Mike Martin Coaching

If you want results like these in 2023 then make sure you’re giving .martin.coaching a follow.

We’re coming to a close on 2022 😱.

Now is a good time to reflect on the year past and all the awesome work the guys in the team have put in 💪🏽

This year there has been a big focus on improving on the level of support each client gets.

We did this by bringing on an accountability coach to look at how clients were doing everyday.

Make sure they stayed on top of nutrition, training and were getting the most out of their sessions.

Then providing help with mindset and education where it was needed.

Next year we’re taking things to the next level:

🤩 Private members area with education resources on every topic that comes up so clients feel confident in their knowledge throughout the process

🤩 Monthly specialist webinars so we can deep dive into topics that will sky rocket every clients success - think sleep specialist, stress management and more

🤩 In person events, where we will be going over training principles to take their training to the next level as well as build community support where you can exchange ideas or just b*tch about how much you hate me putting split squats in everywhere 😂

Next year is going to be big and I want to make sure I’m helping guys like you get over their all or nothing mindset, sky rocket their energy and completely transform their physiques.

If you’re ready to make 2023 your year then DM me ‘READY’ to see if the programme is right for you 💪🏽

Make sure to give .martin.coaching a follow if you want to make 2023 your year.

While I’m a firm believer of starting on your goals now I know some of you are pretty steadfast on starting in January.

So here are 5 things you can do to ensure you hit the ground running in January without you having to train or stick to food targets now 🙄.

We still have spaces for calls for people who want to be ready to go come that first week of January 💪🏽.

You can get yourself booked in and put a deposit for you to secure your spot.

Something I’ve noticed over the last 7 years of coaching is that people who commit themselves to change before January tend to do better 👀.

That’s because they’ve made the mindset shift that they’re ready to make change.

If you want it be one of them then drop me a READY in the DMs 🤩

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When someone is in good shape all it means is they found something that worked for them and stuck with it.

It doesn’t mean the same advice will work for you.

Your starting point, lifestyle and mentality are all completely different and need to be considered when setting out a plan.

I’ll give you an example…

If I want to get lean I can quite happily for 8 weeks eat nothing but protein cookies, yoghurt, chicken breast and veggies.

Sometimes eating chicken breast for breakfast to keep the calories low.

I’ll also say no to any social events that will have drinking or eating involved and be doing 15,000+ a day without fail.

This is in no way saying ‘oh look way I can do’.

I just live a life where it’s easy for me to do this.

My friends know if I’m doing this to leave me be and the way I work means I can go for walks, eat and train exactly when I want to.

Now if I tell most of you to do that there’s no chance of it happening.

You have busy work days, you have social events, there’s things you can’t say no to and above all else you probably don’t want to 😂.

The advice you get needs to be applicable to you and your lifestyle.

That’s what we do in the programme 😎

We set out some basic easy to action tasks to figure out where you are then mould the programme around what you need.

Do you need more help to improve your mindset around food?

Is it more structure and accountability?

Do you need support for when things go off track so you don’t spiral?

Whatever it is I’m here to make sure the things that keep getting in the way of your success are never an issue again 💪🏽.

5 spots are now open for those of you that want to hit the ground running in January🤩.

I’m taking deposits or you can secure your space and pay on your payday 🙌🏽.

Drop me a few 💪🏽 in the DMs and let’s have a chat about Unleashing The Real You!

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🤩 Bonus tip 🤩

If you struggle to get up in the morning due to the cold set the heating timer to turn it on an hour before your alarm.

At least then your home will be warm and you’ll have on less reason to stay under the duvet.

The hydration supplement I mentioned really help you wake up in the morning.

They work significantly better than just drinking water alone.

If you’d like to know the ones I use then drop me a quick DM and I’ll send the link.

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We are in the first week of December🎄

You’re probably starting to have work socials, friends socials, holiday shopping and random meet ups.

All this can make sticking to your usual training regime incredibly difficult.

There may be the temptation to decide to give it up for the month and start again properly in January.

What’s a few weeks off right? 🤷🏽‍♂️

The issue is you completely break the habit you worked so hard to get going.

Do you remember how difficult it was to get into it? 😱

Instead of completely stopping, work to maintain the habit as much as possible.

Training twice a week and making sure to track your protein so you hit your target everyday are great examples💪🏽

Keeping those habits going will make it really easy to stack more on them come January when you’re ready to go for it again.

It’s much harder to go from 0 training to 4 sessions a week than it is to go from 2 sessions to 4 a week.

Keep a couple of habits in place and you’ll be thanking yourself come the first week of January 🤩

Be sure to share this if you found it useful!

Especially with that one friend that’s worried about gaining a few pounds so tries to cancel events 👀!

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The simplest way you can improve your motivation and consistency is to focus on what you do well each week.

By focusing on what you do well you find evidence that you are capable of getting to where you want to go.

You empower yourself to keep going.

You give yourself something to build and improve on.

All my clients have busy lives and every week they come across some form of barrier.

Every week they tell me all the things they did well in spite of those barriers.

This means they go into each week feeling awesome and like they can take on whatever comes at them.

And I’m here for anything that they can’t handle on their own.

What are your wins?

Comment below!

I’m looking for 8 people who want unrivalled support, from me, to help them build an awesome physique!

This opportunity is for anyone that wants to get strong AF whilst feeling amazing within themselves.

If you feel like you’ve never had the support or education you’ve needed to reach your goals, then this is for you!

Together, we’ll make sure you’re getting the most out of every session by improving your form and making sure you’re pushing enough for the growth you desire.

We will improve your understanding of nutrition with weekly nutrition coaching, so that you always feel in control.

You’ll have a tailored programme, unique to you, based around your goals so that you’ll get stronger every week whilst building an awesome physique you can be proud of.

You’ll get my full support via weekly check ins and calls to make sure each week is better than the last and you’re constantly seeing progress.

There are also two weekly live education calls so that there’s always an opportunity to learn, grow and evolve.

Trust me when I say…

These spaces will go fast!

If you’re ready, I’m ready.

Drop me a DM with the word “GOALS” and we can start discussing the next step!

Not having any support is why you’re never going to reach your goals.

You put so much focus on the best supplements, diet and training plan that you miss what’s most important.

Having support!

Someone that is genuinely invested in your goals and success.

Without it you’re very unlikely to succeed through no fault of your own.

Getting to where you want to be is a long and hard road.

Trust me.

Your family and friends will most likely try to pull you away from your journey.

You’ll start to think it’s pointless and want to give up.

Your own limiting beliefs will tell you you can’t do it.

You need someone to have your corner.

To tell you you’re doing great and to keep going.

Someone to problem solve with.

Someone to call you out when your self sabotaging.

If you keep failing on your journey ask yourself if you have a support system in place.

If you don’t, get one!

Do you have people that support your goals?

Drop a comment below saying who they are.

Better yet share this post with them to let them know you appreciate them 💪🏽.

No matter what your favourite influencer is telling you there’s no exercises you have to do.

There’s no 1 exercise you’re not doing that’s stopping you from seeing results.

The only time you have to do a certain exercise is if your goal is to get better and stronger at that specific movement.

You’ll see people doing barbell bench press, deadlifts and back squats because they think they have to do them to grow with no regard as to whether they can do them.

A lot of barbell movements are skill based meaning you don’t have to be hugely muscular to lift a massive weight, it’s the whole premise of powerlifting competitions.

You should definitely be able to do these movements as it means you’ll be able to move your body optimally but if the focus is muscle building then they shouldn’t be the focus of your hypertrophy programme.

Dumbbells are good as they tend to offer more range than a barbell and allow the wrist to be in a better position as well as help you work through any imbalances.

Machines work well as it means you can purely focus on the working a muscle through its full range without having to stabilise the weight or worry about getting stuck under it 😅.

Good programming with implement a mixture of barbell, dumbbells and machines depending on the individual goals and ability.

Don’t feel like you have to do something because you saw someone with the body you want doing it.

There’s so many different options out there to get results, find what feels right for you and what you can progress to reach your goals 💪🏽

𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐆𝐨𝐚𝐥𝐬

When you’re setting yourself a training programme you want to make sure it suits your goals so you can get the most out of it.

If your goal is to generally be in better shape and feel stronger then an all round programme will work well until you have more of a focus on certain aspects.

If you have a specific goal in mind then you want to make sure your programming reflects this.

If the goal is purely to grow your legs then you don’t need to be doing back squats as they’re not optimal for leg growth.

If you want a big back squat then you need to make sure you work on your ankle/ hip mobility, implement pause reps and make sure you have adequate rest and deloads.

If you want to get your first pull up you should probably be working on them in some way at least 3 times a week.

Many people will buy a programme from their favourite influencer because they’re in shape and have a big following but not give any real thought as to whether the programme suits their goals.

This also works for picking a coach if you want to learn how to Olympic lift don’t go to a coach that doesn’t know how to coach it.

Knowing how to set up a programme can be tricky, I go how to set up a programme in my FREE fat loss and training guide.

You can get yours by clicking the link in my bio or drop me a DM and we can have a chat about how to optimise your programme.

Quite often I get people asking if I can review their programme as they’re not seeing the results they want.

Most of the time it isn’t the programme but it’s how they implement it.

But here are some things that can make it good or bad.

A clear sign of bad programming is it being full of exercises you can’t perform correctly and progress.

A great example of this is the barbell back squat.

So many people put this into their programme to grow their legs because they think it’s a must do, but their form is horrific.

Meaning they can’t progress it safely and grow their legs and it’ll often lead to injury.

There’s no problem with trying to improve your form on a specific exercise but you shouldn’t be loading more weight until you can do it correctly.

Another sign of bad programming is setting yourself a number of training days that you can’t do consistently.

When someone starts training again they often make the mistake of aiming to do more days than they can handle.

Leading to loads of missed sessions resulting in not enough training frequency to get the results they’re after.

Set yourself enough training days that you hit every muscle 2-3 times a week and you can do consistently for a long period of time.

I will be covering some of the other points later in the week so when sure you check back!

I also cover how to set up a good training programme in my FREE fat loss guide.

Get yours by clicking the link in my bio!

Barry came to me a few months ago wanting to get back into shape.

He was no stranger to the gym but the constant lockdowns and now working from home meant he didn’t feel like himself.

He felt a bit shapeless and wanted to get back on the dating scene ASAP.

He also had some back and shoulder pain that worried him and stopped him from being able to really get the most out of his sessions.

We made sure to add in plenty of mobility work and review his form on exercises to get rid of the niggling pains so he could really push the sessions.

We also made sure his programming and nutrition worked with his new job and active social life.

8 weeks in and he’s looking awesome, training pain free and getting a lot of attention 👀.

There are 11 weeks until the end of the year, 10 if you don’t count that weird one between Christmas and new year 🥴.

That’s plenty of time to see some amazing results and set yourself up for 2022.

If you want results like this you can get your FREE fat loss and muscle building guide by clicking the link in my bio!

Don’t get me wrong a bit of friendly competition with others can be exactly what you need to light a fire in your belly and drive yourself towards your goals.

The only issue is when it comes to success people compare and compete with others in their head in a way that isn’t conducive to their progress.

When you think of being in a competition with someone you think of there being a clear winner and loser.

When people do this when it comes to someone else’s success it puts up the idea that if someone else is seeing amazing progress it somehow means that they can’t see the same results.

𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙚𝙣𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝 𝙨𝙪𝙘𝙘𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙜𝙤 𝙖𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙!

We’re not pulling from a limited well of success that’ll run dry at some point.

Someone else succeeding doesn’t take away from what you can do.

Congratulate them and see what you can learn from them.

Where did they start from?

What struggles did they have?

What did they find worked well for them?

Once you start being happy for other people’s successes and seeing it as a possible learning opportunity you’ll be a lot happier and most likely will progress faster.

You may have noticed I haven’t been particularly active here for the past couple weeks.

That’s because s**t hit the fan and I didn’t really feel up for being motivational.

I definitely didn’t help myself feel better.

Every so often you’re going to go through s**t but you don’t have to actively make yourself feel worse.

Here are some tips, that I definitely should have followed myself 😅, to make sure you don’t make yourself feel worse and get back to yourself quicker.

𝐅𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐂𝐚𝐧 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐥

This is a big one. There’s no point in dwelling on what you can’t change or thinking of how you could have done things differently.

Focus on what you can control now, your actions and how you react.

𝐃𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐚 𝐃𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐭𝐨 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟

For some reason whenever we feel s**t we then notice our flaws and things we don’t like and laser in on them.

Being a dick to yourself isn’t going to get you feeling better.

𝐍𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐁𝐨𝐝𝐲

Chances are if you’re stressed you’re not going to want to stick to nutrition targets, but eating all crap food or not eating at all isn’t going to help.

It feeds back into being a dick to yourself, also having poor digestion when you already feel crappy isn’t great.

𝐊𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐌𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠

You may not want to train but doing some sort of movement will help.

Exercise is a great way to destress and get out your frustrations.

It’ll also distract you from what ever is going on.

𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐘𝐨𝐮’𝐫𝐞 𝐅𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠

Be that by journaling or venting to someone, getting it out and feeling your feelings will help you get through things much quicker than just bottling it up.

𝐆𝐞𝐭 𝐁𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐑𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐞

Stressful situations will often throw you off balance, getting yourself back into your routine will help you feel yourself again.

You don’t have to do everything at once, start small and get yourself back to where you need to be in your own time.

Hopefully these tips will help you when you’re feeling crap.

I’m feeling much better now and Bubba is better than normal, although a dashund did decide to bite his ball sack today 😬.

Yay more antibiotics 😂

If you’re having issues growing a specific muscle its probably down to one or more of these reasons.

𝐍𝐨𝐭 𝐀𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐭

Sounds obvious right?

But a lot of people will only hit a muscle once a week or every so often, if you’re doing that it’s not going to grow.

Aim for 2-3 times a week per muscle group.

You also want to be using the intended muscle when doing a specific exercise.

You’ll see many people just moving the weight as far as possible or not through any range.

I’m looking at you, put all the weights on the leg press then move it 2 inches guys 👀.

When you’re performing a movement do it with intention, focus on contracting the muscle you’re meant to be working over the range it works in.

𝐍𝐨 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝐎𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐨𝐚𝐝/ 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐲

For your muscles to grow you have to put some stress on them to stimulate growth.

That means training with some intensity, going towards failure and sticking to rest times.

You need to make sure you’re pushing harder each week, progressive overload.

Please slow down, I see some sets get done like people have been put on 2x speed.

Not only are you not engaging the muscle you’re more likely to injure yourself as you have no control of the weight

𝐘𝐨𝐮’𝐫𝐞 𝐍𝐨𝐭 𝐄𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐄𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡

This is a pretty big one and a massive issue for those who are forever dieting.

If you want your muscles to grow you need to eat.

That means enough calories and protein everyday.

If getting enough food in is too much of a struggle don’t be afraid of liquid calories.

They’ll bulk up the cals and won’t leave you feeling bloated.

Start making these changes to your routine and watch your muscles grow and strength sky rocket 🚀.

Setting boundaries and making time for yourself is likely holding you back from reaching your goals.

Feeling like you have to do things or see people which then leaves you no time for yourself.

You’re not able to train, buy and make food and ultimately take care of yourself.

You need to learn to say “no”.

Not just to say no but to say no without feeling the need to give an excuse.

You don’t need to give people a reason for why you need time to yourself.

Once you start doing this you’ll have more downtime so you’ll be better rested.

You’ll have time to train and eat well so you’ll feel healthier and more confident.

And you’ll have more time to do the things that really bring you joy and move you forward in your life.

All of this will make you a much happier person and you’ll be able to spend the time you want with friends and family without that feeling of dread because of all the things you’re not able to do.

Chances are some people won’t like it.

But honestly f**k them, if they don’t understand that you need to do things to make sure you’re happy then they don’t care if you’re happy 🤷🏽‍♂️.

came to me 4 months ago because he needed a change.

The lockdowns had beaten him physically and mentally.

He felt small and weak, he had gym and social anxiety and found the daily stresses of life really affected him.

In his first week of training I think he left the gym twice before getting anyway through his session.

He quickly got over his gym anxiety with support from myself and a few others that I coach.

After that first week it was all uphill.

I helped him understand his eating habits and tweak his nutrition to suit his goals.

He now loves the training and as a result has gained over 10kg in the last 4 months.

Not only that but his whole demeanour outside the gym has changed.

He has more energy and is more positive which has been noticed in his work leading him to get a raise!

While I can’t promise you get a raise I can promise you that training with me will improve your life.

You’ll get the physical results you want but you’ll also get the confidence you’ve been missing that changes other aspects of your life.

Your relationship with yourself and others will improve which will make your entire life better.

If you’re ready to make those changes and end 2021 on a high I have 5 spaces left available and then that’s it until at least November.

These spaces will go fast so drop into my DMs as soon as possible or fill in the application form in my bio.

Being successful on your fitness journey is going to take some planning from the start.

You can’t go from one week eating what you want to hitting your protein goals without some forethought.

You’re going to need to do a food shop and actually think about what you need to hit your targets.

What will you have for breakfast, lunch and dinner?

Will you need snacks to hit your protein?

Do you have plenty of food available so its easier for you to make the right choices?

Or are you going into the next week blind and already setting yourself up for failure?

Similar thing comes to training.

If you know your schedule is always busy have you looked at when you can realistically train?

Do you have your gym stuff ready and with you or do you need to go home first?

Have you written yourself a plan so you know exactly what you’re doing and how long you’re going to be training?

Being successful in anything requires some form of planning.

If you don’t have some form of plan you’re setting yourself up for failure which makes you less likely to continue.

Take some time to set up a plan, it doesn’t have to be spot on but it needs to give you a good starting point.

This will help you feel like you’re succeeding, from that you can build on it as you progress.

If all that planning sounds like hard work then that’s where I come in.

I take out all of the guess work and time planning for you.

We then have a set up call before you start so you know exactly what you need to do to succeed from week 1.

If you’d like to know more send me this post via DM and I’ll get back to you with more info.