The swiss ball is a great piece of equipment to incorporate into your training. From beginners to the advanced, from runners to powerlifters, I think everyone could benefit adding a couple of swiss ball exercises into their regime.

Every Saturday morning I get up early to do my powerlifting training. Last Saturday was no different, except for the fact I was testing out my max competition lifts, all in the one training session. I hadn't done this since my dismal performance at the Australian Powerlifting Championships in March so I was a little nervous about it. I told myself though, that I shouldn't focus on a particular number, but just get in there and try my best for every lift and keep going until I knew I had no more. It was a great session and even with training and working all week, I achieved PB's in all three lifts - 110kg squat, 57.5kg bench press and a 115kg deadlift.

Push-ups are a great exercise, and can be done anywhere! Many of my female clients have goals of being able to do push-ups on their toes, and with the right technique, practice and perseverance, they all get there in the end!

Being a competitive powerlifter, I obviously have a love for lifting heavy weights and being a personal trainer, I love to share this love with my clients, especially women who before training with me would never have thought about giving it a go.

The tabata training method is named after the Japanese scientist who brought this type of training to the world's attention following his 1996 study.

Plyometrics are explosive exercises designed to increase speed and power. Plyometrics were initially made famous by the Soviet Olympians in the 1970s, and since then, has been a core element in the strength programs of elite athletes worldwide. But plyometric exercises aren't just for the elite. There are benefits for both the amateur athlete and recreational exerciser.

In my previous post I outlined the benefits of strength training for runners, along with the key requirements for a training program. In this post I will share with you a base strength program that I have put together.

Targeted strength training can improve a runner's performance. However, there are many avid runners out there who don't do any strength training at all, or if they do, they follow a modified body building type program, which isn't going to help their running performance.

This coming Sunday I will be competing in yet another powerlifting competition. So with this in mind, I thought it would be an ideal time to finish the third and final instalment of my deconstructions of the powerlifting lifts. I have previously written about the squat and the bench press, and now here are my insights on the deadlift.

It's almost time for me to compete at the Australian Powerlifting Championships. It's now under two weeks away. I've been training hard and hopefully in  a few weeks I will have a positive post about how I went. In the meantime, I thought I would share with you my second instalment of my powerlifting series. In the first post I went over the technique of the squat. Today I will break down the correct way to perform a bench press.