Month: May 2024

I take a ton of stuff with me when I head to the gym. I?ve got all my respective supports, resistance bands, my workout shoes, chalk, training diary, lifting straps, a mini first aid kit, my post-training snacks and, of course, plenty of rehydrating fluids. I?ve also got my shower gear, towels and a change of clothes with me too.

The clothing you wear at the gym plays an important part in how productive and enjoyable your workouts are and while going to the gym doesn?t have to be a fashion show, it pays to wear clothes that will help and not hinder your efforts.

Lifting heavy weights, training on a regular basis and playing lots of sports can increase your strength, boost your fitness, build muscle and be very enjoyable and healthy activities but can also be hard on your body.

What you do in the gym plays a vital role in the size and strength of your muscles; if you want to gain muscle mass you need to focus on compound lifts like squats and bench presses, strive to increase your weights, reps or sets week by week and allow your body time to recovery by including rest days in your programme.

If you tell anyone you lift weights, at some point they are going to ask you ?so ? what do you bench?? The bench press epitomizes weight training for many people and even those who have never set foot in a gym will have a rudimentary understanding of the bench press.

I love reading about fitness and exercise. I?m very lucky in many ways because I get paid to talk and write about my hobby and that means the research I have to do to stay ahead of the information curve doesn?t feel like ?homework? but is actually something I?d be doing if I wasn?t professionally involved in fitness anyway.

After working in the fitness industry for more almost 30-years and having spent a lot of that time training for and competing in a variety of sports, I reckon I have learnt a few things about exercise and nutrition worth passing on.

The first two you are probably thinking "Yeah, I've seen GASP Clothing on Athletes. Come to think of it... Bodybuilding athletes from the USA". What you may not know is that originally GASP Clothing was developed in Sweden, In Stockholm, Over 20 years ago

It's been another busy week at Anax HQ! We have had lots of new arrivals from many of our loved fitness brands. This week has seen an increase in the purchase of hoodies and sweat pants

It's been another busy week at Anax HQ! We have had lots of new arrivals from many of our loved fitness brands. This week has seen an increase in the purchase of hoodies and sweat pants. With summer coming to a close and customers saying bye to the warm weather we are starting to build our thermal inventories!