Can you delay or even reverse the ageing process with exercise? There’s no hiding from the fact that our bodies ultimately deteriorate with age. Everyday tasks become more of challenge and we don’t have the same energy that we used to. Without intervention and physical exercise, the body won’t perform as well as it once […]

There are many benefits to full body workouts, which is why we focus on this style of training at W10. There are a variety of ways you can structure or split up your workout routine and quite frankly with the amount of information out there at the minute, it can become overwhelming for anyone to […]

These five ab movements are more effective than any crunch or sit up. And so it begins… Summer is around the corner and we’re already starting to see articles and ads for 7 day ab transformations. “Do a 100 sit ups or ab crunches a day and you’ll start to see a rippling 6 pack.” […]

Expert trainer and owner of W10 Performance gym Jean-Claude Vacassin talks New Year resolutions, and launches his four-week guide to getting back on the fitness wagon. “I’ve been around for enough ‘New Year, New You’ cycles to have a fair idea of what’s working and what isn’t. Overall, I’m pro-January and the new start it offers […]

You will probably have noticed the recent reemergence of the coaches’ favourite exercise – The Turkish Get Up (TGU). Some people love it, but the majority hate it. I though it would be a good time to put my case forward as to why everybody should be doing them more often than not.   The […]

Think about this statement for a minute. If you are always trying to do a number of things at once, usually you end up getting nowhere, doing a little of this & that and not really getting much done.People often take this approach with their training. They find themselves caught up with the latest training […]

The chin up is sometimes called the squat of the upper body, implying that if they can be performed well, we should use them. The problem is that – similar to the squat – many people can’t do a good chin up. For the purposes of this post we are only going to cover the dead […]

Most athletes recognise the importance of warming up. Even the casual Sunday league footballer will display a show of jogging or touching of toes before kick off in the knowledge that by doing so he will perform better and reduce the risk of injury, to a degree. However, warming up is more than just a […]

I am passionate about what I do. Having played a wide variety of sports throughout my life, working in the fitness industry seemed far more appealing than sitting behind a desk all day. The way I have always thought about fitness is fairly simple. I believe that people should move around more than sit around, […]

After being in the fitness industry for 3 years I stumbled across a bombshell. Exercise alone does not help people to lose weight or achieve a body fat target. I used to think that hammering people into submission with burpees, pull-ups and bigger dumbbells would do the trick. Sure, I knew that people needed to […]