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Top 20 Things I Wish I Knew When I First Started Training (Part 3)

April 10, 2017/in Injuries, Nutrition, Training/by Ben Hanton

Volume 11 – 15 11) Stop chasing the rainbow! “I’ll be happy when… …I have a six-pack …I can bench more than my mates …I am a size 10 …I am skinny.” The list goes on. Trust me when I say most people will never be truly happy when it comes to their physique, […]

Top 20 Things I Wish I Knew When I First Started Training (Part 2)

March 31, 2017/in Nutrition, Training/by Ben Hanton

Volume 6 – 10 6) Don’t aim for a PB each time you train. Looking to set a new 1RM every workout is a very quick way to burnout. Central nervous system fatigue from a maximal lift (particularly for an advanced trainee) can have some very profound effects. I personally found that after a […]

Top 20 Things I Wish I Knew When I First Started Training (Part 1)

March 27, 2017/in Nutrition, Training/by Ben Hanton

Volume 1 – 5 1) To gain muscle you need some extra calories but not as much as you think. A surplus of 250-500kcal is about as much as you will require to optimise muscle gain whilst preventing fat gain. These 8,000kcal a day diets you see in Men’s fitness magazines are for extreme […]

Eating Breakfast Cereal is One of the Worst Nutrition Mistakes

December 12, 2016/in Healthy Living, Nutrition, Uncategorized/by Ben Hanton

Breakfast cereals have been a main staple breakfast choice since the 1940s and have formed a seemingly integral part of the British diet. Commercial marketing, social trends and widespread availabity of cheap and affordable cereals have formed a culture in which breakfast consists of a cereal such as Special K or a sugar-based children’s cereal […]

Why Elitas Fitness Oaklands is the Best Gym in Chichester Part 2

June 4, 2016/in General, Injuries, News, Training/by Ben Hanton

In part 2 of our blog series explaining why Elitas Fitness Oaklands is the best membership gym in Chichester, we are continuing to focus on equipment provision. As mentioned in part 1, we have a whole host of cable stations and selectorised machines. They permit a huge degree of versatility in upper body training. […]

Why Elitas Fitness Oaklands is the Best Gym in Chichester Part 1

May 28, 2016/in General, News, Promotions, Training, Uncategorized, Women/by Ben Hanton

Welcome to part 1 of a short series of posts I am writing to show you why Elitas Fitness Oaklands is the best membership gym in Chichester. Hopefully by the time you have read this series you will understand fully what this gym is about and why it is the perfect place to train for […]

Jack B.

Fantastic Facilities and trainers always on hand to offer advice! Very professional all round.

Brian H.

What a place! If I could build a dream home gym it would look like this. The equipment is great for any power or oly lifting, getting huge, and getting shredded.I also want to mention that I’m from out of town and i needed a place to keep my juicy gains alive during my week in Chichester. The entire staff was super helpful in getting me a membership.As someone that has the body of a Greek god, believe me when I say that followers of the Iron Path will love calling this place home.

Peter L.

Excellent gym in Chichester! Have been attending this gym for a year now, and having training sessions with Ben. Gym has great new equipment, nice showers, and is spotlessly clean. Always seems quiet, never a queue for equipment. Ben is a great trainer, sessions are 'full on', and are well thought out to work different muscle groups.