Nxtep Knutsford

𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗛𝗼𝗿𝘀𝗲𝘀 🐎 🏆 ⁣
Training some of our athletes aiming for the pinnacle of their sport, means we have to work together closely.⁣
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I love the creativity of having to adapt our sessions in the gym to work towards improving weaknesses for competition days. ⁣
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When Sarah comes into the Studio after each competition, we will generally have a few minor tweaks to make. This means that next time she goes out to compete, we’ve tackled a slight weakness that aims at improving her ability to get the highest score possible. ⁣
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This last year has seen some incredible wins at the International level, and I’m excited to see how Sarah goes with her new horse. ⁣
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As you can see from the video, we work Sarah through exercises that complement her horse riding. However, you maybe won’t see too many of these in your normal gym. 🤪⁣
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Having the experience to adapt and work closely with our athletes helps to continuously develop not only their ability to compete at the highest level, but also gives them more confidence in themselves to grow as an athlete.⁣
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Looking forward to seeing Sarah work hard to bringing home some more Trophies this year. Keep up the amazing work lovely lady. ⭐🙌⁣
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#𝗞𝗻𝘂𝘁𝘀𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗱 #𝗗𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗴𝗲 #𝗛𝗼𝗿𝘀𝗲𝗥𝗶𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗙𝗶𝘁𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 #𝗣𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗥𝗶𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 #𝗖𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗣𝗧

𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗽 𝗙𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗟𝗲𝗴𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗕𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗵 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀⁣
Like most, if not 𝗔𝗟𝗟 clients who first start with us. When the time comes to finally hit the Barbell Bench Press. We discover the common trait that is known as, 𝗳𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴-𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗴𝘆-𝘀𝘆𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗼𝗺𝗲-𝗶𝘁𝘂𝘀! (*𝘋𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘳, 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴, 𝘐 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘪𝘴𝘴 𝘴𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘭𝘺 🤪)⁣
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It’s when the weights getting tough towards the end of your set. You wonder if you’re gonna make it out alive. ⁣
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Instead of digging in deep, bracing the core, and giving yourself the best chance of eaking out that last bit of strength. ⁣
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𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙚𝙣𝙨?!… The legs fly up in the air, the core turns to jelly, and you end up in the dentist to replace your front teeth you just knocked out. ⁣
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In all seriousness, this happens more than you know, (𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘦𝘦𝘵𝘩 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦 🤣) when learning this new skill. That’s why it’s down to us to coach you on how to get the most out of the movement to lift safely and effectively. ⁣
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Iain has improved his bench massively since he started with us. Considering he was a person who has never set foot in a gym before aswell⁣
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We’ve had to correct the flaring of his elbows, teaching him to screw his feet into the ground to engage the core, whilst focusing on controlled reps as he loved to rush everything in the beginning. ⁣
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We may now and again get a cheeky little hip thrust to help him when it’s getting heavy. (He almost does it here 🤪) But each week we dial in that teckers a little bit more. Plus the perfectionist that he is. He doesn’t like to be beaten.

𝗣𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝗨𝗽 𝗚𝗼𝗮𝗹𝘀 🎯 ⁣
A great goal some clients come to us with is trying to achieve a single pull-up.⁣
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If you’re someone who’s always wanted to master a pull up there’s a number of ways we build upto it. ⁣
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Working different exercises into your routine that build the muscles in the back and arms are key to seeing you continue to progress. ⁣
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Different variations of Rows & Pulldowns added in the mix will give you the confidence to start working towards some banded exercises too. ⁣
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Dan’s doing a great demo here of some slow and controlled banded pull ups. ⁣
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We’ve focused on pushing his feet slightly beyond the bar to enable him to engage his lats better. Whilst also opting for an underhand grip as we are generally a little stronger here due to the biceps working to support the movement. ⁣
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Dan’s already got his unaided pull up reps in the bag but we were going for more reps today to create a little more stimulus. ⁣
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What goals are you currently focused on? Ping a comment if you want any tips to try and improve with them. I’ll try snd help you out. 🤩👍🏻⁣
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#𝗽𝘂𝗹𝗹𝘂𝗽𝘀𝗴𝗼𝗮𝗹𝘀 #𝗸𝗻𝘂𝘁𝘀𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗱 #𝗺𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗽𝘂𝗹𝗹𝘂𝗽 #𝗽𝘂𝗹𝗹𝘂𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗶𝗾𝘂𝗲 #𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗿𝗲

🤩 𝟴𝟬𝟬 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗼𝘂𝘁𝘀 & 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 ✨⁣
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Massive shout to Harriet for continuing to crush her workouts with us at the Studio. ⁣
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Pre Covid when it all began, we couldn’t even hold a plank without getting lower back pain. 😣 ⁣
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Fast forward through lockdown workouts on video call, Turf Hames Competitions, Hyrox events and now knocking on the door for over 100kg on her Deadlifts. 🏋️ ⁣
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It’s amazing watching people continue to flourish push on and achieve more with us. ⁣
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It just takes that first step to make a start and who knows what you can accomplish down the line. ⁣
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Very proud of Harriet and all her hard work. Not only for her training but how she continues to work damn hard in her business too. 👊🏻🤩⁣
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Go get em girl. ⁣
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Keep on crushing those goals. 🤌🏻✨⁣
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Here’s to the next milestone. ⁣
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#𝗸𝗻𝘂𝘁𝘀𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗱 #𝟴𝟬𝟬𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗼𝘂𝘁𝘀 #𝗳𝗶𝘁𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗳𝗮𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗰 #𝗰𝗿𝘂𝘀𝗵𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗴𝗼𝗮𝗹𝘀 #𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴

⚽️ 𝗥𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗱𝗼, 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗹𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲? 🤔 ⁣
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I was slagging him off at the start of the week for ignoring fans and him coming across as bit or mard arse.⁣
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But actually thinking about it. It must be pretty tough to be at the top of your game. Putting in your best effort and not being able to change the pace of the game or destroy your opposition like you used to. ⁣
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What’s your thoughts? We’re all human at the end of the day. Is he past his best and he’s struggling to handle it. Or do you just think he’s just a Prima Donna and he gets paid enough! So should just suck it up buttercup?⁣
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#𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸 #𝘄𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻 #𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗱𝗼 #𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱𝗰𝘂𝗽𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 #𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀