Some photos of me after hiking up a mountain.

I went away last week and did a bit of bush walking, hiking, rock & mountain climbing.I've always loved doing this sort of thing and for some reason it had been quite a few years since i last went out and enjoyed the wilderness. Anyway, you can see some pictures on my training...

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Loving my new strength program and the delayed onset muscle soreness that comes with it!

As shown in the last blog entry, I'm on a new program and  working towards getting a little stronger, a little firmer and nicely defined toned muscles.Each day after warming up I'm going into a strength exercise such as dumbbell bench press, deadlifts, dumbell shoulder press and so on. I start with 25 reps, then 16 - 18 reps, then 12, then 8,...

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How's my deadlift form?

Yesterday was back day and that means DEAD LIFTS. I wanted to check my form so i set up my phone to take a video of me performing this exercise.As it turns out, my form was not too bad and I did a personal best at 5 reps of 100kgs. I was pretty pleased with this!Dead lift is a very important exercise that I think most people should have as a part of...

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What exercises should be in your Personal Training Program?

I spend a bit of time talking, networking and comparing notes & strategies with other Personal Trainers, body builders and fitness enthusiasts about what makes a good program, amongst other things. Ideally as a PT I'd really like to have a consistent approach, that gets results for everyone. In reality though, everyone's goals are different, people...

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Toning Up Exercise Program

I was thinking, and talking about this with some other trainers as well. Most new clients when asked for a goal or reason for beginning an exercise program will tell you they are looking to "tone up". But what does this mean, and how do you do it?Well, I wrote an article answering these questions. Click below to read it!How To Tone Up In The ...

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How do i stay so motivated?

I'm often asked how I stay so motivated, and I get quite a few compliments from people telling me how much they admire my level of commitment and dedication to training and exercise. It's always nice to get a compliment, but I'm not so sure people should be so impressed by simply...

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Introducing, me.

Hey everyone.My name is Dave Hargreaves and I am Personal Trainer working out of Doherty's Gym in Brunswick, and also Doherty's Gym in Melbourne CBD.I'm a vegetarian, but not one of those annoying preachy types, so I can train people who eat meat as well. I love weight training in particular, as well as boxing, kickboxing and martial arts training.Previously...

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