[johng]

Ah the one up in Coventry?! I want to go but too far! My coach is competing ????????

[johng]

Pahahaha fortunately I don’t have to worry about that any more as I am single as fuck! Not even just a little bit single lmao MUCH better that way, getting better results than ever haha

Yep yes one apparently! Think it stemmed from a back injury I had 4 or 5 years ago from a ladder accident – at time of injury everything was proper fucked on one side and kept spasming and putting me on the floor and a lot of muscle activation kind of switched off to try and protect the area – so I understand it anyway?! So when it came to it all working again one side was lagging behind.
Started doing these hip thrusts – not even with any weight – and it almost instantly helped my back out and perked my glutes up a treat hahaha

[johng]

Max – fancy meeting up for a session Saturday? lol

[johng]

I’d leave hams for leg day.

Current pull workouts look something like:
Lat Pull down
T-Bar row
SA Machine Row or DB Row
Pullover – Machine or DB
Rear delt fly – machine or DB
Shrugs
2 x Bicep curl variation

or

rack pull
bent over row
seated row
reverse grip pulldown
face pulls
shrugs
curls

Something like this anyway 🙂

[johng]

Yep exactly this – rack pulls and rows… need to build mine a lot more actually :S 🙁

[johng]

Agree, only been once and was blown away. Awesome gym! Hoping to go there again this weekend 🙂
Just over an hour for me also but definitely worth it.

Some serious athletes down there too apart from James!

[johng]

I avoided it for bloody ages in part for this reason and because I felt a prat doing it and always thought they were a “girls exercise”… then I HAD to do them as part of my rehab for a lower back injury as I had a lazy glute and omg… mind was blown and realised the importance of them!

I still rarely do them though.. currently not in my program, will definitely include them whenever I decide to start a new plan.

[johng]

Definitely keen to give PX1 a go – looks good!
Currently going through a tub of Total War and Primal AF though so will wait until pay day! Lol

[johng]

“Pro-tip: Don’t make eye contact with people in the gym as you execute these.” – cracked me up! Nearly spat my coffee out lol
True fact though! Don’t do it – super awkward haha

I’d go for hip thrusts over kick backs too. Personally I feel kickbacks are for instagram lol

[johng]

Drop the weight and slow the reps down – see how that feels.
Make sure you’re warmed up properly and try out knee sleeves perhaps – these help me MASSIVELY. Can’t train legs without them!

What hack squat is it? Some are just crap 🙁

[johng]

Glad the back is improving mate – feel your pain there!
A couple of months back I saw a really good chiropractor – had a bad experience with one in the past and thought they were crap but figured I’d give this new guy a go and he was actually fantastic and really managed to help change my mindset to how I thought about my back and managing the pain.
Do you see anyone like that?

[johng]

Croydon? Get yourself down Kings gym – I’m sure @JamesHollingshead will be able to point you to some of the staff there that can assist if not advise you himself! His squat is insane after all lol
Plus it’s an epic gym 🙂

[johng]

Caffeine is shown to have thermogenic properties, however I drink just to stay awake! haha Plus I just love coffee 🙂
Also I find it helps with some hunger cravings aaaand it helps me poo 🙂 So why not?! lmao

[johng]

Wedding looked amazing and it was great to see you both in clothing other than gym wear! ????
Nice story on the friendship and relationship there 🙂

[johng]

Have fun at the wedding! I’m off to one in a couple of weeks 🙂 first in a long time! usually funerals! ????‍♂️????