The following is an insight into the peaking strategy for JPS Head Coach and Australia’s number one u/77kg powerlifter, Sam Schepis devised by his Coach & JPS Director of Science, Lyndon Purcell.
MEASURING YOUR PROGRESS… If you’re serious about getting results, you need to track your progress. The question becomes, how do we track our progress with ease, precision, reliability and without spending a fortune in the process… We know that the scales aren’t the ultimate measure of our progress… Long...
Muscle growth isn’t a guessing game. Sure, blasting your arms, chest and legs to oblivion once a week, drinking amino acids and slamming down anabolic protein shakes is better than sitting on your derrière, but there is most definitely a right, and wrong way to approach building muscle… When I...
Hindsight is a wonderful thing, and as my grandfather taught me, a wise man learns from his mistakes, and even wiser man learns from the mistakes of others. In my 9 years in the gym has been a continual evolution, and learning experience… My approach to training and nutrition...
We all want to make progress forever, and let’s face it, most of us want a physique that resembles the hulk, and can move heavy sh** with ease. Unfortunately, the human body is a complex and intricate organism, and hates the idea of being jacked and strong. We lift,...
The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different outcome, by definition- are you insane? Regardless of your goals in the gym, it is evident that you need to progress in some manner in order to achieve such goals. I think we...
The weight loss industry survives on one of our deepest desires – to ‘look normal’. But with skewed norms and near unrealistic standards set by tabloid magazines and the entertainment and media industries, it’s almost as though we’re setting ourselves up for failure. Our obsession with weight loss and...
Building muscle is hard yakka. To build muscle with minimal effort typically requires you to either win the genetic lottery, or have access to some of Arnold’s Mexican supplements. For most mere mortals, especially those of you who are hard gainers or are prone to squeak syndrome (skinny-weak = squeak),...
Injuries are an unfortunate reality when it comes to exercise, and no one wants injuries to get in the way of our training or our goals. However they do not have to be the end of the world, and there are right ways and wrong ways to go about...
With the holiday season drawing to a close, the new year fitness resolutions are becoming high on our priority list. If you indulged, drank too much and spent far more time on the couch than in the gym, then you’ll know what I’m talking about. ‘That’s it. On January...
