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The Devil Press exercise is popular in CrossFit-style training and functional fitness because it combines muscular endurance, explosive power, and cardiovascular demand in one movement. It’s often used in workouts for conditioning, calorie burn, and whole-body work capacity rather than pure strength alone...
Skull crushers, also called lying triceps extensions, are a horizontal elbow-extension movement performed while lying on a bench. The exercise is called “skull crushers” because the weight is lowered toward the head or forehead area, although in proper form it should be controlled and safe. They are a staple triceps exercise for both strength and hypertrophy training....
The standard Arcadia is REP Fitness's compact functional trainer (DAP), designed for users who want a full cable machine without dedicating a huge amount of floor space to it. It has 32 cable positions, 77 kg stacks per side as standard, and the option to upgrade to 100 kg stacks per side. This makes the Arcadia a very practical choice for home gyms, garage setups, and smaller commercial gym spaces....
Rep ranges are one of the easiest ways to tell the difference between the two. Strength training typically uses 1 to 5 or 6 reps per set, usually with heavy loads around 80 to 100 percent of 1RM. Hypertrophy training usually sits around 6 to 12 reps per set, with moderate-to-heavy loads, although growth can also happen outside that range if the sets are hard enough and the volume is right....
Ab workouts at home are one of the most efficient ways to build a stronger core, improve posture, and support overall performance without stepping into a gym. Targeted home ab training can help you feel more stable in everyday life, lift better in the gym, and reduce your risk of lower-back niggles over time....
Gait analysis is the systematic study of human locomotion – how we walk and run – with the goal of understanding, measuring, and optimising movement patterns. It looks at the interaction between joints, muscles, and ground reaction forces over each phase of the gait cycle (stance and swing), highlighting inefficiencies or compensations that may contribute to pain or reduced performance.
We cover 15 of the best dumbbell core exercises designed to target every major region of your core — upper, lower, obliques, and deep stabilisers. For each movement, you’ll find clear setup instructions, teaching points, and practical benefits to help you maximise control and performance. These movements not only improve core definition but also transfer strength into your deadlifts, squats, overhead presses, and daily posture...
Discover essential trapezius exercises to build upper back strength, improve posture, and enhance shoulder stability. This comprehensive guide covers proper technique for all three trap regions, programming strategies, and common mistakes to avoid.
Discover what steady state cardio is, how it works physiologically, and why it's a cornerstone of cardiovascular fitness. Explore heart rate zones, energy systems, effective training modalities, and how to structure sessions for optimal endurance, fat oxidation, and recovery.
We have put together a useful guide to help understand cardio workouts for fitness to suit you. By exploring the physiological benefits of cardiovascular exercise, understand heart rate training zones, and discover effective training protocols for low-impact, vertical climbing, treadmill, rowing, and cycling-based cardio workouts to help improve endurance and your overall fitness.
Master the clean with this comprehensive guide covering exact technique for all six phases plus detailed muscle anatomy. Learn which muscles work during each phase, common mistakes to avoid, and how to programme the clean for your goals...
In the world of premium cardio equipment, innovation often comes in incremental steps. But every so often, a technology emerges that fundamentally changes how we train. STEPR Performance's Variable Pitch Resistance (VPR) technology represents one of those rare breakthroughs—a system that delivers a training experience unlike anything else on the market...
The jerk is an explosive Olympic weightlifting movement where the barbell is driven from the shoulders to a locked-out overhead position using a rapid leg dip and drive, then a fast drop under the bar to receive it with straight arms. It is the second half of the clean and jerk and is one of the most powerful total-body expressions of speed-strength in barbell training...
