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Why I Don't Trust A Coach Who Can Count To 10
I also don't trust a coach who can count to: 8. 7. 6. etc. Maybe 3. I'll accept 3. Here's an example of a conversation during a typical...
gainsglutesglitter
Jun 29, 20202 min read
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Recommended Reading For Programming The General Population
"I'm wanting to do some more learning about programming, I feel like since I got my qualification I have bombarded myself with lots of...
Chris K
Jun 23, 20207 min read
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How To Train & Build Habits After Lockdown
When you started your fitness journey you gradually built habits, you trained consistently 2-5 times per week, you weighed and prepped...
Chris K
Jun 15, 20204 min read
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Stuff To Read To Pass Another Few Minutes On The Road To Oblivion
It's been another interesting week under lockdown conditions with a second coronavirus wave seemingly approaching. We've seen the Black...
Chris K
Jun 9, 20202 min read
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Busting Through A Plateau- How I Broke Through A 4 Year Bench Block
Since 2016, I have been stuck at 150kg as my lifetime bench press PB. This month, I finally benched 152.5kg! Apparently being pregnant...
Chris K
Jun 8, 20206 min read
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Writing Tips For Fitness Professionals: Ctrl+F, Filler Words & Sentence Power
Developing your skills as a writer is an endless process especially because most fitness professionals don't have experience being a...
Chris K
Jun 1, 20201 min read
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Things To Distract You From Your Impending Doom
Another week of lockdown. Or was it a month? An hour? I'm not sure anymore. Luckily, here at HQ we are healthy and in a good place to...
Chris K
May 29, 20201 min read
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8 Things You Don't Need To Worry About As A Recreational Powerlifter
The day I realized I probably wouldn't be a powerlifting world champion was a sad day. Well, it wasn't but it sounds good at the start of...
Chris K
May 27, 202010 min read
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Things To Temporarily Distract You From The Existential Fear Of Oblivion
I really enjoyed the title of today's piece. Will I keep renaming the series every week in an extremely successful bid to get as few...
Chris K
May 20, 20202 min read
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How To Be In A Lifelong Marriage To Your Strength Sport
Coronavirus is fun isn't it!? It most definitely isn't. Today we will not be discussing it because I want to talk about how to keep your...
Chris K
May 18, 20207 min read
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The Devil In The Details: 24 Small Things To Improve Your Lifting & Mindset
While recording an episode of The Grafters Podcast with Steven Cuthbert (host of Strength Chat Podcast) he chatted about a guest who...
Chris K
May 11, 202014 min read
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Stuff To Distract You From The Crushing Inevitability Of The Apocalypse
Hello again. Welcome to another week inside the house! Things seem to be gradually gearing up toward a relaxation of lockdown rules so...
Chris K
May 4, 20202 min read
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38 Tips For Beginner Fitness Bloggers
I recently received a question via Instagram from up-and-coming Personal Trainer George Smith: "I'm setting a website up and planning on...
Chris K
Apr 27, 202014 min read
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The Grafters Podcast Episode 14: Dean Somerset
This week we had the great pleasure of welcoming Dean Somerset to the podcast. You can listen to it below! My mouth or brain didn't want...
Chris K
Apr 16, 20202 min read
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Stuff To Pass Time During The Apocalypse
Reading Material At some point in the last week, I wrote an article entitled "Why PT's Should Continue To Train Their Clients Via Video."...
gainsglutesglitter
Apr 6, 20201 min read
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Why You Should Keep Training Your Clients (Via Video)
"Your PT sessions are more than just a training session."
Chris K
Apr 1, 20206 min read
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Free Programs For The Apocalypse!
I'll be adding more to these as (and if) isolation and social distancing carry on for the foreseeable future. As Tony Gentilcore rightly...
gainsglutesglitter
Mar 30, 20201 min read
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Competition Report Part 1- Lessons In Powerlifting: How To Respond To Bombing Out
This weekend we had the British Female Powerlifting Championship over 2 days. I had 2 athletes competing this weekend and I'll be making...
gainsglutesglitter
Mar 9, 20203 min read
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How To Train Beginners: A Handy Tip
If you are a strength coach, a PT or anyone that has to introduce someone to lifting weights or if you are looking to start lifting...
gainsglutesglitter
Mar 2, 20204 min read
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