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Episode 18 OUT NOW!!!The conversation delves into the evolution of strength training, the importance of understanding it...
03/06/2026

Episode 18 OUT NOW!!!

The conversation delves into the evolution of strength training, the importance of understanding its history, and the impact of language and terminology on coaching and athlete development.

It also explores the misconceptions and evolution of training methods, such as the conjugate method and linear periodisation, and the significance of understanding the purpose and principles of different training protocols.

The conversation delves into the complexities of periodisation, training methodologies, and the evolving understanding of strength training. It also explores the impact of language, critical thinking, and the role of AI in coaching and education.

02/06/2026

Pick any periodisation model you like, they are not rigid structures incapable of being adjusted.

Somewhere along the way many coaches lost that. They started treating the model like a rule you obey instead of a framework you work inside.

16/05/2026

Training residuals begin to fade with age but they don’t disappear.

If you spent ten years lifting in your 20s, then twenty years off. At 50 you’re still miles ahead of where you would have been than if you started at 50.

The best time to start strength training is now.

13/05/2026

You can’t push every lift forward at once.

Whilst a novice can run squat, bench and deadlift up together for a while, that doesn’t last.

The more advanced you get, the more you have to choose — which lift gets the stimulus this block, and which ones sit on maintenance loads.

Push the deadlift. Hold the squat. Or reverse it.
Trying to add weight to everything every week is how strong intermediates stall for years.

Pain in a lift doesn’t always mean stop.Most lifters get this wrong. They push through and hope it disappears, or shut e...
13/05/2026

Pain in a lift doesn’t always mean stop.

Most lifters get this wrong. They push through and hope it disappears, or shut everything down and lose what they’ve built. Both cost progress.

A good coach runs a process. Assess. Modify. Monitor. Refer.

We don’t diagnose. We don’t treat. Our job is to answer three questions if can you train, how should you train, and for how long before we escalate.

When something stops responding to smart coaching, it’s no longer just a coaching problem. That’s why we work alongside the team at

An average coach modifies. A great coach refers and collaborates.

12/05/2026

Taken a month off and panicking? You haven’t undone the last two years.

Strength drops fast in the first two to four weeks off the bar — that’s normal. What most lifters miss is what happens next: it stops.

The neurological, structural and skill-based adaptations you’ve spent months building don’t vanish when you stop training. They go dormant.

Run one well-structured block back, manage the intensity, and most lifters are back where they left off in around five weeks.

One block. Not eighteen months lost.
The ones who blow up their return are chasing old PRs in week one. Don’t.

11/05/2026

The biggest mistake new lifters make? Hunting for the perfect program before they’ve built the habit of showing up.

The beauty of being a novice is that almost every session can drive progress — more muscle, neurological adaptations, and the development of the skill. But only if you keep turning up.

Motivation comes and goes. Make training as routine as brushing your teeth, and the gains follow.

07/05/2026

The fitness industry sells you “do less, get more.”

Training works the opposite way. The longer you stick with it, the harder you have to work for smaller gains. Imagine a share portfolio where the more you invest, the worse the returns get.

That’s the real reason most people quit is not the work, its the trade-off.

The lifters who stay accept that progress is earned in increments.

🎙️ Full episode out now.

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Episode 17 Out Now!!!We cover the progression of lifters from novice to advanced, emphasising the importance of dosage ...
07/05/2026

Episode 17 Out Now!!!

We cover the progression of lifters from novice to advanced, emphasising the importance of dosage and specificity in training.

We also explores the transition from simple to complex training systems, highlighting the need for strategic programming and the impact of variations in training.

Our conversation delves into the challenges of training for a long-term career in powerlifting, discussing the diminishing returns over time and the need to adapt training strategies for different age groups. It also explores the coaching differences between novice, intermediate, and advanced lifters, focusing on the evolving relationship between coach and athlete as experience and autonomy increase.

06/05/2026

Episode 17 — Why “less is more” is one of the most misunderstood ideas in strength sport.

You’ve heard it everywhere. Train less, recover more, get stronger. And honestly — it’s not entirely wrong. But it’s nowhere near the full picture.

Zoom out on any long-term athletic career and you’re doing MORE over time. That’s inescapable.
The lifter who tells you they “did a bit less and PB’d” has almost always spent three or four blocks quietly building enormous work capacity first. The lighter block didn’t make them strong.

The years of accumulated, structured loading did. The dip just let it surface.
Take the base away and “less is more” stops working very quickly.

So before you cut volume chasing the shortcut, ask the real question: what have you actually built up to cut from? Capacity, then peaking. Stimulus, then expression. Long-term work, then the strategic deload.

That’s the bigger picture most “less is more” takes neglect — and the after-math no one wants to talk about.

🎧 Full episode out now — link in bio.
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