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February Program - Build Muscle

My Muscle-Building Program for February.

This is my muscle building program for February. There will be little conditioning this month, only because I’m wondering what a month of almost exclusively weight training will feel like. I may still do a little boxing on Friday mornings, primarily because I enjoy it. Other than that, weights all week and rest at weekends. I’ve opted for an upper body/lower body two-day split. This doesn’t give…

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9 Habits I Had When I Was Unhappy

It took me years to learn how to be happy. For some, being happy might be innate, but for many people it’s a hard-learned skill. For a long time I believed that there were a lot of changes that needed to happen in the world before I could be happy. Then I came to realise that for as long as I told myself this I was justifying not making any effort myself, and if I made no effort I had no right…

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Chinese Pork With Noodles

My Tasty Recipe For Chinese Pork with Noodles

I love Chinese food. I was brought up in a rural English town where the understanding of Chinese cuisine was radioactive looking sauces over deep-fried shit. I loved that. Then I moved to London, and started exploring Chinatown, where I found some incredible dishes, almost nothing like any of the Chinese food I had known before. I daresay that in the event I was ever lucky enough to visit China…

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Matcha Do About Nothing

#Blackmore's #Matcha #tea #productreview.

The other day, whilst looking at nutritional supplements in a pharmacy (yes, sometimes I do this for fun), I noticed a small packet with the words “Matcha Tea” written on it. I have only come across the words “Matcha Tea” in a few places, one of which was an article in a men’s magazine about how wonderful it is, another of which was on the lips of hipsters. In the hipster community, coffee…

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The Key To Achieving Your Dreams In 2016

The Key To #Achieving Your #Dreams in #2016. #motivation #achievement #goals #weightloss

The above photos were taken six months apart. I stripped away more than ten kilos of body fat, but I didn’t go on a journey to become a new person. I had to become that person before I could begin the journey. In the nearly-a-decade since those photos were taken I have become happier, healthier and more fulfilled in every possible way, but it all began before anyone saw a single change on the…

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Start thinking like the person you want to be.

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Tricky's January Program

Tricky's January Program. #fitness #gym #muscle #trainingprogram

Well, here it is as promised. This year I’m going to be stripping away body fat and packing on some lean muscle, and for January, this is exactly how I’ll be doing it. It’s going to be tough, and it’s going to be gruelling. This isn’t some bullshit eight-minute solution that doesn’t work for anyone.

Mon:

Legs/Chest/Shoulders

  Barbell Squat (8-12 by 4/ rest 1min)

Barbell Bench( 8-10 by 3)…

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What's Killing Your New Year's Resolution

#fitness #muscle #training #resolution #fitnessprogram #health #gym

It’s my belief (and this belief is completely unsupported by numeric data) that the most common New Years Resolution ever made is to “get fit.” As a Fitness Coach, alarm bells are already ringing when I hear this being stated as the outline of a resolution, since it lacks the clear definition that helps one know whether or not they have achieved it. Nonetheless, bucketloads of people sign up to…

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Do you want to be lean, fit and muscled in 2016?

Then I have some very exciting news for you.

2016 is my year of getting lean, fit and muscled, and so can you.

Are you: • About to make a New Year resolution to get fit and healthy?

• Eager to make changes, but lacking in expertise or direction?

• Not keen on handing over a fortune to a Personal Trainer you only just met?

• Possessed of an excellent work ethic in the gym?

I’m not saying it’s going to be easy.

It’s going to be tough.

If that statement has put you off then it’s not you I’m after anyway. But if you’re prepared to work your arse off to see the results you’ve always dreamed of, then follow my Facebook page and tag like-minded friends for everything you need in 2016 to make your fitness goals a reality.

You will get: • The expertise and experience of a trainer with more than half a decade in the industry.

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Chipotle Meatballs With Hand-Cut Zucchini Ribbons

#chipotle #meatballs. A favourite #healthyrecipe of #trickyjames #fitness

This recipe is one I love. It doesn’t quite qualify under the title “clean” food, on account of the chipotle flavour coming from a processed sauce, but if you source the rest of your ingredients carefully the finished product still profiles very well, since the mince will have no unnecessary additions, unlike most meatballs you buy ready made in the supermarket. I have this meal when I want…

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7 Ways To Improve Your Bench Press

#bench #results #gym #fitness #training #muscle

Chances are, if you’re benching regularly at the gym, you’ve got some good habits and some bad ones. If you’re not benching regularly, tip number one to improve your bench would be to bench regularly. Here are a few other things to consider if you really want to improve the results you get from your bench.

Unfortunately, a lot of the commonly-subscribed-to wisdom in your average gym originates…

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Beef With Beer Marinade

#Beef with #beermarinade. #Healthyrecipe for #summer. #barbecuerecipe

This is a barbecue recipe, just in time for Summer in the Southern hemisphere, and to keep you excited about next Summer up there in the Northern hemisphere.

The link between barbecued foods and increased carcinogens is quite well documented, but a study from the University of Portugal recently indicated that marinading your meat in beer before you cook it significantly reduces levels of…

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My Last Two Awesome Moves For A Leaner Belly (Post#3 of #3)

The last in my #fatloss series. #leanbelly #weightloss #fitness #exercise

Well, I promised it a while back, and here it is. These are the final two power moves everyone should be doing for a leaner belly. I strongly recommend you make use of all six of the moves I’ve recommended, and mix them up into your training on a regular basis. Combined with the right diet, you’ll be seeing massive results before you know it.

Medicine Ball Walking Lunges

What is it? Well, it’s a…

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Cheat Meals

#food and #fitness go hand in hand. Here's the TJF word on #weightloss and #cheatmeals

Perhaps it’s because we’re getting near to Christmas, or perhaps I’m just noticing it more because I’ve been bang in the middle of a couple of weeks without carbs, but if there’s one question everyone seems to be asking at the moment, it’s “When can I have cheat meals, and how many am I allowed.”

So here’s the lowdown on cheat meals, and why we might be eating them.

If your diet is in some way…

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This Week At The Gorilla Pit

#Training for #fatloss at #thegorillapit North Wollongong

I am now almost-but-not-quite two weeks into my twenty eight day challenge, and for those of you who are currently knotting up your fingers doing the maths on that, it’s almost-but-not-quite halfway.

Let’s start with the training, shall we? I’m getting a hell of a kick out of it, still. Over the last few days, Nathan has been busy, so we haven’t trained together as much as we otherwise would…

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Three Great Books

#reviews of #thediceman #yesman and #mrblue. Three books I love.

You know which habit binds many of the great people of this world? I’ll tell you; it’s reading. When you read, you afford yourself the capacity to see far beyond the confines of your own life and experience. If you want to climb higher, understand more, achieve greater things, reading helps you see to the targets that lie beyond what you know and see around you.

I try to read from a range of…

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Helping Your Children Stay Active Some straightforward and useful tips here on an important subject.