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Fuel – Part 2

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FUEL ( part 2 Food) FOOD gives or takes away the energy you need to be the man you want to be. It's easy in the Glasgow and the west of Scotland to fall into bad habits, the chippies, the deep fried pizza, or just normal pizza, all the other takeaways, the 'couple of beers' watching the football or shitty tv on week nights, the uncountable beers, shots and halves over the weekend. Now we're (GMC) not telling you stop all of these, although you can't get the results you say you want doing it constantly. Actually giving a fuck

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Whats Your Inner Fire?

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Part 2 of what GMC actualy does Your inner FIRE, what drives you, motivates, inspires you to become better, to keep going when everything else tells you to give up. This is what GMC will help you find, remind you about it when you hit a low. Keep you accountable to it. Whether it's the ability to run about with your kids, get rid of that beer belly, rekindle your love of life, make more money, change jobs, have kids, better relationships - whatever drives you. Working together within a group of like minded men who will hold you to

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Find The Reasons To Give Up Your Excuses

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What reason do you need to give up your excuses ? So, you’ve read my blogs, followed my facebook. Typed all the questions into Google, looking for that ‘thing’ the magic pill, the big secret to achieving what you want. But still not found 'the answer' What if I were to say, you’ve already found the answer? You know you have So why aren’t you where you want to be physically, mentally, relationship wise ? EXCUSES, EXCUSES, EXCUSES I’ve probably heard them all and definitely used some of them myself “I don’t have the time” how long are you on

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Overwhelm, ma Heid’s burst

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Information, Information, Information It’s fucking everywhere !!! Want to know something we google it and then spend hours hunting through all the options, all the downloads, all the videos, before finally forgetting what the question was. Too much conflicting information, just adds to an already confused brain. I hear this from a lot of men when discussing what G.M.C comprises of, what is expected, what work you need to do. Once I start explaining all the service G.M.C provides I can see how it can easily become overwhelming, seem like too much to take on, too much work, too much

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Fannying about with Fitness

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How important is your fitness to you ? Are you a avid gym goer, beat yourself up if you miss a session or don't progress as well as you hoped ? Are you first to book into classes, first through the door? Follow a progressive program aimed at your specific goals ? Or do you fanny about ? It's something you'd like to enjoy more, the idea of being leaner, faster, stronger is appealing but it's boring. I get it, I used to be worse than I am now, if a class got cancelled or I didn't have a set

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Fit after 30, F#$k the Dad Bod

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FIT FROM 30 AND BEYOND You may have flew through your 20’s playing sports, going to gym, nights out and back playing, training the next day without thinking too much about it, a little bit invincible. Then you hit your 30’s, maybe your recovery isn’t quite what it was, hangovers lasting a little bit longer, other priorities take over, family, work etc. So you have less time. Does this mean that having a decent level of fitness and strength are behind you, never to be regained ? Thankfully I can tell you that's far from the truth, with the right

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Benefits of speed training

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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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Why you can’t beat barbell training

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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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6 Reasons Why Kettlebells Are Frickin’ Awesome

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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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10 Reasons why “Strongman Training” gets results

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It will get you strong (D’OH !) - Do not mistake strong for getting big. Yes you can get big and strong, if that’s your goal, but you can also get epically strong without getting huge, we will teach and coach you, whatever your goals are. It will make you more functional strong, for everyday life - Using Tyres, yokes, farmers handles, atlas stones, beer kegs etc will give you ‘Old School’ strength, a raw man strength, lifting and moving weights, you never dreamed possible. Movement Patterns – Covering all aspects of human movement – pulling, pushing, squatting, walking with

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