Which is better for muscle growth (hypertrophy), full body workouts or split routines? As a personal trainer in London with many clients who have wanted to gain muscle, this is a question I get asked a lot. Full Body Workouts I would recommend full body workouts for people who are new to training or who […]
Protein breaks down into amino acids when it’s digested. Amino acids are the building-blocks of muscle growth and repair, but they perform many other functions too. Before I qualified as a personal trainer myself, I had an excellent personal trainer in north London who could recite all the amino acids by heart. He was a […]
This genius of bodybuilding and human achievement in everything he has set himself – Arnold Schwarzenegger – has produced the bible of muscle building workouts. With more than 850 photographs of exercises, this book is organised by muscle group and continues to stun me with its wealth of practical advice on building muscle. As a […]
As a personal trainer in London, I’m always on the lookout for ways to make my workouts more effective, both for me and my clients. It’s easy to fall into a rut of doing the same old exercises in the same old way, but you need to keep your workouts fresh and challenging in order […]
I’ve been a personal trainer in London for twenty years, and most clients who come to me say they are determined to lose weight, improve their eating and lifestyle, get stronger and fitter. However, in some cases this determination is short-lived. Why? What is the difference between those clients who reach their goals and those […]
If you’re looking to bulk up healthily and build a muscular physique, read on! As a personal trainer in London with over 20 years’ experience as from 2022 (yes, this blog post has been updated!), I’ve advised many clients how to build themselves up healthily, where the weight gain is muscle and not fat. There […]
If you’ve not already read my blog post about episode 1, please read it first. As we saw in episode 1, the three groups of overweight volunteers were given different diets according to what makes them overeat, “instead of reaching for the latest fad diet,” said Professor Tanya Byron. As a personal trainer in London […]