From a health stand point why should you do weight/resistance training? Here are our 3 steps to get started and succeed

1.  Establishing Your Own Personal Why (Try something new? A specific goal such as competing in a weight-based sport, or joining something like the armed forces.)

This episode is aimed at beginners/novices however anyone can find value especially coaches that may find value and use some of what's been discussed going forward. Resistance training is fantastic so let's remove the barriers and get everyone in the gym young, old, male, female, other and reap the benefits that come with resistance training.

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Studies Mentioned

Self-Selected Resistance Exercise Load: Implications for Research and Prescription

Resistance training is medicine: effects of strength training on health

The Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans

Dose-dependent association between muscle-strengthening activities and all-cause mortality

A systematic review, meta-analysis and meta-regression of the effect of protein supplementation on resistance training-induced gains in muscle mass and strength in healthy adults

Protein to Maximize Whole-Body Anabolism in Resistance-trained Females after Exercise

How much protein can the body use in a single meal for muscle-building?

Effectiveness of a 2-Week Strength Training Learning Intervention on Self-selected Weight-Training Intensity

Applications of the dose-response for muscular strength development

Strength training with repetitions to failure does not provide additional strength and muscle hypertrophy gains in young women

Accuracy in Estimating Repetitions to Failure During Resistance Exercise

This week we chat with former semi-pro rugby player and ex London City trader Ben Chips. We hear how he rose in the rugby ranks to then having to leave it all behind for the sake of his health. He now trains/competes in CrossFit and we explore how they came about and how he's doing including getting involved with the widely known WIT

Before we get into his story we do of course tackle his top 3 gym pet peeves which is a lot of fun. We look at the usage of Nike Pro undershorts (Savile Shorts), the "back in my day" crew and those who waffle and try to relate once you mention you're a PT but don't want to take action. 

Ben also tells us about his new business venture Stable where they hope to build a great fitness community in their brand new "barn" down in Surrey, England. It all sounds very exciting and we're looking forward to hopefully visiting the Stable Fit Barn once it's up and running! 

Stay up to date with Ben and Stable by visiting the links below

Ben Chips Instagram

Stable Instagram

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Coach Dean Hammond joins us again but this time as the star of the show as we dig deeper into his story. From his initial step into the world of health, fitness, and performance to deploying to Iraq with his own father to joining the Royal Army Physical Training Corps, where he continues to impact lives today. 

If you've listened to his previous episodes, you'll know he comes across as very passionate and driven almost "in your face" and this episode makes it all so clear why he is the man he is today. It's a truly inspiring story and we hope it resonates with a lot of people. 

If you want to continue to follow Deans journey or get in touch with him, please see these links for just that

Instagram: @coach_dean_hammond

Clubhouse: @coach_dean

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Welcome back to Chat Sh*t Get Fit, Chatting W/ PTs. This week we sit down with Dave McCallum the new Train Primal head coach. He's been a great addition to our team and we can't wait to see this community grow and flourish under his guidance.

We get to know him in this episode, hearing his hatred of mirrors and his springing disgust at over chalk usage, his journey into CrossFit including introducing Bill to the sport when they were both deployed with the Army and we also hear what he would have been doing if CrossFit wasn't a thing. 

If you've got any burning questions for Dave let us know and perhaps we'll get him back on for a Q&A

To join our community head to trainprimal.co or trainprimal.com. (Who knows which one is the right one at the time of you reading this!) Here you will be able to get stuck into any of 3 fitness programmes all with a 7-day free trial so nothing to lose and so much to gain. 

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Is there good and bad form/technique, good and bad posture and will this lead to more pain/more injuries. We want to stress that we are not saying that form/technique and posture does not matter. 

Key things we explore in this episode,

• What do we mean by incorrect/improper form/technique

It's a nice long one this week and it certainly needed the attention going by what we have found from various polls and discussions with people.

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Studies Mentioned

Biomechanics of changes in lumbar posture in static lifting

How to lift a box that is too large to fit between the knees

The effect of lumbar posture and pelvis fixation on back extensor torque and paravertebral muscle activation

Kettlebell swing, snatch, and bottoms-up carry: back and hip muscle activation, motion, and low back loads

Effects of load on good morning kinematics and EMG activity

Comparison of different strongman events: trunk muscle activation and lumbar spine motion, load, and stiffness

Occupational interventions for the prevention of back pain: Overview of systematic reviews

Risk factors for low back pain and sciatica: an umbrella review

"Sit Up Straight": Time to Re-evaluate

No consensus on causality of spine postures or physical exposure and low back pain: A systematic review of systematic reviews

Comparing lumbo-pelvic kinematics in people with and without back pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis

The Role of Variability in Motor Learning

Is movement variability important for sports biomechanists?

Welcome back to Chat Sh*t Get Fit & welcome to our 1st anniversary live special. To all of those that joined us live we had a great time however if you missed that and want to watch our reactions, we have uploaded a special extended video on YouTube of the entire 2-hour recording. Find that here!

We have a great time on this episode and spent many an hour searching through the last 12 months to put something together that is hopefully entertaining! We hope the next 12 months are such as much fun and we will continue to produce educational but entertaining health and fitness content! 

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Welcome back to Chat Sh*t Get Fit, Chatting W/ PTs where this week we sit down with Irishman Tristan. He's a rugby fan and player and this Is what started his journey into health and fitness. Since then he's fallen into the world of CrossFit which we get into some depth.

We start by discussing how terrified Tom is at the thought of T rex's AKA giant chickens hunting in packs and then move onto Tristan's top 3 gym pet peeves. They may be pretty bog-standard pet peeves but if you're in the industry you'll understand his frustrations!

It was great to hear Tristan's approach to personal training especially as we got stuck into the controversial figure that is James Haskell. We sprung this on Tristan as one of our secret questions and we certainly went in-depth.

If you want to see more from Tristan (his disco pump sessions are certainly worth a follow), check out his Instagram.

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Jonny is a soldier in the British Army and was only 23 when he suffered a stroke. A young fit healthy soldier and having a stroke just don't seem to add up. Regardless of what everyone was telling him and all the things that happened to him during his rehabilitation, he powered on through with pure mental grit and determination and got involved in some pretty mad physical challenges/competitions.

Here's what he's done. We are just as shocked as you!

2017 strongman comp that caused the stroke

19/11/17. Fission games qualify

04/12/16. Sarum winter throwdown

01/01/18. Marathon row

19/07/18. Wild west CrossFit competition

04/08/18. English Channel crossing attempt (Hospital readmission)

02/09/18. Stonehenge CrossFit competition 

28/01/19. First means everything quals

27/03/19. BAWF (3RD)

05/05/19. Half marathon run

04/07/19. Stonehenge CrossFit competition (1st)

The month of February 2020. 1000 miles on watt bike equivalent of 34.4 miles per day

The month of march -  Half marathon row every week

30/08/2020. Half ironman style event.. 13 miles run into 1.2 miles swim into a 25.8-mile bike ride

If you want to get in touch with Jonny to find out more he's happy for you to "slide into his DMs".

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Study Mentioned

Strokes in young adults: epidemiology and prevention

Hannah is an extremely knowledgeable coach who takes a compassionate evidence-based approach to coaching. As you'll hear it's like a dream come true for Tom as he finds someone who is literally him In the female form. Bill is basically the third wheel in this one! 

We discuss her top 3 gym pet peeves, including bicep curling right in front of the dumbbell rack/mirror, some madness with the smith machine, and those of you who excessively scream in the gym. We then find out about her journey into becoming the amazing coach she is today and this leads to numerous rabbit holes where Tom and Hannah share their thoughts on things from pain to madness of excessive warm-ups. 

We finish with our secret questions and Bill was not happy at her incredible ability to answer what were clearly jovial questions in an evidence-based intelligent format. It was a delight to have her on the podcast and we are incredibly fortunate to have someone as "switched on" as her on the Primal team. 

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Study Mentioned

Strength training is as effective as stretching for improving range of motion: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Welcome back to Chat Sh*t Get Fit Recovery. This week, we take a look at active recovery, which we've mentioned numerous times throughout the series. We look at it from 2 angles in active recovery straight after a bout of exercise/training and conducting active recovery on "rest days". Some pretty interesting points being addressed including how little you may actually need to do for a benefit which is something we weren't aware of going into the research of this episode.

You may have heard Tom nearly concuss himself with a massage gun and if you want to see that unfold check out our YouTube here!

Here's the rest of the recovery series if you want to hear how this stacks up to the rest!

If you're serious about your health, fitness & wellness and want to be expertly guided every step of the way, we now have limited spaces for you to work with a member of our team on a 1-1 basis. Everything you need will be laid out for you. Training, nutrition, food plans. You'll also be a part of our Primal community where you'll have access to all of us and other members. We still offer our more affordable community-based programs which are periodised training programs designed and tested by us. For more information head to trainprimal.co/signup

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New to the show? Head back to episode 1 "Let's Chat, Covid & Fitness" where we give an introduction into who we are and talk about the current state of ourselves and the fitness industry during this covid pandemic

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Studies Mentioned

The whopping 99 study meta

A Systematic Review on the Effectiveness of Active Recovery Interventions on Athletic Performance of Professional-, Collegiate-, and Competitive-Level Adult Athletes

Upper-Body Resistance Exercise Reduces Time to Recover After a High-Volume Bench Press Protocol in Resistance-Trained Men