New Year's Competition Winners!

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Up-cycling old weights

Many people who have gotten into weights typically end up amassing home kits. These kits tend to consist of cast iron weights that go onto spinlock bars. Due to the nature of cast iron, it will start to corrode and form rust over time, something which can be made worse depending on where the weights...

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Let's get to the core of the core

We often hear about the core. The first thing that most people think of when it comes to the core are six-packs or abdominal exercises. For others they are often told to "brace" their core during exercises such as the squat or deadlift. Little do most people including the majority of PT's know ...

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Human Movement - Part One

All external physical actions that we as humans, or indeed any animal, make revolves around movement. Movement is a kinetic chain that is made up of three core components: the nervous system, muscular system and skeletal syst...

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Site Update

Yep, it's been a while since there has been an update, just over a year. The reasons are various, from COVID-19, to fractured ribs, to work, moving house and pretty much life in general amongst other stuff. Now things have calmed down a bit (and only a bit) I can return to concentrate on expanding and improving this site and the premise of Gym Pal itself. It has always...

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