Tonight was just the boys and I at home, so after I had finished dad duties I got myself ready for a session of Chest, Shoulders and Triceps. I was pretty keen for tonight’s session as it has been over a week since I had done any weight training,
Read more →Today I had a day off from work and was feeling extrememly motivated to train. Motivated enough to want to train twice today. So how do I incorporate 2 training sessions into a day, so that 1 session does not impact on the other? I seperate them
Read more →Today’s session of Legs and Shoulders reminded me of the importance of functional strength. For the uninitiated functional strength is training to improve on movements that we as humans perform everyday such as walking, jogging, running, sprinting, jumping, lifting, pushing, pulling, bending, twisting, turning, standing, starting, stopping,
Read more →During my shift today at work a mate who I sometimes discuss training with was telling me about the great strength gains he was achieving using plate loaded hammer strength machines and wondered if I had considered using them as part of my routine. I explained to
Read more →Now that the Rugby League football season is over, there is no more Friday Night Football for me to watch. This means that Friday night is now another night a week that I can train. Whilst I don’t use eXcuses for not training, I always tried to
Read more →This morning I was sound asleep in bed when at 5:00am I received a text message on my phone. As I am away for work at the moment I woke up rolled over and check who the message was from. When I looked I saw it was
Read more →For today’s weight training session I had Mrs Niko as a training partner. Before we went into ‘The Pit’ for a session of back and biceps we had a talk about the weights that Mrs Niko was using as she had made a comment that she felt
Read more →Today I had a pretty full on day ahead of me with work and family commitments, but I still wanted to train. As I normally do, last night, I looked at my schedule to see where I could fit in a session and decided the only time
Read more →Today I am back up the Sunshine Coast for work, so after my shift, I headed back to the ‘Muscle Hut’, which is based in Kawana, about a 10 minute drive away from where I am staying. When I got there I noticed the gym to be
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My name is Niko. I’m a 35 year-old happily married, shift working, father of two boys. My whole life I have been involved in sport, through high school and my early to mid-twenties I was heavily involved in playing Rugby League and weight training. 
