CrossFit Berserk, Belfast.
28/08/2026
If you’re a “scaled” CrossFitter, every skill you want is on the other side of getting strong.
Not got pull ups?
Not got T2B?
Struggle with press ups?
You should probably do more bodybuilding and hypertrophy strength work.
25/08/2026
Sorry mate, you’re not going to be great at weightlifting doing it for 20 minutes once a week.
I started weightlifting at 17 years old.
I did a sn**ch and clean & jerk 4-5x per week. Every week. Until I was 27.
I won’t do the math for you but that’s a s**t ton of repetitions.
Kind of like learning to ride a bike. You get on the bike everyday until you never forget how to ride a bike.
You don’t practice enough and you don’t put enough time into getting strong enough in the positions you need for the skill.
24/08/2026
The 100kg Club.
When you commit to getting strong you can join it too.
Strength is the missing link to everything you want to achieve.
Is having too much data available hindering your progress?
Have we lost the art of just training hard and pushing ourselves??
Some of my favourite and most memorable times training were when we all went into the gym and just trained as hard as we could without worrying whether we were in the exact heart rate zone or pace.
I used to have a whoop that would tell me not to train and then I got to the gym and had the best session of my life.
I think we need to get back to learning about how our own bodies feel rather than what an app tells us to feel.
Is the overhead squat the best test of all round mobility?
In my experience when someone can pick up a barbell and execute a perfect overhead squat without any restrictions generally speaking they can move pretty well in most other areas.
The real is how narrow you can bring your hands.
Try this challenge:
1: Start in your normal wide grip and perform 5 reps with a 2s pause.
2: Every set narrow your hands by 1-2 fingers width and repeat.
3: Keep going until you fail to complete the set or hit depth.
Video and tag me in your attempts 📹
19/08/2026
Caffeine and kilos?
I was going wrong with my caffeine intake for years and never fully got the benefits from it in training.
I tried more caffeine during but was always wired going to bed.
It’s one of the best tools we have to utilise in strength training so make sure you’re getting it in at the right time AND pairing it with carbs 🤟🏻