FREE COACHING GUIDES · GROWING FREE LIBRARY

FREE COACHING GUIDES · GROWING FREE LIBRARY

Clear answers for the decisions that keep getting in the way.

Clear answers for the decisions that keep getting in the way.

Clear answers for the decisions that keep getting in the way.

Practical training and nutrition guidance designed to help you understand the next useful step without turning everything into a new rule.

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A connected body-change plan combining nutrition, training and progress tracking

Consistency

The Sustainable Body-Change Roadmap

Find the constraint currently having the greatest effect, take three practical actions and know when to stay, progress or reassess.

12 min read

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A practical guide to setting calorie targets for different fitness goals

Nutrition

Set a calorie target you can actually use

Choose a practical calorie target for fat loss, maintenance, body recomposition or muscle gain, then refine it using your real trend.

10 min read

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A selection of protein-rich foods for building practical meals

Nutrition

How Much Protein Do You Actually Need?

Understand a useful protein target and how to hit it without overcomplicating meals.

6 min read

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A gym member recording repetitions beside a written training programme

Training

How to Follow Your Training Programme

Understand every part of your programme, choose sensible starting loads and know what to record after each set, whether you use Trainerize or a standalone programme file.

8 min read

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A gym member preparing for a realistic weekly training routine

Training

How Many Days Per Week Do You Need to Train?

Choose a realistic number of weekly sessions and a simple split that fits your life, recovery and goals.

8 min read

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A gym member completing a challenging resistance-training set

Training

How Hard Should Your Sets Feel?

Use reps in reserve to judge effort, protect technique and make your working sets productive.

7 min read

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Weight plates representing progression through reps, load and execution

Muscle Building

How to Progress When You Cannot Add More Weight

Use reps, smaller load jumps and better execution to keep progressing when adding weight is not practical.

8 min read

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A person measuring their waist while reviewing a longer-term weight trend

Fat Loss

What to Do When Your Weight Stops Decreasing

Confirm whether a plateau is real, audit the likely causes and make the smallest useful adjustment.

8 min read

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A considered selection of unbranded supplements beside protein, oily fish, nuts and colourful whole foods

Supplements

Supplements: What Is Actually Worth Your Money?

A practical way to decide whether a supplement solves a real problem, plus the few options that may be useful in the right context.

9 min read

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