Core Strength Archives - Cris Bradley Coaching

Confessions Of A Workaholic

26/10/2016

| Categories: Core, Focus, Mindset, Nutrition, Technique, Time Management, Training

It's amazing how life can take up more than you think it does and the things you've always thought were reality, in actual fact, aren't. Below is a statement about how life is for the daughter of a busy man, one just like you. "Just one of the many adventures we’ve had together was when I was about eight or nine, [when] my daddy took me to a monster truck show. It was awesome! We got lots of cotton candy and toy souvenirs …. It has been about five years and I’ve noticed my dad and I doing less and

The Rat And The Mars Bar

25/10/2016

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| Categories: Focus, Mindset, Nutrition, Training

There's some bizarre experiments carried out in the name of research. Being a bit of a nutritional geek, I often receive updates from published articled and recently one caught my eye. Not because of the ground breaking information it delivered ( pretty much ministry of the fcuking obvious if you ask me!) But because of the side story that accompanied it. A researcher removed part of a rats brain (a section of the hypothalamus) that controlled the desire to consume food and fluids. As expected, the rats didn't bother eating or drinking and died of starvation and dehydration. ( No

The Cortisol Connundrum

24/10/2016

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Our body is a walking pharmaceutical laboratory. All manner of hormones are being produced, broken down and recycled, on pretty much a second-by-second basis! If you're a geek like me and you've ever studied human biochemistry, you'll be familiar with many different hormones and their interactions within the body. There's the typical ones everyone has heard of, such as insulin, testosterone, estrogen and adrenaline. You may of even heard of HCG, progesterone epinephrine too. But I want to focus on cortisol, and how it may be stopping you from getting the body you want. You see, there's 2 reasons why

The Accidental Washboard

23/09/2016

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Imagine doing something you enjoy, every day. And one of the 'side effects' was a 6-pack! And i don't mean one of these fitness junkies that love to hammer out 1000 crunches every morning like some modern day Patrick Bateman!! No, I mean something you actually enjoyed, something fun! Something you wouldn't get bored of at the drop of a hat! Well that's exactly what a friend of mine did. Now before you start cancelling gym memberships and throwing away your training gear, let's get something clear, he was still doing something active. He still got in his 'daily sweat'. But here's the lesson comrade, straight

Can You Send Me More Information…

26/08/2016

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| Categories: Business, Efficiency, Functional, Mindset, Nutrition, Time Management, Training

As you know, my emails can be pretty fiery. They can stir up some serious emotion in people. Usually after a particularly 'intense' email, (like the one coming next week...) i quite often get a direct response. As soon as i see the 'RE:[insert subject line], i know what's coming. Either, I'm getting some abuse because evidently i'm touched a nerve, so much so, the person has felt strongly enough to vent directly at me. If only they carried that same impassioned fire into achieving what it is they really wanted, they wouldn't be directing expletives at me via email, but anyway. Option 2 is less 'colourful', but no less frustrating. "I'm really interested in your programme,

Bio What Now!?

23/08/2016

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| Categories: Biofeedback, Functional, Nutrition, Technique, Training

Creating 'Bespoke' Through 'Biofeedback.' You may be wondering what it is, why it’s important and what the ’ does it have to do with you? All relevant questions I may add! The purpose of this short article is to help explain what it is & why it’s something I focus on throughout my coaching programmes. For a truly successful transformation ‘THAT LASTS’, we need to look at ourselves as what we truly are, ‘Individual’. Yes, we have many characteristics that are similar and we react to many things in much the same way, but at the same time

Kings of The Compound Pt.2 : Deadlift

07/03/2016

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There are very few exercises that stimulate multiple growth like the Deadlift can. It is one of the main exercises used as a benchmark of overall strength, simple to execute and a big strength and mass builder when used correctly. Unfortunately, it is also one of the exercises I see performed incorrectly more times than any other in the gym. On a number of occasions I have even felt the need to intervene before a serious injury occurred. Below, i've split this King Strength Builder into 8 easy to highlight steps, that will have you well on your way to perfecting

Sand Storm: Beginners Guide To Training With Sandbags

20/02/2016

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| Categories: Core, Functional, Outdoor, Training

Sandbags. Something that most people associate with flooding, particularly here in the UK. However, more and more people are using sandbags as an alternative to traditional dumbbells and barbells for a great full body functional workout. Throwing around a moderately weighted sandbag is about as old school as it gets and is a great way to hit all the muscles you'd typically train with cable stations and the aforementioned free weights, plus others that you wouldn't usually hit. Despite its recent resurgence in popularity, sandbags have been around as a training tool for hundreds of years, especially wrestlers and combat

Hang Tough: Perfect Your Pull Ups

20/02/2016

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Pull ups & chin ups are 2 great bodyweight exercises that can be performed almost anywhere, with minimal equipment. Hitting a variety of muscles including the traps, lats, biceps and delts, pull ups & chin ups should be incorporated in to any strength & muscle building programme. In fact, there is no better exercise for building strength in the upper body. There are significant differences between the two exercises and this guide will illustrate not only the differences between the chin up & pull up, but also how to perform them correctly, even if at the moment you can't even