MoreThanLifting Podcast Episode 4: Skills Training, Progressive Development & Structuring Your Workout For Maximum Results

In The MoreThanLifting Podcast Episode 4, Rhys and Chris talk skills training and how you go about developing awesome skills that will make you look awesome in front of the girlies 😉 Man we are so good to you haha! Anyway whether you want to learn a planche, lanche or some other kind of -anche… Continue reading MoreThanLifting Podcast Episode 4: Skills Training, Progressive Development & Structuring Your Workout For Maximum Results

MoreThanLifting Podcast Episode 3: Cardiovascular Fitness, Endurance & HIIT Training

In The MoreThanLifting Podcast Episode 3, Rhys and Chris discuss cardiovascular fitness, endurance training and high intensity interval training (HIIT). Also Chris runs a marathon – probably whilst recording –  and we find out why Zombies are inevitably going to be the only reason you need to do any long distance running.   [two_column_block style=”1″] [content1][/content1] [content2][/content2]… Continue reading MoreThanLifting Podcast Episode 3: Cardiovascular Fitness, Endurance & HIIT Training

More Than Lifting Podcast Episode 2: Movement Fundamentals, Low Level Drills & How To Get Started With Bodyweight Training Properly

In the More Than Lifting Podcast Episode 2, we talk about movement fundamentals & low level drills to get you started with bodyweight training. In the previous episode we discussed movement prep and mobility, in here we get on the bar and start moving around. We also cover legs and core training.     What Are… Continue reading More Than Lifting Podcast Episode 2: Movement Fundamentals, Low Level Drills & How To Get Started With Bodyweight Training Properly

MoreThanLifting Podcast Episode 1: Preparation For Training, Where To Start With Movement & Did Bodybuilding Ruin Fitness?

MoreThanLifting Podcast Episode 0: Introductions & Plans For The Podcast

  Yo yo yo   Rhys here from MoreThanLifting.com you are listening to the MoreThanLifting podcast episode 0 with myself and my good friend and co-host Chris Thatcher host of the Fit For Purpose podcast and several others – Check them out here!   This Podcast is all about Bodyweight training, gymnastics, calisthenics and utilizing… Continue reading MoreThanLifting Podcast Episode 0: Introductions & Plans For The Podcast

Get The Most Out Of Each Rep: What Is Range Of Motion And How Does It Affect Your Training?

We’ve all seen those guys at the gym doing pull ups. You know the ones I mean, they smash out the reps, they move really fast, but don’t seem to be doing a lot. They stay up at the top and barely get their shoulders lower than their elbows. ​ When I am training, I… Continue reading Get The Most Out Of Each Rep: What Is Range Of Motion And How Does It Affect Your Training?

My Training Goals And Progressions: Strength Cycle March-April 2016

It’s April, the second quarter is on and if you haven’t been holding true to your 2016 goals, then what better time to start than now, ready for summer, you’ve got a few months to fix up.   I fell off the wagon early on in the year, but I have spent the last 4… Continue reading My Training Goals And Progressions: Strength Cycle March-April 2016

Beginner Isometric Exercises

Isometrics are hold exercises. they are one of the 3 basic movement types so naturally you have to do them. Most of the big power moves are isometric exercises. Here I am going to show you 5 beginner isometric exercises and why you need to be doing them.   How can I start isometric training? I… Continue reading Beginner Isometric Exercises

Isometric Breathing – How To Hold 1 Minute L-Sits

Isometric exercises are great for strength and conditioning, you can easily get a good workout from a few select exercises held for an extended period of time. The biggest challenge with isometrics is breathing. If you aren’t breathing, you will never last more than 10 seconds. Isometrics use a lot of energy even though they… Continue reading Isometric Breathing – How To Hold 1 Minute L-Sits

A Reason To Train – Why I Started Gymnastics And How It Has Changed My Training

Gymnastics, just one of those things I never thought I would identify with!   If you don’t have a reason to train, you will struggle to keep at it, if you have a reason to apply your strength to improve something else, to get better at a sport or something, you will turn up to… Continue reading A Reason To Train – Why I Started Gymnastics And How It Has Changed My Training