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The stuff we think is worth saying about strength, nutrition, recovery, body transformation and the habits that make progress stick.

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Legacy Evolve articles and new Penny posts, together in one place.

Looking for a Personal Trainer in London? Here Are 10 Questions to Ask Before You Commit

Looking for a Personal Trainer in London? Here Are 10 Questions to Ask Before You Commit

Small Group Personal Training vs 1-to-1 PT: Which Is Better for a Busy City Professional?

Small Group Personal Training vs 1-to-1 PT: Which Is Better for a Busy City Professional?

10 Fitness “Rules” That You Can Safely Ignore Part 1

29 August 2018

10 Fitness “Rules” That You Can Safely Ignore Part 1

10 Fitness “Rules” You Can Ignore Part 2

6 September 2018

10 Fitness “Rules” You Can Ignore Part 2

3 Ways To Put Your Training on Steroids (Not Real Steroids. It’s a Metaphor)

7 August 2018

3 Ways To Put Your Training on Steroids (Not Real Steroids. It’s a Metaphor)

4 Techniques For Building Muscle

3 August 2018

4 Techniques For Building Muscle

4 Underrated Exercises More Personal Trainers Should Use

14 June 2018

4 Underrated Exercises More Personal Trainers Should Use

4 Ways Instagram Is Ruining Fitness

25 May 2018

4 Ways Instagram Is Ruining Fitness

5 Mistakes Men Make When Trying To Lose Fat

5 October 2018

5 Mistakes Men Make When Trying To Lose Fat

5 Mistakes Women Make While Trying To Lose Fat

27 September 2018

5 Mistakes Women Make While Trying To Lose Fat

5 Ways You’re Screwing Up Your Workout

21 June 2018

5 Ways You’re Screwing Up Your Workout

7 Inconvenient Truths About Fitness

10 May 2018

7 Inconvenient Truths About Fitness

Achieving Peak Health, Optimal Body Composition, and Longevity: Empowering Evidence on VO2 Max Testing and Training

11 August 2023

Achieving Peak Health, Optimal Body Composition, and Longevity: Empowering Evidence on VO2 Max Testing and Training

Active Recovery: The Body Transformation Secret Weapon

1 November 2023

Active Recovery: The Body Transformation Secret Weapon

Are Carbs Really The Devil? Personal Training Sessions Friend or Foe?

12 October 2018

Are Carbs Really The Devil? Personal Training Sessions Friend or Foe?

Are Supplements Worth The Money?

14 November 2022

Are Supplements Worth The Money?

Are There “Bad” Exercises?

18 February 2020

Are There “Bad” Exercises?

Ask The Trainers – Can You Get in Great Shape on a Vegan Diet?

18 January 2019

Ask The Trainers – Can You Get in Great Shape on a Vegan Diet?

Breaking The Fitness Rules: 11 Things You’ve Got Wrong About Fitness

22 March 2019

Breaking The Fitness Rules: 11 Things You’ve Got Wrong About Fitness

The Cardio Workout You’ve Never Done

15 February 2019

The Cardio Workout You’ve Never Done

Cold Showers: Better Than Coffee… If You’re Tough Enough

24 September 2019

Cold Showers: Better Than Coffee… If You’re Tough Enough

Things People Get Wrong About Having a Fitness Trainer

14 November 2022

Things People Get Wrong About Having a Fitness Trainer

Five Diet Supplements That Actually Work And Will Fuel your Body Transformation

25 April 2018

Five Diet Supplements That Actually Work And Will Fuel your Body Transformation

Five Steps To Shoulders That Don’t Hurt

11 April 2018

Five Steps To Shoulders That Don’t Hurt

Five Things Worse Than Curling in The Squat Rack

5 July 2019

Five Things Worse Than Curling in The Squat Rack

Five Ways To Stop Your Office From Making You Fat

14 June 2019

Five Ways To Stop Your Office From Making You Fat

Four things we’ve changed our mind about

3 January 2018

Four things we’ve changed our mind about

Future You Is A Twat

21 August 2019

Future You Is A Twat

Guest blog from Pras Gengatharan – An Evolve Warrior

14 December 2018

Guest blog from Pras Gengatharan – An Evolve Warrior

Hack Your Hormones: How To Get Lean, Sleep Like a Baby and Stay Young

23 August 2018

Hack Your Hormones: How To Get Lean, Sleep Like a Baby and Stay Young

Healthy Lunches Near Fleet Street and St Paul’s

29 January 2019

Healthy Lunches Near Fleet Street and St Paul’s

How I Read Your Mind

28 August 2019

How I Read Your Mind

How Not To Get Fat on Holidays

25 April 2019

How Not To Get Fat on Holidays

How To Be in The Best Shape of Your Life By Christmas

17 October 2018

How To Be in The Best Shape of Your Life By Christmas

The Evolve 6 Week Challenge – Get Ripped By Christmas

23 October 2018

The Evolve 6 Week Challenge – Get Ripped By Christmas

How To Make Exercise A Habit You Stick To

14 December 2020

How To Make Exercise A Habit You Stick To

How To Not Be A Fitness Dickhead

11 April 2018

How To Not Be A Fitness Dickhead

I Went To A Normal Gym (And it made me want to cry…)

11 April 2018

I Went To A Normal Gym (And it made me want to cry…)

Men: How To Get The Body Type You Want

8 April 2019

Men: How To Get The Body Type You Want

Muscle building as we age – A decade by decade strategy

24 August 2023

Muscle building as we age – A decade by decade strategy

Ripped In 6 Weeks Part 3 – Max Gingell

29 October 2018

Ripped In 6 Weeks Part 3 – Max Gingell

Ripped in 6 Weeks Part 4 – Oliver Shermer

5 November 2018

Ripped in 6 Weeks Part 4 – Oliver Shermer

Ripped in 6 Weeks Part 5 – Hakim Medfai

12 November 2018

Ripped in 6 Weeks Part 5 – Hakim Medfai

Ripped in Six Weeks Part 2 – Lee Bennett

25 October 2018

Ripped in Six Weeks Part 2 – Lee Bennett

Should Women Train Like Men?

10 December 2019

Should Women Train Like Men?

Six Reasons You’re Not Making Progress

11 April 2018

Six Reasons You’re Not Making Progress

Six Surprising Muscle Building Tips

20 December 2018

Six Surprising Muscle Building Tips

So You’ve Joined a Gym…

11 January 2019

So You’ve Joined a Gym…

Three Surprising Pieces of Strength Training Research…

4 March 2019

Three Surprising Pieces of Strength Training Research…

Ten Ways To Be More Athletic

13 July 2018

Ten Ways To Be More Athletic

The 15/10 Challenge

24 August 2023

The 15/10 Challenge

The Anatomy of A Perfect Workout Part 1

12 September 2018

The Anatomy of A Perfect Workout Part 1

The Anatomy of A Perfect Workout Part 2

13 September 2018

The Anatomy of A Perfect Workout Part 2

The Best Exercise You Can Do Without Moving

17 May 2019

The Best Exercise You Can Do Without Moving

The Four Best Idiot-Proof Exercises

11 April 2018

The Four Best Idiot-Proof Exercises

$The Game Changers Documentary Is Full of Sh\\*t$

21 November 2019

The Game Changers Documentary Is Full of Sh\\*t

The Greatest Training Montages in Movie History

19 July 2018

The Greatest Training Montages in Movie History

The Lazy Bastard’s Fitness Guide

27 March 2019

The Lazy Bastard’s Fitness Guide

Four Magic Numbers For Fat Loss

15 August 2018

Four Magic Numbers For Fat Loss

The power of Grip: Enhancing health through hand strength

19 April 2024

The power of Grip: Enhancing health through hand strength

The Ten Commandments of Getting Shredded With Personal Training

5 July 2018

The Ten Commandments of Getting Shredded With Personal Training

Three Dumb Things Personal Trainers Do With Their Clients

20 April 2018

Three Dumb Things Personal Trainers Do With Their Clients

Three Exercises We Hate – Want to get in shape? Don’t bother with these…

21 November 2018

Three Exercises We Hate – Want to get in shape? Don’t bother with these…

Weight Training Rules: If You Can’t Do This, Don’t Squat

22 February 2019

Weight Training Rules: If You Can’t Do This, Don’t Squat

Why HIIT training doesn’t work

28 February 2019

Why HIIT training doesn’t work

Why Inspiration is For Idiots

11 April 2018

Why Inspiration is For Idiots

Willpower Is Rubbish

15 October 2019

Willpower Is Rubbish

Workout routine For Women – Want Abs? Focus on Recovery

8 February 2019

Workout routine For Women – Want Abs? Focus on Recovery

Your Reps Are Crap… Here’s How To Fix Them

25 July 2019

Your Reps Are Crap… Here’s How To Fix Them