Stretching – Before OR After?

After years of lifting weights without stretching before or after I trained, I realised that my posture was pretty horrendous. Not to mention the people around me could see how my tight shoulders, chest, biceps and upper back were, which is never a good sign. So I looked into stretching and remedial work and how I could integrate…

21 April 20160Comments

ByUltimate Performance

Training Education

Fitness Motivation: 5 Reasons to Get Your Ass to the Gym

Working out, doing weights, going for a run or whatever other kind of fitness exercise that tickles your fancy is commonly mistaken to be good for just the one reason...looking good. Getting rid of that big behind, bingo wings or maybe even a double chin may be the motivation behind your sudden desire to go the…

15 April 20160Comments

ByUltimate Performance

Training Education

ARE YOU READY TO CHANGE?

ARE YOU READY TO CHANGE? - Compliance & Transformations Readiness to change, compliance and transformations. These all go hand in hand and in order to attain the result you want you need to tick all the boxes! Readiness to change comes at varying degrees, some will want and need to lose significant bodyweight/fat mass and increase lean…

26 January 20160Comments

ByUltimate Performance

Training Education

5 WAYS TO BUST THROUGH A PLATEAU!

So... You have been training for a few months now and have seen some good progress in your muscle mass and your body fat % is coming down, however you now feel like you have hit a bit of a plateau. Hitting a plateau can be quite frustrating and can make you not want to…

10 January 20160Comments

ByUltimate Performance

Build Muscle

TRAINING MUSCLE GROUPS – TRICEPS

Training Muscle Groups Series - TRICEPS ANATOMY The Triceps muscle are made up of three different heads; Long Head, Medial Head and Lateral Head, all of which are responsible for extension of the elbow, and in the case of the Long Head, is also involved as a shoulder extensor due to its biarticular nature. The Lateral head is…

31 December 20150Comments

ByUltimate Performance

Strength Training

TRAINING MUSCLE GROUPS: A COMPLETE SERIES

TRAINING MUSCLE GROUPS: A COMPLETE SERIES PART 1: BICEPS Understanding the anatomy of a muscle and the movements it impacts upon is vital if we are looking to develop a well-rounded, balanced physique. Each instalment of this series will focus on an individual muscle group, detailing its specific function and how to optimally target, recruit and train this…

13 September 20150Comments

ByUltimate Performance

Build Muscle

Carb Cycling for hypertrophy – Part 2

Carb cycling for hypertrophy is slightly different. With fat loss the main goal behind cycling carbs is to prevent the thyroid from slowing down by implementing carb re-feed’s at specific times. For hypertrophy our goal is to utilize the anabolic properties of insulin. Insulin is one of the most important anabolic hormones in the body. It…

17 November 20140Comments

ByUltimate Performance

Training Education

Follow Me I’m A Guru

In a growing industry saturated with self proclaimed fitness gurus and unique fitness devices that are the next revolutionary tool that will help you change your physique, what can be known to do the body justice and what should be thrown out in the trash as garbage? Lets start with the most popular first, Crossfit. Created…

6 November 20140Comments

ByUltimate Performance

Training Education

Frequency of Training: Is There a Best Way?

The following article on frequency of training is a series of excerpts Nick Mitchell contributed to a Men's Health article (July 2011) on the best exercise protocols for differing frequencies of training. Frequency of Training: One workout a week I took a different tack from what MH originally wanted for a one session…

17 February 20110Comments

ByUltimate Performance

Training Education

Raw Grip Interview with Nick Mitchell

The following is part of a recent interview that Nick Mitchell gave to the online training journal, Raw Grip. The magazine's editor was looking for a top personal trainer...fortunately he wasn't looking for political correctness as well! Its interview time again but this time it’s with the leading London based personal trainer / strength and conditioning…

15 October 20090Comments

ByNick Mitchell

Training Education

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