The biggest misconception is that lifting weights makes you bulky, however, here’s some simple science to explain why it can and how you can prevent it if you’re worried. Short answer as always, “it depends”

February is almost gone. You probably started 2021 with a list of personal goals for this year. You felt motivated, ready to do whatever it takes for as long as it takes to get where you want to be. You were fired the f*** up when you wrote them, (if you actually did). You began your journey, your first pull-up, first handstand push up, first muscle up, first kilo of many off the scales. You started, guns blazing after every session doing those extras a coach told you to do. A few weeks go by, and you are smashing the extras but haven’t gotten the result you were hoping for. The motivation is dimming, you start to slack off on those extras, you feel as though the finish line is a tad out of reach now. If you feel this way you’re not alone. Studies show that only less than 30% of people work through their goals and accomplish them.

Here’s the reason why you can’t “out train a bad diet” and why flogging yourself won’t lead to the body composition goals you’re looking for.

Do you have that friend who you just want to see fail? That friend who is just living life too well and you want to pull them back a little bit so you can watch them sit on the sidelines whilst everyone else is getting gains. Here’s how you do it.

During training, we all want results RIGHT NOW, which is why we often push too hard past our capacity and tolerance. Injuries most commonly occur to muscles that are neglected due to altered movement patterns, which decreases their capacity, but are then forced to exceed their tolerance in a single bout (or repetitive overuse).