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Personal Trainer at Snap Fitness Brisbane City helping people achieve health and fitness goals in the safest but fastest way possible!

Unless youโ€™re one of these knobheads who actually enjoys swapping ๐˜™๐˜ฐ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜—๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด for ๐˜™๐˜ฐ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜’๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ over the festive seaso...
08/11/2021

Unless youโ€™re one of these knobheads who actually enjoys swapping ๐˜™๐˜ฐ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜—๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด for ๐˜™๐˜ฐ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜’๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ over the festive season, youโ€™ll know how hard it is to keep calories down during this period of time.โฃ
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So hereโ€™s 2 massive tips for those of you who are trying to find that balance between staying in shape but enjoying the occasional mulled wine and mince pie. โฃ
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๐Ÿ. Chill the f**k out. Festive season only comes around once a year and that comes with plentiful of social events in your calendar. Over stressing about a few extra calories over this period of time will take the enjoyment of spending time with friends and family away. Maintain discipline with nutrition when you CAN and still adhere to your training program as diligently as possible. Itโ€™s bloody hard to out-train a diet, but being ruthless with your consistency to training will help out a little. โฃ
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๐Ÿ. Cycle your calories around your social events. Although this sounds somewhat contradictory to chilling the f**k out, itโ€™s a guideline that can help eradicate any guilt associated with loosening the shackles when required. Simply identify potential events in your calendar and aim to find a manageable trade-off with reducing your calories in the days around any event you have.

If you felt down after weighing yourself on Monday, this is for you. โฃโฃNo matter how much you try and educate some to no...
28/09/2021

If you felt down after weighing yourself on Monday, this is for you. โฃ
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No matter how much you try and educate some to not weigh themselves erratically, they do. โฃ
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So if they're going to do it, make sure they do it with better measurements and controls in place. โฃ
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P.S - Ladies, it's far more complex for you when it's โ€˜that time of the monthโ€™ so don't go weighing yourself randomly with no calculated approach in place โค๏ธ

Sometimes we need a reminder that the benefits of strength training are not just limited to what looks back at us in the...
20/09/2021

Sometimes we need a reminder that the benefits of strength training are not just limited to what looks back at us in the mirror. โฃ
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You may have had negative experiences with the gym, particularly when there are those who do appear to just train for what they see in the mirror. โฃ
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But when it comes to exercise, and youโ€™re looking for the most bang-for-your-buck option out there, itโ€™s hard to look past strength training. โฃ
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So if any of the options listed above serve as a reminder for you to get your strength training in, or they hit somewhat of a nerve, get it planned this week ๐Ÿ‘Š๐Ÿป

Something to think about for the week ahead ๐Ÿค”โฌ†๏ธ
13/09/2021

Something to think about for the week ahead ๐Ÿค”โฌ†๏ธ

๐˜‹๐˜ฐ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ ๐˜๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜‰๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ๐˜บ ๐˜ž๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ด? โฃโฃHere's a few suggestions and tips on how to use Tri-Sets when performing a full body wor...
01/09/2021

๐˜‹๐˜ฐ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ ๐˜๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜‰๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ๐˜บ ๐˜ž๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ด? โฃ
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Here's a few suggestions and tips on how to use Tri-Sets when performing a full body workout. โฃ
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If you're someone who enjoys 'moving' in your workouts and doesn't enjoy being restricted to performing one exercise on it's own with longer rest periods, then save this post and give it a go next time you're in the gym.

๐’๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐ƒ๐ž๐ž๐ฉ ๐Œ๐จ๐ง๐๐š๐ฒ ๐Œ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ โฃ๐Ÿ—ฃโฃThis is my first post in 12 weeks. โฃโฃFor someone like myself who uses platforms like Instagr...
23/08/2021

๐’๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐ƒ๐ž๐ž๐ฉ ๐Œ๐จ๐ง๐๐š๐ฒ ๐Œ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ โฃ๐Ÿ—ฃ
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This is my first post in 12 weeks. โฃ
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For someone like myself who uses platforms like Instagram and Facebook for marketing purposes as well as social purposes, it would seem thatโ€™s a poor return. โฃ
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Truthfully, social media has been doing my head in. โฃ
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Not only could I bare the thought of producing content, itโ€™s been hard to look at it each day with everything thatโ€™s been going on. โฃ
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Some of the lockdowns have knocked the sh*t out of me. โฃ
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I admire and respect those who continuously rise above them because at times, I definitely havenโ€™t. โฃ
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However, I have been getting stuck into many projects for the upcoming months and have recently helped a good number of people in the first Project56 program. โฃ
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Committing to becoming more consistent on social media (and therefore helping a few others along the way), regardless of how I feel, is certainly high on the priority list. โฃ
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Committing to my health and fitness is a habit that for me, fortunately, never budges. For others, I fully understand if that isnโ€™t the case and hasnโ€™t been over the difficult times many are experiencing right now. โฃ
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If youโ€™re in that position right now, I hope youโ€™re not too down about it and fingers crossed over the next few months, Iโ€™ll be able to produce content that will help you navigate these crazy times. โฃ
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PS - with all due respect, f**k covid ๐Ÿ–•

๐…๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐จ๐๐ฒ ๐“๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ โฃโฃโฃโฃCheck the images in the post out to see a few reasons you may consider doing Full Body Training. โฃ...
31/05/2021

๐…๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐จ๐๐ฒ ๐“๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ โฃโฃ
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Check the images in the post out to see a few reasons you may consider doing Full Body Training. โฃโฃ
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The reasons mentioned come from my own personal considerations, and have been influenced by situations that have arose from training clients over the past 10 years. โฃโฃ
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For instance; I have a current client who is enjoying his training because he isn't turning up to football training without being able to run. โฃโฃ
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His old coach, very much from a Powerlifting and Weightlifting background, told him to '๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ถ๐˜ฑ' when he mentioned that Squats and Deadlifts were effecting his ability to play football competitively. โฃโฃ
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Who else has benefited from ๐…๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐จ๐๐ฒ ๐“๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ ? โฃโฃ

๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ญ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐Š๐ง๐ž๐ž๐ฌ โฃโฃI assume weโ€™re all over the โ€œdonโ€™t let your knees travel past your toesโ€ phase, yes? โฃโฃOkay good. โฃโฃ...
21/04/2021

๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ญ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐Š๐ง๐ž๐ž๐ฌ โฃ
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I assume weโ€™re all over the โ€œdonโ€™t let your knees travel past your toesโ€ phase, yes? โฃ
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Okay good. โฃ
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The exercise Iโ€™m performing is a front-foot elevated split squat.โฃ
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Itโ€™s not quite the hardcore ATG Split Squat often shown by but it still does the job and will bulletproof your knees. โฃ
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Itโ€™ll do wonders for lengthening your hip flexors, and increase ankle mobility. Those factors alone can help with so many performance-related exercises in the gym. โฃ
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On an โ€˜anecdotalโ€™ note, clients of mine (who are desk-bound) love these for their hip flexors and speak regularly about how theyโ€™ve made things a little less painful there. โฃ
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Who else has got these in their program? โฃ
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Props to for the initial exposure to them!

๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ ๐—ช๐ข๐ง๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ฌ โฃโฃThis is a topic I presented recently to a group of lawyers.โฃโฃLawyers, like many other professions, often su...
20/04/2021

๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ ๐—ช๐ข๐ง๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ฌ โฃ
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This is a topic I presented recently to a group of lawyers.โฃ
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Lawyers, like many other professions, often suffer from work getting in the way of their health and fitness efforts. โฃ
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Using this formula, it emphasises the importance of not negatively reacting to;โฃ
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- 1 missed training sessionโฃ
- 1 โ€˜bad mealโ€™ โฃ
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Yet so many of us throw our weeks out when one thing goes โ€˜wrongโ€™. โฃ
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โ€œIโ€™ll start again Mondayโ€โฃ
โ€œF**k it, I missed the gym so letโ€™s order takeawayโ€โฃ
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Does this sound like you?โฃ
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42 windows of opportunity people. โฃ
42 windows. โฃ
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๐‹๐ž๐  ๐๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐…๐จ๐ซ ๐‚๐ก๐ข๐ง-๐”๐ฉ๐ฌ & ๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฅ-๐”๐ฉ๐ฌโฃโฃ๐˜—๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐Ÿท:โฃ โœ…๐˜—๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐Ÿธ: โฃ๐Ÿ‘Ž๐Ÿป๐˜—๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐Ÿน: โฃ๐Ÿค”โฃBefore I get into why, here's something really...
23/03/2021

๐‹๐ž๐  ๐๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐…๐จ๐ซ ๐‚๐ก๐ข๐ง-๐”๐ฉ๐ฌ & ๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฅ-๐”๐ฉ๐ฌโฃ
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๐˜—๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐Ÿท:โฃ โœ…
๐˜—๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐Ÿธ: โฃ๐Ÿ‘Ž๐Ÿป
๐˜—๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐Ÿน: โฃ๐Ÿค”
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Before I get into why, here's something really important to consider..โฃ
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Most compound exercises require a LOT of bracing and stability. Chin-Ups and Pull-Ups are no different so neglecting this facet of the exercise isn't optimal. ๐˜ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ข ๐˜‰๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ ๐˜—๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด, ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜บ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต ๐˜ข ๐˜Š๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ-๐˜œ๐˜ฑ?โฃ
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Measuring progression through this exercise will be bloody difficult if you're legs are swinging around all willy-nilly. โฃ
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๐๐ก๐จ๐ญ๐จ ๐Ÿ: Rigid as f**k. Strong core and glutes engagement with a fixed position and no momentum through the lower body. โฃ
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๐๐ก๐จ๐ญ๐จ ๐Ÿ: Using your legs for momentum might have it's place to dig out 1 or 2 reps, but it will be hard to brace and stabilise as reps progress throughout the set. โฃ
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๐๐ก๐จ๐ญ๐จ ๐Ÿ‘: One of the most commonly performed variations (and sometimes needed if you're a lanky bastard like me who's feet will hit the floor if the bar is low). However, avoid if possible as the raised leg on one side will mean potential torque and make you pull in a crooked line in favour of the side of the raised leg.

I had to update my profile photo at work after using the same one for the last 5 years. โฃโฃSo hereโ€™s 5 things that have r...
17/03/2021

I had to update my profile photo at work after using the same one for the last 5 years. โฃ
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So hereโ€™s 5 things that have remained a constant in my coaching and methodology when helping clients over those 5 years; โฃ
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1) Respecting the clients goal. Training (for many of my gen-pop clients) really isnโ€™t the thing that gets them up in the morning. Itโ€™s a tool for them to improve general health markers and sometimes, quite literally, to get out the fu***ng office and get moving. Not all of them give a s**t about their PBs on the deadlift or care that theyโ€™ve lost 0.2% body fat on a s**tty scan. โฃ
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2) Faster workouts are better than missed workouts. Similar to above, not every client has the same dedication to training as their trainer. I always preach hitting 3x30min sessions per week is more than enough to contribute towards their goals. โฃ
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3) Get. Them. Moving. Most of my clients sit down at a desk all day. Sometimes the gym is their only chance to get moving in their day. A huge focus of their training goes towards mobility and flexibility as well as the key player; strength. โฃ
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4) My clients know a calorie deficit is king for fat loss. Itโ€™s simply said, but not so simply achieved. They know short-term fat loss programs ultimately lead them back to square one. Consistency (along with sustainability) is always the major player in long-term success and maintenance. โฃ
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5) I donโ€™t have a bias towards a particular style of training, or nutrition program. Guess what that means? Each client is treated like an individual. I see so many coaches try and put their clients onto โ€˜their wayโ€™ and they wonder why they donโ€™t stick around long. โฃ
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Stay tuned for the next profile photo update in 5 years time ๐Ÿ’โ€โ™‚๏ธ

If you added up every time Iโ€™ve put weights back for my clients and for myself, thatโ€™s a lot of extra activity. โฃโฃGuess ...
10/03/2021

If you added up every time Iโ€™ve put weights back for my clients and for myself, thatโ€™s a lot of extra activity. โฃ
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Guess what a lot of people miss out on in their pursuit of either fat loss or muscle gain? Extra activity. โฃ
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Now thatโ€™s not to say you have to go to the gym or exercise more. โฃ
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But how many times do you miss out on opportunities of extra activity? โฃ
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If muscle gain is your goal;โฃ
- How many times do you fail to control the eccentric rep? (Especially on the last rep of your set where many drop their weights needlessly)โฃ
- How many times do you stop the set when you could have pushed out another 5-6 reps easily? โฃ
- How many times do you allow ego to take over and shorten your range of motion? โฃ
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If fat loss is your goal;โฃ
- **How many times do you take the easy option (escalator/elevator) when you could have easily added in a few flights of stairs to increase your step count?โฃ
- How many times do you choose stationary machine exercises compared to movement based exercises? โฃ
- How many times do you park the closest available space to the shops?โฃ
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**If you are that person who stands still on the escalator when you have a clear path in front of you, please unfollow me ๐Ÿค—

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