Plain answers to the usual questions

General advice, written the way I would explain it in a session. If you want something built for your body and your week, that is coaching rather than a guide.

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How to build a full body weight training routine

A full body routine is the least fashionable and most reliable way to organise training for anybody who is not competing. Here is how the pieces fit together.

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Strength training for beginners: where to actually start

Most beginner advice is either a list of eighty exercises or somebody telling you to just start. Neither is useful. Here is the short version of what matters in the first few months, and what does not.

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How to improve grip strength

Grip is the most common reason a set of deadlifts ends early, and one of the easiest things to improve without adding much to your week.

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