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Lucy Lismore's Top 5 Tips for Dealing with Injuries

Lucy Lismore's Top 5 Tips for Dealing with Injuries

If you exercise regularly, injuries and unwanted time away from training can be a frustratingly familiar scenario. Personal Trainer and Online Coach Lucy Lismore shares with us five tips to help you stay motivated during injury.
— Team Bulldog
Seven Functional Bodybuilding Workouts, For Any Goal

Seven Functional Bodybuilding Workouts, For Any Goal

'Functional bodybuilding' has received a lot of press over the last few years. If you're looking for a way to implement the philosophies and principles of FBB into your own training, but aren't sure where to start- we've got seven workouts just for you.
— Andrew Tracey
4 Ways to Instantly Increase Intensity in Your Bodyweight Workouts

4 Ways to Instantly Increase Intensity in Your Bodyweight Workouts

Whether you're going on holiday, travelling for work or just don't have access to equipment, there are numerous benefits to performing bodyweight exercises. But if your bodyweight alone just isn't giving you the hit you need Lizzie Wright has  four ways that can help you can up the intensity.

— Team Bulldog
6 Moves For Strength (With an Eye on Longevity)

6 Moves For Strength (With an Eye on Longevity)

Whether you’re suffering from a few niggling injuries, are feeling the effects of a lifetime of heavy lifting, or just have one eye on the future- we've got six movements that won’t just build strength, but will do so with an eye on longevity.

 

— Andrew Tracey
Three Ways to Progress Your Couch Stretch

Three Ways to Progress Your Couch Stretch

Strength and health coach Lizzie Wright gave us the lowdown on how (and why) we should be incorporating the couch stretch into our training, as well as three progressions for those who are already couch stretch aficionados.
— Team Bulldog
Centurion Sets- Your Blueprint For Fresh Muscle Growth

Centurion Sets- Your Blueprint For Fresh Muscle Growth

This four week plan strategically implements high rep, full body efforts- using 'Centurion Sets' to reinvigorate your training and ignite new muscle growth.
— Andrew Tracey
The Specialist: Your Guide To Speciality Barbells

The Specialist: Your Guide To Speciality Barbells

Consider this your ‘WHICH?’ guide to discovering the bar that will do more than just look good gathering dust in your rack- as we find the right speciality barbell, for you.
— Andrew Tracey
Four Things You Can Do For Your Mental Hygiene... That Aren’t 'Just Exercise'

Four Things You Can Do For Your Mental Hygiene... That Aren’t 'Just Exercise'

Four tools for the quality of your mind, akin to brushing, flossing and rinsing with mouthwash. Try these small, science backed, daily habits that stack up to help with good mental hygiene.
— Andrew Tracey
5 Strategies To Hit Your Protein Goals, Every Day

5 Strategies To Hit Your Protein Goals, Every Day

If you’re struggling to hit your protein goals, or just want some sure fire ways to guarantee you’re getting enough, experiment with these five strategies to find one that fits your lifestyle.
— Andrew Tracey
Beyond The Bench Press: Tim Stevenson's Guide To a Stronger, Safer Bench

Beyond The Bench Press: Tim Stevenson's Guide To a Stronger, Safer Bench

There is no doubt that the Bench Press is a true Hall of Fame exercise but for many it comes at a cost. What starts as an exploration can quickly become an obsession, and as we prone press our way towards legendary chest gains, we can inadvertently end up chewing our shoulders up at the same time.

— Team Bulldog
10 Resistance Band Exercises You Need To Be Doing

10 Resistance Band Exercises You Need To Be Doing

If you’re looking for inspiration for some new banded movements to add to repertoire, or simply want to craft a quick fire home workout (or the perfect pre-pool hotel pump *ahem*), then we’ve got 10 banded movements that you need to be doing.

— Andrew Tracey
Escalating Density Training: Put Pen To Paper For Rapid Gains

Escalating Density Training: Put Pen To Paper For Rapid Gains

In Episode 60 of the Bulldog Gear Podcast we highlighted ‘Escalating Density Training’. Our reason for highlighting ‘EDT’ over the myriad of other methods? It’s beautifully simple, and savagely effective. Here's how you can reap the benefits.

— Andrew Tracey