Injuries Happen: How to Keep Training When You’re Injured Regardless of what the Instagram wannabe influencers tell you, sometimes injuries just happen. Yes, there are things you can do to reduce your risk of injury. Good programming, sensible progression, appropriate recovery, good technique and managing training load all matter. But that’s a conversation for another

Having a Coaching App Isn’t the Same as Having a Coach Technology has changed the way we train. These days, you can open an app and have a training programme delivered straight to your phone. You can track your lifts, monitor your progress, analyse your training data and, increasingly, use AI to make recommendations about

Why Am I Not Getting Stronger? 7 Reasons Your Strength Has Stalled You train consistently. You work hard. You probably know your way around a gym. But you’re not getting any stronger. Maybe your squat has been stuck at the same weight for months. Your deadlift isn’t moving. Your pressing has completely stalled. So what

Should I Hire a Personal Trainer or a Strength Coach? Not sure whether you need a personal trainer or a strength coach? Here’s how to choose the right option for your goals, training experience and long-term progress. If you’re looking to improve your strength, build muscle, feel more confident in the gym or finally make

Why Every Lift Needs Intent Why Every Lift Needs Intent: The Importance of Committing to the Movement If you’ve spent any time training around experienced lifters, you’ve probably heard someone say, “Attack the bar.” To someone new to strength training, that can sound like an invitation to be aggressive or reckless. In reality, it means something

The Kind of Coaching I Believe In Choosing a coach is about far more than finding someone who can write a training programme. It’s about finding someone whose approach matches the way you want to learn, develop and progress. After more than 20 years of coaching people from complete beginners to athletes competing on national

The Journey Behind JC Performance Coaching When people look at JC Performance Coaching, they often see the qualifications, the experience, and the results. What they don’t always see is the journey that shaped the coach behind the business. Over the past 20 years, I’ve had the privilege of coaching everyone from complete beginners to international-level strength

Six Years of JC Performance Coaching – A Thank You This week marks six years since I made one of the biggest decisions of my career: launching JC Performance Coaching. When I started this business, I had one goal to help people become stronger. Not just physically, but mentally too. To help people build confidence,

One Year at Unique Results Gym: Building Strength That Lasts It’s hard to believe that it’s already been a year since I started coaching out of Unique Results Gym here in Chelmsford. In that time, I’ve worked with a wide range of clients from complete beginners looking to build confidence in the gym, to experienced