Ok, so have been doing some thinking as well as eating, mastering call of duty and waiting for yet another tier announcement and we have put together a plan to carry us through 3.0. We feel it needed to be a bit more structured for many. The Zoom classes is still an amazing thing and gets you moving and jumping around. You also get to see Anthony W, Anthony B and our Carolyn’s smiling faces.

We have put together a program which will allow us to train with minimal equipment. Our suggestion is 1x kb and 1x Db or both, go as heavy or a light as you fancy but be aware if you go to light, you’re going to be doing lots of reps if you go to heavy, you’re going to struggle in the early sessions. There is also a stick complex to maintain tekkes and help with your general mobility -DON’T skip this people.

We can make lots of gains on many levels with some clever programming, change of movement and mindsets. Single arm / leg work is a great way to build stability, robustness, unilateral strength and working on balance (side to side) as well a testing out capacity

We primarily build lower body strength with front, back squats and deadlifting while lunges and single leg work are kept as an accessory tool. The reason for this is we can add load safety and monitor good form with a barbell from a rack. The dumbbell game is different. We don’t think squat movements are the best way to build strength after reaching a certain level.

Goblet squats can’t be loaded heavy enough but are better suited for high-rep work. In our experience it’s a fucking mess to handle really heavy dumbbells – and for most people, the front rack, upper body and grip is going to sink long before it gets really hard for the legs.

With the dumbbell, Kettlebell game we are focusing on building lower body strength with lunges and single leg work and upper body robustness with simple movements. Capacity, coordination and mastery of movements will come from complexes and the ability to flow from movement to movement whilst maintaining form.

Good luck be positive and try not to break your telly if working out in the lounge.