This Is What Happens

People start to notice your changes.

“Have you been working out?”

TrainingAdam HayhowOctober 18, 2024Recomp:HQrecomposition, progress, aesthetics, body, food, metabolism, nutrition, deadlifts, deadlifting

What Failure Really Looks Like

The final 1/4 has you questioning life and what the hell you’re even doing this for?

You’ve lost all feeling in the desired muscle, and you’re not breathing at all.

TrainingAdam HayhowOctober 4, 2024Recomp:HQrecomposition, progress, aesthetics, body, food, metabolism, nutrition, deadlifts, deadlifting

Nothing Lasts Forever

There is no better feeling than when your training finds momentum and the changes come almost weekly. We get suckered into believing what we’re doing is going to keep giving us results.

It won't.

TrainingAdam HayhowSeptember 29, 2024Recomp:HQrecomposition, progress, aesthetics, body, food, metabolism, nutrition, deadlifts, deadlifting

Injuries Happen.

It’s like telling a child that Santa isn’t real. You can see them processing the news. They go quiet and tilt their head slowly while a little piece of their world dies.

TrainingAdam HayhowSeptember 16, 2024Recomp:HQrecomposition, progress, aesthetics, body, food, metabolism, nutrition, deadlifts, deadlifting

Is It Worth It?

Now you’re lowering calories to get back to where you were before you cheated. Back when you were leaner and eating more food.

TrainingAdam HayhowAugust 10, 2024Recomp:HQrecomposition, progress, aesthetics, body, food, metabolism, nutrition, deadlifts, deadlifting

I Don't Care Who You Are.

If it’s a big person lifting a little weight, I think they’re a pussy. If it’s a small person lifting a big weight, I think that’s fucking cool. Anyone doing cable glute kick backs is a fucking idiot. Male or female, it makes no difference.

Pick Up Something Heavy.

Deadlifts are bad for your back. Squats are bad for your knees. Heavy weight causes injuries.

Taught by people who don’t know how to train and look like they don’t train.

TrainingAdam HayhowJanuary 5, 2024Recomp:HQrecomposition, progress, aesthetics, body, food, metabolism, nutrition, deadlifts, deadlifting

It's Never Too Late, Until It Is.

Time goes by quickly and before you know it, you've gone from being indestructible in your 20s with limitless energy to broken in your 40s, asleep on the couch at 6pm

TrainingAdam HayhowNovember 15, 2023Recomp:HQrecomposition, progress, aesthetics, body, food, metabolism, nutrition, deadlifts, deadlifting

Progress Builds Confidence

Show me the person who makes no progress with their training and I'll show you someone just as miserable, and out of shape, who still hates their own reflection and is always complaining about everything, just like they were 12 months earlier.

TrainingAdam HayhowOctober 19, 2023Recomp:HQrecomposition, progress, aesthetics, body, food, metabolism, nutrition, deadlifts, deadlifting

Never Trust A Coach Who Sells You On A Training Style They Didn't Use Themselves.

Why someone standing in front of a rented Lamborghini or G-wagon would make anyone think they know anything about training is beyond me. Sales? Definitely. They clearly know how to sell. Training and diet? Fucks me. But hey, that's just me.

TrainingAdam HayhowOctober 9, 2023Recomp:HQrecomposition, progress, aesthetics, body, food, metabolism, nutrition, deadlifts, deadlifting

Genetics: Some have them. Some.........don't.

Now before you go exclaiming, “Yes! Genetics are why I’m overweight!” No, you’re overweight because you eat too much.

TrainingAdam HayhowOctober 2, 2023Recomp:HQrecomposition, progress, aesthetics, body, food, metabolism, nutrition, deadlifts, deadlifting

Beware: The Fitness Content Creator

Think of content creators like the media. At times they report good quality information that enriches our lives. Some of it is informative. Some educational. Some entertaining. And some of it, yeahhhh none of those.

TrainingAdam HayhowAugust 2, 2023Recomp:HQrecomposition, progress, aesthetics, body, food, metabolism, nutrition, deadlifts, deadlifting

10 Nutrition Tips. (For anyone)

I've never been a fan of eating fewer, large meals. It just didn't work for me.

Injuries. Learn to work with them. And learn how to avoid them

Injuries. Sometimes shit just goes wrong. Most of the time, we did something wrong

When Is The Best Time To Train?

I can’t train early in the morning. I’ve tried it several times over the years and the outcome is always the same : bad training.

Don't Sell Yourself Short.

Short? I was confused. He must have been talking about something else so I went down again. “SHORT!” there it was again. What was he talking about? What was short? Me? I know I'm short but this hardly seems like the time to be yelling that out.

You Gotta Deadlift

A deadlift is about the purest expression of strength there is: bend over and pick something up.

There is nothing more functional.

Compound VS Isolation

The people who say you can build an awesome physique by doing light weight, isolation movements and you don’t need heavy compounds who have no muscle? The internet is full of them. Come on, they have no muscle. What more proof do you need?.

Nutrition, Training, RantsAdam HayhowFebruary 4, 2022Recomp:HQrecomposition, progress, muscle, aesthetics, body, food, metabolism, superfoods, isolation, compound

Flexible Dieting

…..if you take someone who eats like a person going hypo with low blood sugar in the lolly isle.

Nutrition, Training, RantsAdam HayhowDecember 13, 2021Recomp:HQrecomposition, progress, muscle, aesthetics, body, food, metabolism, superfoods

10 Tips For Training Success

It goes a little beyond turning your pinky finger up when doing lateral raises.

Nutrition, Training, RantsAdam HayhowSeptember 2, 2021Recomp:HQrecomposition, progress, muscle, aesthetics, body, food, metabolism, superfoods