After four months of building strength with the Wendler program, it is now time to test your hard work. Last week was deload so the first week of this month will be allocated to testing. Ideally, test your 1RM but if you did a 3RM or 5RM last time you can re-test these to have a like for like comparison.... [Read more]

November is the last month of the Wendler program so work hard on the AMRAPs to get the most from this last effort. You will re-test your 1RMs in December and the new strength program will begin in January. The November program has a new variety of accessories - please ensure that you set up and perform correctly. This month... [Read more]

Barbell Club focuses on a strength program with supporting accessories and those who have been dedicated to this have been achieving great results. For those who would like more hypertrophy, I have created an add-on program that you can use alongside your other classes. Barbell Club Hypertrophy Add-On With only a 3-day per week program BBC is not able to... [Read more]

Barbell Club program: 28th September - 25th October  Barbell Club will be coming with add-ons for October! In addition to the October program above I will be posting a "Grow your" series later this week. This series will provide an optional add-on program for each muscle group should you wish to pay a little more attention to sculpting and growing... [Read more]

  Barbell Club is open to everyone so do feel welcome to come - the coaches will adapt the exercises to your level of experience. Starting on bank holiday Monday, the new Barbell Club program: Barbell Club program - 30th August to 27th September 2021 Now that you have got to grips with the Wendler format I have increased the... [Read more]

Since the gym re-opened we have worked through training cycles for muscle endurance and hypertrophy. Over the last six weeks, we started to touch on strength repetition ranges but with the focus on manipulating the tempos to provide a new stimulus and expose the body to a wide range of accessory exercises. Now that the preparatory work is done, the... [Read more]

  For the final two weeks of this 6-week phase, you are going to complete the single-set slow-tempo training for your main compound lifts instead of the accessories. (We practiced with the accessories to prep you for this as it can be daunting under a barbell).  The rep range is wide (6-12) to cater to the range of experience in... [Read more]

  Welcome back! As you know, classes are not permitted until 17th May so you will need to complete the program without instruction from the coach as a group. For this reason, I have made the program as simple to follow as possible for this month. Each workout day follows exactly the same format, with different exercises, so once you... [Read more]

  Barbell Club Program - December 2020 pdf Some notes on Barbell Club post-lockdown 2.0: After the previous 4-month lockdown we had to start over and work through a few months of muscle endurance and hypertrophy before being ready to start the big lifts again. Unfortunately we got locked down again just as this was about to happen so we... [Read more]