Reviewing Your Training Program
Why we review your training program In this video Spencer talks about how and why your STORM coach will review your training program at the end of each session, at the end of each week and at the end of each training program. Here is the 4 minute 25 second video……
Key Industry Terms
Spencer talks about some key industry terms. In this video Spencer explains some key terms that you need to understand when setting up your diet correctly. For example what is your basal metabolic rate (BMR)? And Spencer explains what maintenance calories are. Here is…
Do You Need to Eat More on Training Days
Spencer talks about whether you need to eat more on the days that you workout. In this video Spencer also chats about the difference between a linear diet vs a non-linear diet. Here is the 2 minute 35 second video… To chat to me Spence, or one of the Storm…
How To Grow Muscle
Former professional athlete and STORM MD and trainer Spencer talks about gaining muscle mass. In this video Spencer covers: 1. Why do you want to gain more muscle? 2. What are the benefits of having more muscle? 3. The various methods of gaining more muscle mass. Find…
How can my bum look bigger in this?
How can my bum look bigger in this? This week I was asked… “Does using heavier weight to train your glutes make them bigger?” Here is my response… It can do yes. For years we thought that in order for muscles to grow we needed to use a rep range of 6–12 and for…
Q+A: Maximising strength and endurance.
STORMER Lizzie asks “how can I maximise in my endurance training and maximise strength at the same time?” In this 4 minute video, STORM Fitness MD, former professional Rugby player and athlete Spencer answers Lizzie’s question. To chat to me Spence,…
Your Bones are Part of Your Metabolism
Your Bones are Part of Your Metabolism Did you know your bones are metabolically active? It’s an under appreciated fact that your skeleton is part of your metabolism, albeit to a far lesser degree than muscle but it still plays a vital role. When we reach 18 years old…
Four Keys to Muscle Growth
Four Keys to Muscle Growth Firstly why? Hypertrophy should feature in everyone’s training at some point, and the reasons why are threefold: 1. Increased muscle mass actually is associated with better health and resilience to illness. 2. Increases tensile strength…
Storm Client Testimonial – Stephen
Stephen tells us that, as a runner, he’d never been to a gym before coming to STORM and how training has improved his marathon and half marathon times. He also explains how he came to first use STORM and why he enjoys working with personal trainer Ted Winter. To…
How to Maximise Watt Bike Interval Training
How to Maximise Watt Bike Interval Training Here’s my insights on a method I have developed to set challenging targets for Watt Bike intervals. I want, by sharing this, to ensure your interval sessions are both challenging and that you don’t blow up after one set….
Storm Client Testimonial – Peter
Peter tells us why he trains with STORM and how training with coaches Spencer and Lome have improved his wellbeing, health and fitness for his intensive and demanding job. To chat to me Spence, or one of the Storm team, please call 0191 7070 555 or email…
What makes muscles get bigger?
What makes muscles get bigger? One study by Hakkinen measured levels of hormones associated with muscle growth including insulin like growth factor, testosterone and human growth hormone during a 10 week period where participants used a number of different rep…
Storm Client Testimonial – Michael
Storm client Michael tells us why he came to Storm and how Spencer at Storm has worked on the rehabilitation of a broken ankle so Michael could train for the expedition to the South Pole he’d planned. To chat to me Spencer, or one of the Storm team, please call…
EVENT: Flexibility for Form and Function
EVENT: Flexibility for Form and Function In collaboration with the fabulous coaches at Yoga Therapies, this 5 part series will explore integrative and progressive patterns of movement to improve joint range and core coordination resulting in a more mobile, agile and…
Storm Client Testimonial – Dave
Storm client Dave tells us why he chose Storm and how training with Storm (after having 2 full knee replacements) is improving his health, fitness and wellbeing. To chat to me Spence, or one of the Storm team, please call 0191 7070 555 or email info@storm-fitness.com….
Storm Client Testimonial – Aston
We recently chatted with client Aston about his experience of training with Storm coach Dave Ball. “At 48 I’ve never been fitter…” says Aston. Watch the 2-minute video below. If you’d like to chat about how Storm can help you please get…
Grub For Grafters
Grub For Grafters There’s no denying that most jobs have become less active, which has definitely had a knock-on effect to the average body fat levels of people in the UK. However low activity levels alone are not the problem and it is of course possible to be very…
Is Fasted Cardio Necessary for Fat Loss
Is Fasted Cardio Necessary for Fat Loss Within a few weeks you’ll be bombarded with fat loss solutions, each of which claims their approach is the best. The question you need to be asking is, best for who? Over the next few weeks I’ll post a few pointers to steer you…
Meal Frequency – Stop stressing about it
Meal Frequency – Stop stressing about it There are coaches that still peddle the message that eating 6 meals per day will increase your metabolism and if you don’t eat regularly your metabolism will crash. This dogma has been around for as long as I have been…
How We Work
How We Work Here’s one from our archive… Take a look behind the scenes and see how we tailor unique training and nutrition plans to suit every individual. Click here to browse our case studies on Fat Loss, Strength & Performance, Muscle Gain and Fitness Over 40….
5 Steps to Injury Reduction for Young Athletes
5 Steps to Injury Reduction for Young Athletes At Storm over the last 8 years we have grown a reputation for developing young athletes. Some of our athletes go on to earn international honours or progress to senior level sport; but in almost all cases our young…
Never Skip Breakfast… or could you?
Never Skip Breakfast… or could you? Often too much weight has been given to the importance of eating breakfast. In my view meal frequency just isn’t worth worrying about for most people. A study by Schlundt 1992 took 52 obese subjects through a 12 week…
Strength Training… why again?
Strength Training… why again? Here’s a quick reminder of why including some Strength Training in your week is a good idea: What Strength training will do for you: Increase metabolism, burning more calories whilst resting. It burns body fat. Increases bone strength….
Eating to increase fitness – Advanced Nutrition Strategies
Eating to increase fitness – Advanced Nutrition Strategies It’s pretty well known that training improves your fitness, but did you know your nutrition can also improve your fitness? No not just by dropping weight to make that run easier but by increasing the…
Simple Formula for Fat Loss
Simple Formula for Fat Loss Fat loss in 3 simple steps Losing body fat relies on creating a calorie deficit. Burning more calories than you eat. That doesn’t mean however, that you absolutely HAVE to weigh, measure and track everything you eat on my fitness pal….
Letting Your Kids Watch You Die Early
Letting Your Kids Watch You Die Early We receive a lot of emails at Storm, but there is one type of email that always stops me in my tracks. The kind that changes the whole course of my day and feels like a punch through the heart. No, not the brown envelope from…
Drive
Drive Last week I was invited to talk to an audience at the Boatyard in Cullercoats. I was given the luxury of deciding the topic so I picked “Drive” and being “driven”. Here are the takeaways… 1. Urgh… what is it? Being driven is a word we hear a lot, yet if you…
3 Simple Mindset Tips
3 Simple Mindset Tips #1 Scheduled your priorities? What’s important to you right now? Is it scheduled and in your diary? If your priorities are REALLY your priorities, shouldn’t they be the first thing in your diary? The thing that doesn’t get moved no matter what?…
Trajectory
Trajectory Whether or not you feel concerned about your weight, being aware of the trajectory of your weight and having the ability to change trajectory is a vital skill. On average, adults gain 0.7g in bodyweight per year beyond 20 years of age. Whilst that might not…
Get Turned On: The role of the nervous system in training
Get Turned On: The role of the nervous system in training Get turned on Every now and then go heavy. When we lift weights an electrical impulse travels from our brain, through our spinal chord, along nerves and to the muscle. The muscle is made up of different types…
5 things surfing taught me about training
5 things surfing taught me about training 1. If you keep paddling, some day you’ll catch a wave This is a simple one; you just have to keep going… Above everything else, persistence is the key! 2. Paddle with the water not against it Not many realise that surfing is…
Can you get stronger in your 40’s and 50’s?
Work With Us Online Can you get stronger in your 40’s and 50’s? Here’s a question I get asked a lot… in my view for most of us the answer is yes! Absolutely! In the first graph are the men’s world records in the snatch (a weightlifting movement) the records are for…
Storm Client Testimonial – Debbie
We recently visited our client Debbie who runs ‘Yoga Therapies‘ with partner Chris out of their new location situated within STACK Newcastle. She gave us a wonderful testimonial on how she finds Storm fitness and why training with Storm has benefited her…
Are Your Best Days Really Behind You?
Are Your Best Days Really Behind You? Recently one of my good friends Michael at Always Wear Red (Newcastle’s rapidly expanding fashion brand) wrote a blog in response to the question “Can people ‘peak’?”… it was 6 words long, it read: “Only if you think you have.”…
Before you make goals
Before you make goals Just before you commit to your action plan for 2019, here are a few thoughts on motivation from me to you: 1. You need a telescope and a microscope A forward thinking dream like vision is important, but equally as important is the attention to…
5 Questions to take inventory of your training
5 Questions to take inventory of your training One of the most important tasks Storm’s coaches do is to review our clients training programs to check they are optimally effective and likely to deliver what our clients want. I would encourage you to do the same, here’s…
Exercise Form
Exercise Form When I first started training people, nearly a decade ago, I ignorantly thought, that in order to teach people how to lift I just needed to learn the positions, learn how to demonstrate the lifts and learn a script of what to say (I did say…
Recoverable Volume
Recoverable Volume There is an amount of training you and I could complete today that would surpass your ability to recover fully from it before your next planned training session. That should be a universal truth we all subscribe to; but to some people that statement…
Storm Fitness – A brief history
Storm Fitness – A brief history Before the Storm I first moved to Newcastle in 2008 to play rugby for the Newcastle Falcon’s. In 2009 I began running a bootcamp in exhibition park in my spare time with my friend Dr Zoe Williams who was studying nearby at the…
Storm Client Testimonial – Chris
We recently visited our client Chris who runs ‘Yoga Therapies‘ out of their new location situated within STACK Newcastle. Chris gave a lovely testimonial on why he chose to train with Storm and how Storm changed him personally. See the video below. If…
