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It is easy to assume when walking around the gym as an experienced lifter that many people have access to the same knowledge. The reality is that supplement knowledge is like weight training info itself. It is acquired over years. You will then find an insidious element to the supplement [...]

Cannabis, also known as marijuana, is the most common and widely used drug (outside of alcohol) in the world. The two types of Cannabis most recognised in popular culture are those taken for recreational purposes and medicinal use. The difference between recreational and medicinal consumption varies country-to-country. In Australia, recreational [...]

The popular supplement, beta-hydroxy-beta-methylbutyrate, has been around for some time and is a Leucine metabolite. With BCAA (branch chained amino acids) making up a third of all muscle proteins, the health benefits are well investigated, especially when it comes to Leucine. For nearly 40 years the anti-catabolic nature of Leucine [...]

The sight of mobile phone in gyms is now commonplace. In some situations, they are designed to benefit members, notably with fitness apps designed to help track results. The latter is something you must be very careful with. Remember Google and Facebook? The little companies that offered FREE search and [...]

Arnold has given us some of the most beautiful succinct gym quotes over the years. It isn't just the Austrian Oak's performances and his legacy when it comes to bodybuilding. It is arguably the one liner about the pump in the gym featured in the iconic documentary Pumping Iron. It [...]

BANG! CRASH! Nothing interrupts a good training session like someone showing the iron no respect. It is, as a gym owner or manager, the one thing you must strive to prevent if you hear it happening. The weights are the most expensive commodity in the gym and their shelf life [...]