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Giannino Terilli Coaching

The online coach & personal trainer helping the average gym goer finally look like they lift!

21/10/2026

Ngl, that set was a whole roller-coaster of emotions 😂 If you know, you know 😂

21/10/2026

Actually, how the heck do you explain this feeling to lifters who don't train close to failure? 😅

Ngl, that set was a whole roller-coaster of emotions 😂 If you know, you know 😂

20/10/2026

Joint pain during an exercise? Don’t just assume the problem is the exercise it self.

Outside of injury or issues with your technique, pain can sometimes be influenced by how other joints and surrounding tissues move and tolerate the demands of an exercise.

That’s why assessing your movement patterns and identifying potential limitations can help you find ways to train more comfortably and continue progressing.

For me, my left ankle has less dorsiflexion than my right. This can contribute to me shifting my hips towards the side with more available ankle mobility during squats.

One drill I use is a banded ankle joint distraction.

The band applies a posterior pull to the talus while the knee moves forward over the foot. Adding load over the knee can also help apply a stretch to the calf muscles, which may contribute to limited ankle dorsiflexion.

Spending around 2 minutes moving back and forth on each side, where needed, can be a useful way to work on ankle mobility and practise moving the tibia forward over the foot in squat-based movements.

The goal isn't just to gain more range of motion. It's to improve how you use that range within your movement patterns.

Important: Joint pain isn't always caused by a mobility restriction elsewhere, and this drill isn't a guaranteed fix for pain.

Assess the cause rather than assuming every issue needs more mobility.

Need help with your training and programming?

Comment or DM me BUILD to learn how tailored programming can help you get better results.

15/10/2026

It's the truth, and the truth can hurt...

But a lot of lifters need to experience this to find out whether they actually know how to build muscle, rather than just packing on extra timber for little to no extra gains.

If you're an experienced lifter trying to make progress, you want to know that the weight you're gaining is actually helping you build muscle, right?

Well, maintaining muscle during a cut can be a pretty good reality check. It reveals how much muscle you've built and how well you've learned to train and retain it in a calorie deficit.

There are also benefits to getting leaner before your next building phase. Starting from a leaner position gives you more room to gain weight before you need to consider cutting again.

The problem? A lot of lifters freak out when they get leaner because they suddenly look smaller.

But that's part of the lesson.

Maybe you haven't built as much muscle as you thought. Maybe you've accumulated more body fat than necessary. Or maybe you haven't learned how to train hard enough and retain muscle while dieting.

And if you've done the work, built the muscle and maintained it through your cut?

Getting leaner allows that hard work to show 💪

Need help with your building or cutting phase?

Comment or DM me BUILD for tailored 1-on-1 coaching to help you get the results you're after.

13/10/2026

Lets be honest 👉 Everyone loves progressive overload...
But if your form and technique are progressively getting worse, are you really progressively overloading the muscle, or just ego lifting?

Nothing wrong with using a gym pin to increase the load on a machine. Just make sure your technique, control and tempo stay consistent.

The goal is to train the target musculature close to failure while keeping your reps standardised, so you can track genuine performance improvements over time.

Adding weight is easy. Making sure that weight is actually contributing to your progress is what matters. Pretty simple.

11/10/2026

The more advanced you become as a lifter, the more important it is to prioritise your weak points.

Building a great physique takes years. As you move past the beginner stage, the rate of muscle growth generally slows, meaning you have less new muscle to show for each year of training.

That doesn't mean you stop making gains. It means being more strategic with where you invest your training effort.
This is where individualising your split makes sense like:

👉Placing lagging muscle groups earlier in a workout.

👉Allocating more weekly volume to areas that need it.

👉Pairing muscle groups differently or training them more frequently.

For example, if your arms are lagging, training them before legs twice a week might make more sense than always leaving them until the end of an upper-body session.

And don't get me wrong, PPL and upper/lower splits can still work incredibly well.

But the more advanced you become, the more sense it makes to organise your training around what YOUR physique needs most.

Especially as a natural lifter, when muscle growth becomes a slower game, you want to make the most of every opportunity to bring up those weak points.

Your split should serve your physique, not the other way around.

What muscle group are you prioritising right now? 👇

08/10/2026

A combination of nutritious, delicious and high-volume foods + a few little hacks that helped me get shredded for my bodybuilding shows this year.

None of these foods are magic, but when calories get low, finding foods that help you stay full can make the diet a LOT easier to stick to.

Save this for your next grocery haul 👊
What's your go-to dieting food? Let me know below 👇

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