by Jack Hanrahan | Jul 18, 2017 | Move Better, Train Smarter
“If you win the morning, you win the day” – Tim Ferris If I was to pick one lifestyle change over the past year that has had the most notable effect on my health and well-being, it would be my newly refined morning routine. That is, a string of...
by Jack Hanrahan | Jun 22, 2017 | Resolve Pain, Train Smarter
Who doesn’t love a good ol’ ‘deep burn’ in the abs at the end of a training session? What a sadistic bunch we are! But for most, core finishers consist of a mash up of crunches, sit-ups and lots of bending and twisting. Your body deserves better than that. A lot...
by Jack Hanrahan | May 1, 2017 | Train Smarter
#1 Warm Up Better From 5 minute treadmill jogs to 45 minute stretching routines, warming up for weights varies widely among gym goers. Though doing anything beats rocking up to the squat rack after being desk bound for 8 hours, carrying out a random,...
by Jack Hanrahan | May 1, 2017 | Move Better, Train Smarter
If you want to clean up your squat technique, get more out of your training efforts or just feel and move less like the tin man and more like a human being…chances are, you need to prioritise your hip mobility. When joints work nice, everything becomes...
by Jack Hanrahan | May 1, 2017 | Build Muscle, Resolve Pain, Train Smarter
SO…you wanna bench, but it hurts like hell when you do. Most people assume that the barbell bench press must be bad for their shoulders. To some extent, this is true. Like overusing any exercise can be. That said, in most cases it is bad shoulders that don’t...