Over the last few weeks I’ve been making recordings of some of the bits of my workouts. Squat I filmed the first four sets of my eight sets with 75kg on 4 May. It was the second time I’d done this weight (so one set of three and seven sets of two reps) and I [...]
Yesterday Bret Contreras (a.k.a. The Glute Guy) posted up a fascinating article about female strength levels. Having bombarded Bret with a load of questions in the comments I decided to use this week’s blog-watch post to dissect Bret’s post in a bit of detail and to think a bit around what he is saying since [...]
Tags:Female·Motivation·Muscle gain·Powerlifting·Pull up·Training·Women
This is a controversial subject. Obviously there is the “women should do light weights with high reps and shouldn’t lift heavy” camp and I definitely disagree with them. However, there are some more subtle differences that may affect how you structure your training (eg. biomechanics, ability to recover etc). A few months ago I had [...]
Tags:Female·Glutes·Pull up·Recovery·Training·Women·Work capacity
You’ve probably noticed that pull ups are a significant part of my workout structure. This has been a conscious decision for three key reasons: as a woman there is real satisfaction in being able to do good quality reps of pull ups, rather than the partials that you so often see people doing in the [...]
Merry Christmas everyone! It’s been an interesting year for my training which has had some highs but also some impressive lows. This year has also seen my start this blog. As the year winds to a close, here are the top 5 most popular non-recipe posts that I’ve written this year: How to do the [...]
Tags:Cookery·Diet·Glutes·menstrual cycle·Paleo diet·Pull up·Upright row
I have a system to get things done in the morning, and usually it serves me well. It involves a series of mobility drills that I do as I head downstairs in the morning. It’s a program that I adjust depending on what is needed most at the time, but it currently looks like this: Full [...]
Nothing impresses the guys in the gym more than strolling casually through the free-weights area, walking straight up to the pull up bar and doing a set of perfect pull ups. I spent a long time doing lots of different exercises before I hit on the perfect routine for achieving that first pull up. My [...]
