Strength Training

Expert advice, answers to most googled-questions, tips, guides and news on all things strength training.

By Stylist Magazine

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Exercise
How to stretch: why we all need to make time for stretching
Stylist Magazine - Hannah Keegan
In the depths of a shopping centre in east London, a glassy fitness studio glows with orange lights. Inside, rows of white massage beds are each …
3 days ago
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Exercise
How to treat a pulled muscle and get back to the gym
Stylist Magazine - Miranda Larbi
There’s nothing like starting the new year with ambitious fitness goals, only to keel over in pain 10 minutes into your workout because you’ve pulled …
3 days ago
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Exercise
Strength training for runners: fitness trainers answer the most Googled questions
Stylist Magazine - Aiden Wynn
“I would say it depends on how much the runner runs, because you don’t want to over-train. If a person does a few runs a week already, I would then …
4 days ago
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Exercise
9 benefits of doing free weights
Stylist Magazine - Miranda Larbi
It’s easy to feel intimidated on the gym floor when you see experienced fitness buffs using heavy weights like it’s no big deal – but everyone starts …
January 8
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Exercise
How do you warm up before weight training? Stylist Strong trainers answer the most googled questions
Stylist Magazine - Chloe Gray
You’re getting to grips with the workout itself, you’re getting in your post-workout stretch and you’re eating enough to fuel your sessions. But …
Dec 30, 2019
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How can you get motivated to exercise? Fitness trainers answer the most googled questions
Stylist Magazine - Chloe Gray
No matter how much you enjoy exercise, there’s something about the winter months that makes doing it hard. We end up swapping a run in the rain for a …
Dec 16, 2019
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Exercise
Should you eat before or after you exercise?
Stylist Magazine - Meriam Ahari
Throughout my fitness journey, I’ve been at odds with whether it’s best to eat before or after a workout. Take for instance, the “golden hour” which …
Nov 20, 2019
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Exercise
Meet the female personal trainers transforming the way we exercise
Stylist Magazine - Lucy Partington
I never thought I’d be somebody with a personal trainer. The idea of me, a plus-size woman, working out in a gym filled me with anxiety. The sheer …
January 3
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Strength and resistance training: fitness trainers answer the most Googled questions
Stylist Magazine - Chloe Gray
Earlier this year, the government released new guidelines which state that adults should be doing two resistance sessions a week. The benefit of …
Oct 29, 2019
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5 weight lifting experts explain the strengthening benefits for women
Stylist Magazine - Chloe Gray
Stylist Strong has opened its studio doors in London’s Mayfair, but what exactly are the benefits of strength-based classes? In 2011, just 0.9% of …
Oct 14, 2019
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Exercise
Exclusive: Joslyn Thompson Rule explains why strength isn’t all about weights
Stylist Magazine - Chloe Gray
“There is this association that the more exercise you do, or the more you sweat, the more effective a workout is. In fact, it’s quite the opposite,” …
Oct 3, 2019
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Exercise
Join Nike master trainer Joslyn Thompson Rule's 'Back to Basics workout' at Stylist Live LUXE
Stylist Magazine - Stylist Team
Like her podcast Fitness Unfiltered suggests, Joslyn has a refreshing, no-BS approach to tackling some of the biggest fitness industry topics, such …
Oct 2, 2019
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Women's News
Stylist Strong: 3 women reveal the secret to finding resilience
Stylist Magazine - Stylist Team
My strength journey began at 19 when I was at Trinity College in Dublin. It was a fairly wealthy university and I definitely was not wealthy so I …
Sep 26, 2019
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What should you eat before strength training?
Stylist Magazine - Chloe Gray
We all know that eating directly before swimming isn’t advisable. Whether that’s because we’re more likely to sink (an unlikely reason which was …
Sep 23, 2019
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Exercise
How long does it take to see results from strength training?
Stylist Magazine - Chloe Gray
Whether you’re working on building your mental strength or adding extra weight to your dumbbells to try and improve your physical strength, it’s easy …
January 7
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Women's News
This woman was told that women aren’t strong enough to be firefighters. Now, her incredible response has gone viral
Stylist Magazine - Lauren Geall
The remarks, ideas and opinions we hear as a child from the adults around us are often the beliefs we come to internalise. Whether we see traditional …
Sep 15, 2019
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Do you need to do cardio if you're weight training? Fitness trainers answer the most Googled questions
Stylist Magazine - Chloe Gray
Weights vs. cardio? It’s the ultimate rivalry. For so long women were told to favour the latter for fear that lifting weights would make them bulky. …
Sep 9, 2019
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Poorna Bell: “How weight training helped me find inner strength after my husband’s suicide”
Stylist Magazine - Poorna Bell
It started when I realised that, barring a wheelie bag, I couldn’t lift my own luggage without needing a man to help me. Despite considering myself …
Sep 5, 2019
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Exercise
How many times a week should you strength train? Fitness trainers answer the most Googled questions
Stylist Magazine - Chloe Gray
Staying fit and healthy is important, but the messaging around when and how often we should be working out, pushing our bodies the limit and building …
January 7
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Exercise
Weight training won’t just transform your body – it’ll strengthen your mind, too
Stylist Magazine - Alix Walker
Until last November I had only ever entered a gym to lose weight. Body Pump classes and their familiar smell of trainer sweat and resentment were …
Sep 2, 2019
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Exercise guilt: why skipping the gym really is OK, according to an expert
Stylist Magazine - Danni Tabor
“That’s it, I’m going to the gym,” I proclaimed to my mum at 8am one morning in Bali. I was dragging myself to a workout, despite the overwhelming …
Aug 26, 2019
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DOMS: Everything you need to know about Delayed-Onset Muscle Soreness
Stylist Magazine - Lauren Geall
Anyone who has begun training for the first time or stepped up the difficulty of their workout will know a little bit about Delayed-Onset Muscle …
Aug 18, 2019
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Women's News
This sexist trampoline advert perpetuates a tired old myth about female strength
Stylist Magazine - Kayleigh Dray
“We are women – and we are always stronger than we think.” So said Stylist’s Lisa Smosarski at the opening of the first ever Stylist Strong gym, and …
Jul 17, 2019
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Women's News
Body Politics: Poorna Bell is sick and tired of the fitness industry’s sexist stereotypes
Stylist Magazine - Michelle Elman
She may be famous for her work as an author and mental health advocate, but a quick look at Poorna Bell’s Instagram will leave you wowed by her …
May 14, 2019
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Exercise
“A message to every single man who feels the need to give women ‘advice’ at the gym”
Stylist Magazine - Poorna Bell
I had the perfect set-up for my bench press. My back was curved, my shoulders were tight and my hands had just clamped on the bar. I took a deep …
Apr 27, 2019
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Walt Disney Company
The best workout songs for diehard Disney fans
Stylist Magazine - Kayleigh Dray
Looking for a high-energy playlist to blast through your next strength-training workout? In need of some seriously motivational songs to help you …
Apr 23, 2019