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How to stop repeating the “new year new me” cycle

Hi welcome back to my blog, or if this is your first read, thanks for having a look. I hope you’ve made a positive start to the new year, however If the “new year, new me” has failed in the past, and you continually start a fitness journey every January and it gradually slides away until you are back […]

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How to design a diet plan for muscle building

Welcome back to my blog if you are returning after reading https://www.roebuckpt.co.uk/uncategorized/effective-muscle-building-strategies/ You will know how to design a muscle building plan, Thats all well and good but are you doing the right things outside of the gym ? No matter how hard and effectively you train if you do not recover well, results will […]

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Effective Muscle Building Strategies

More or less every gym goer knows, for muscle building you need to eat well and lift weights, but that’s a broad concept, how much should you lift, how many reps, how frequent ? Let’s look at the most effective and efficient ways for muscle building.  Building a program The best frequency for bodybuilding is 1-2 […]

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Testosterone: how to boost it naturally

In this article we will go through signs of lower testosterone and natural ways to boost it, however if your testosterone is chronically low you may need medical intervention, so visit your doc. What is testosterone and why is it important? Well it’s an androgen hormone and plays an important role in reproduction, muscle building, […]

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Top 5 health benefits of eating meat

One of the biggest trends in health and fitness is becoming a veggie or vegan and while I respect a persons choice if they decide to become a veggie, its only fair they know all the facts first. Too often I’ve gotten into arguments with keyboard warriors spreading mis-information on this subject, this is what […]

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Fat gut to leaner cut my journey

  5 years ago I became obsessed with getting bigger and stronger to an unhealthy degree. I was achieving my desired results but there became a cut off point where weight gain was fat only, I didn’t realise this and kept on going. The thing about fat gain is it creeps up on you slowly […]

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Why Pt’s love working with gym newbies

This time of year you may be thinking about joining a gym to get that beach body,but there is one big obstacle in your way where to start ? It can be daunting. You may want the help of a fitness professional but that voice in your head stops you (ps if you actually have […]

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Spice up your life to melt fat

This month we will be taking a look at the effect taking cinnamon can have on your body composition,it’s natural,cheap and tastes pretty good too. Trainers across the world know about cinnamons benefits but outside of the fitness industry it’s relatively unknown. Read on to find out why and how to use this awesome spice. […]

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Why most new year gym goers fail

  This month will be heaving with new gym members aiming to shift the body fat gained over the festive period. Have you noticed within a month or so that guy or girl you see on the treadmill 5 times a week, is no longer there come February/March. On average 4 out of 10 January […]

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First steps of learning to do deadlifts

[av_video src=’http://www.roebuckpt.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/IMG_1817.mp4′ format=’16-9′ width=’16’ height=’9′] Having correct technique is essential with any lift. But are absolutely critical on complicated heavy lifts such as deadlifts. If you struggle to keep a neutral spine during a deadlift or squat one of the most common reasons is improper hip movement here is the first step to getting the […]

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