Why Train your Hamstrings and Glutes with a GHD

Why Train your Hamstrings and Glutes with a GHD

Want to get quicker? Stronger legs? The Glute-Hamstring Developer is for you! Weak Hamstrings and glutes can be detrimental to lower body strength, speed and power.  This can ultimately lead to injury and hold you back from achieving your fitness goals. Hammer’s Gym recognizes the importance of a strong posterior chain; relating to functional activities,

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Know your results and own your training today!

Do you know much progress you’ve made? Tired of not knowing if your program is producing results? Introducing Hammer’s Gyms state of the art Body Analysing System. This system gives in depth break down of your body composition. How it works The body composition analyser functions at 3 fast and accurate frequencies passing through your

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Is there a superior HIIT protocol for fat loss?

It’s been known for some time that High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) is one of the most effective fat-burning methods of training you can do. More recently however there has been some counter research that is positing that HIIT is not necessarily more effective at burning fat than, say, steady-state exercise, but what it certainly

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Three tips for a resolution that will stick

Everyone is on the New Year’s resolution bandwagon right now. Just as much as resolutions get made, they also get criticised and joked about. Failed New Year’s resolutions are as common at this time of year as a hang over. But are there certain resolutions that are more often kept than others? Can you heed

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Don’t make these 8 gym mistakes

If you want muscle growth, more strength and improved fitness, don’t make these mistakes. There’s no point wasting time in the gym. When you come to Hammer’s Gym, you want to make sure that all the effort you’re putting is in paying off. So, if you’ve ever asked yourself why you aren’t progressing in the

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Running — not optimal for fat loss but is it worth doing?

There is a pervasive myth out there that says that what is good for your health and fitness is naturally good for weight loss. Often this can be the case, but the two things aren’t always mutually exclusive — most people recognise that things that can make us lose weight aren’t always good for us,

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Don’t let drinking derail your fitness this festive season

Stop drinking from getting in the way of your fitness this Christmas. It’s that time of year when everyone has work break-ups, family occasions and Christmas get-togethers. And that’s without even mentioning that New Year is just around the corner. For a lot of people, this means being around alcohol — and possibly overdoing it.

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Fat loss — is it better to go faster or slower?

As we head into December — Summer in Melbourne for those not currently sweltering in the hottest November in about 150 years — Hammer’s Gym members will be looking to ramp up their programs and drop a few extra kilos before they jump into their bathing suits, if you haven’t already hit the beach or

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Why the Hack Squat is perfect for your training program

New to Hammer’s Gym: Why the Hack Squat is perfect for your training program! Finding it difficult to perfect the barbell squat? If yes is the answer, the new Hack Squat machine will help you reach your goals at Hammer’s Gym! Including myself, many others find it difficult to perfect the squat, with constant injuries

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Adjust your rep tempo for new results

In weight training circles, people talk about a number of principles to help you focus on different areas of physical development. There is a lot of advice out there that addresses training within different rep ranges for different outcomes, altering your training volume, exercise variety and more. Something that isn’t focused on a lot is

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