Category: Fitness

We incorporate a lot of speed/sprint work in our Glasgow Man Club sessions, here are a few reasons why – Body Composition – Sprinting, speed work or high intensity Interval training has been proven to be a great fat burner and muscle builder. You only have to look at a sprinters physique, compared to a marathon runner. Improved endurance and work Capacity - As sprint training, can help increase muscle and fast twitch muscle fibres; you will become faster and more powerful. This will lead to a faster ‘comfortable pace’ when running, cycling etc. This will also help increase your

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Barbells are one of the best pieces of equipment for training with. Most big compound exercise can be done with a barbell. From Deadlifts, Bench Press, Olympic Lifting, Squatting or Pressing, the barbell will allow you to take these exercises from a bare barbell up to whatever weight you need. Most barbell exercises are compound movements (using a lot of body parts working together). The barbell is very simple tool, so it is easy to learn the basic lifts quickly. With GMC coaching, anyone without any debilitating pre-conditions can learn most barbell exercises quickly. Olympic lifts may be an exception

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Kettlebells are another highly versatile tool, we will be using a lot of during GMC sessions, for those that don’t know, a kettlebell is metal ball with a handle, if you can imagine that. They generally come in two forms, competition kettlebells, which are made of cast steel and are all the same physical size, no matter what they weigh, these as the name suggests are used in Kettlebell competitions. Then you get Russian kettlebells, usually made of cast iron, these get larger in size as the weight goes up. Kettlebells have been around for hundreds of years and for

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