
Training Longevity — how to stay injury free
When Dishy Rishi (our brand new Chancellor) unveiled his never-before-seen, eye-watering Coronavirus financial rescue package, he...

Remarkable People I have known : GARY KARLSON and SAM FREARS
WARNING: Every now-and-again I write a post that has only the most tenuous of links to bodybuilding — this is one. If you are somewhat...

HOW TO . . . train your Triceps
This blog is not really “instructional” or “how to.” It’s not about the “secrets” of building a big chest or the techniques of...

COMPLETE PHYSIQUE — The Million Rep Body
There is an unofficial “muscle hierarchy” in the gym world — the more “showy” the body-part, the more important it is. Some muscles are...

ICONIC BODYBUILDING PHOTOS Dorian’s Gym Photos — the day bodybuilding changed forever
I have written a few posts on this blog that are part of a series entitled, “Bodybuilding Photos That Are A Part Of Me” These are photos...

IN MEMORY OF JUSUP WILKOSZ — and his Incline Tricep Pushdown
A long-term client of mine, Sean, who keeps me up to date on these matters, sent me an article about the death of a bodybuilder called...

Thinking vs Doing — expanded!
When I started iamprotein.co.uk in February of 2018, I was told that the posts ought to be short and to the point, otherwise readers...

ACTION THINKING! — December is the New January
What is it about human nature that causes most of us struggle when it comes to taking immediate action — to tackle life’s tasks and...

Muscular Adventures : Perception and Redemption
Over the course of my bodybuilding life I have had a few scrapes and mini-adventures — some of which I have already written about here on...

FAT FACTS
“Mm, but she blinded me with science She blinded me with science And failed me in biology, yeh yeh” As any one of my Personal Training...

ATTACK THE SET — Tiki vs Tokoloshe.
Recently I was training with my long-term client and very good friend, Michael. Mike and I have trained together for nearly 20 years and...

THE MILLION REP BODY
I have spent a huge amount of my life in the gym, either training or coaching, and have loved every single moment of it! In the 39 years...

My “Top Ten ‘Waste of F@cking Time!’ Exercises”
I was showing my client Vash how to do Cable Crossovers recently, when he annoyed me. Instead of focusing on performing this valuable...

FRANCO COLUMBU — Bodybuilding’s Best Friend
By now the bodybuilding community, and the wider world in general, know that Franco Columbu has died. For the non-bodybuilding fan...

HOLIDAY STRATEGY — Active Rest
For those of us who love to exercise and eat clean, going on holiday can be problematic — especially if you are on a family holiday....

OUR TOWN — it’s not as easy as you might have thought.
WARNING: This post has very little to do with bodybuilding and fitness. It is more of a meandering story of an incident in my life and...

SOME RANDOM THOUGHTS ON TRAINING
TRAIN HARD — LAUGH HARDER!!! Lifting weights is fun! I know this because Arnold has decreed it so! Any article you read, or video you...

SOMATOTYPING: Endo, Meso, Ecto. Aspiration and Realisation — Finding the Balance
William Sheldon, MD, introduced the concept of body types, or somatotypes, in the 1940s. Since then, nutritionists, exercise...

9-9-6 vs 9-5
Recently I picked up a new client, or to be more accurate, she picked me — as she wrote in one of our first text exchanges: “Yep I picked...




















