If you think you have to kill yourself in the gym for hours on end to get an amazing body, you really don't.
There's a misconception that the more you do in the gym, the better and quicker results will come.
Yes, you need to train hard, but you also need to train smart – this is something I've really come to understand training with the guys at Ultimate Performance on my 12-week transformation.
People always think I spend all day, every day, training to get in this kind of shape. They always say to me 'how do you find the time?
But when you train the right way, you really don't need to do hours in the gym. Not even close.
Literally, it's just four times a week for 45 minutes is all I'm doing and I'm getting amazing results.
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That's 180 minutes in the gym over a week – it's absolutely nothing
I've got friends with kids who could fit that amount of time into their busy lives it's just getting the knowledge and knowing what to do.
I've just done 45 minutes in the gym today, and I feel like I've done three hours.
So you can get results if you do just knuckle down and do it; you don't have to be here for hours. You don't have to do endless cardio. You can just get in, get the work done on the weights and then go.
It just goes to show that it's always quality over quantity. You don't have to spend hours in the gym to get great results.
For me, 45 minutes of weight training is all it takes.
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The training at UP is so effective. Every exercise is supersetted so you don't get a lot of rest time in between.
Then the fact that to build muscle you need overload, and every week we're getting heavier and heavier.
When I started, my split squat was 15kg. Now I'm up to 45kg - I've tripled it! It's crazy!
I did 5kg heavier on the pendulum - so I'm up to 20kg on that too.
You're constantly adding weight and overload to what you're lifting, there's very little rest in between and you're being pushed to that next level.
You've not got distractions here at UP either. If I was training at a standard gym where I could be chatting to someone or playing on my phone or I could wander around the spa, there's none of that here. It's a grafter's gym and you have to get in and get it done.
It's the intensity too that you just can't get training on your own. The trainers will take you to places you would never think you could go.
Catch up with Gemma's Week 1 blog and how she lost 5lbs in just seven days weight training at UP.
I would never have dreamed I would be doing the weights that I've done here in my own gym.
You kind of feel safe when you're with Steve and Mark; you're not going to fall, you're not going to collapse, so they do give you that extra boost when you're training with them.
And it's nice that they believe in you too. It's nice to have that confidence and that push and drive from someone else who believes you can do it. It's a nice feeling!
Unless you get guidance in the gym, you're probably not getting the best out of yourself.
I always thought I was doing everything right - but when I came to UP I soon found there was so much I could improve on and change and it's great knowledge for me to take on after the program.
You should never stop wanting to learn about how you can improve. Even the top athletes are constantly bettering themselves - just because you think you're at your peak, there's always someone who can add to it and make you better.
You can never reach that level of being good - there's always improvements you can make everywhere - whether it's in work, in life or in the gym.
I would advise people to find professionals like we have at UP who can guide you, check your progress, coach you and show you the correct form and tempo on exercise.
Learning about tempo for me has been a massive insight for me here at UP.
Just by slowing down the pace at which you go through the range of movement, it makes it so much harder and more effective - you don't necessarily have to lift a heavier weight, just
