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Strength System
- Jun 27, 2020
- 3 min
Strength System Turns 5!
We can’t believe it’s been 5 years! Along the way, we’ve added a floor, lots of shiny equipment, and a coffee machine (that we grievously...
Strength System
- Sep 12, 2019
- 2 min
Are you doing too much?
So you’ve decided that you just HAVE to get fit. Maybe you looked in the mirror one day and saw that there was more stuff there than...
Strength System
- Jul 24, 2019
- 3 min
Stress: what you need to know
At Strength System, we like to think of stress management as the bedrock of a healthy, fulfilling life. Stress often gets a bad rap: we...
Strength System
- Jul 18, 2019
- 2 min
Intermittent Fasting – What’s the Deal?
If you’ve been on the fat loss bandwagon for long enough, you’ve probably tried or at least heard of the concept of intermittent fasting...
Strength System
- Jul 11, 2019
- 2 min
Water: are you having enough?
When was the last time you thought about your water intake? If the answer is ‘never!’, then we might have a problem. We all know the...
Strength System
- Jul 8, 2019
- 2 min
RPE: what and why
Let’s talk RPE! ‘RP-what’? I hear you cry. RPE is trainerspeak for Rate of Perceived Exertion. Simply put, it’s a measure of how...
Strength System
- Jul 4, 2019
- 2 min
All about sleep
Public service announcement: how much sleep are you getting? In a culture where 12 hour-workdays are the norm and Netflix, Instagram, and...
Strength System
- Feb 8, 2019
- 3 min
4 reasons strength is awesome
Here at Strength System, we love getting folks stronger. While everyone’s programme might look different, we are always looking to gain...
Strength System
- Jan 11, 2019
- 2 min
Hack away the unessential
As 2019 rolls in, I’ve been taking stock of what’s important to me and clearing away the clutter. I am not someone who enjoys being...
Strength System
- Feb 4, 2018
- 4 min
This flu season, give sinusitis the finger
It’s the time of the year again. Here come the seasonal changes, and with them, the death knell of your ability to breathe for the next...
Strength System
- Nov 11, 2016
- 5 min
My year with Greg Robins
After my first visit to a powerlifting gym back in 2015 (Total Performance Sport, MA), I knew I wanted to compete in the sport at some...
Strength System
- Nov 1, 2016
- 2 min
What’s the hurry?
Fitness and having a good physique is commonly viewed as an end result. You work hard for X number of days, you do A, B and C and boom,...
Strength System
- Dec 23, 2015
- 1 min
2016 – The year of fitness, fun and fat loss!
There is a certain magic to group training, the energy generated when a group of people commit to a cause and honour it by pushing...
Strength System
- Aug 18, 2015
- 2 min
Enter the Landmine
My name is Sandeep, and I have bad shoulders. A childhood spent in front of the computer playing videogames, and an early adulthood...
Strength System
- Aug 6, 2015
- 2 min
SMFR 101
Bro, do you even Self Myofascial Release (SMFR)? Even if your tongue protests at having to pronounce that, you’ve definitely done it at...
Strength System
- Jun 9, 2015
- 3 min
What’s your passion?
When we emailed Steve Pulcinella of Iron Sport Gym way back in December based on Alexander’s recommendation about visiting him during our...
Strength System
- Apr 20, 2015
- 3 min
Perform Better Series – Manipulating Movement with Nick Winkelman
Its always a challenge to present at the end of a seminar, especially if you are trying to say, or teach in this case, a lot in a...
Strength System
- Mar 31, 2015
- 3 min
Perform Better Series – The Boyle System
The entire trip was planned around one thing – meeting coach Dan John. I checked his schedule in November last year and when we found out...
Strength System
- Mar 26, 2015
- 3 min
Finding your own path with Cameron Pratto
So far, our journey has been fairly predictable. We visited and learnt from legends in the field of strength and conditioning such as...