Nick Scoey - Exercise Professional

17/09/2026

Last Training Session

So yesterday was my last session before the Proving grounds event. I wanted to try and hit the same reps, weight and distance we are planning to have as a team on the day.

Fell short a little but happy enough. It was tough.

Run - 800m
40m Walking lunges 20kg
50 Reps push press at 12.5kg
40 Burpees
600m Row
600m Skierg
50m Sledge push at 170kg
60 Reps deadlift at 50kg
40m Sledge pull at 120kg
2 beers!

Finished last night with a few beers 🤣

Now just rest, eat and stretch.

See you Sunday

15/09/2026

The military stopped hammering us with long runs. Here's what nobody tells you about why.

Firstly, I am not having a dig at Physical Training Instructors or the Army physical preparation plan. I think the change from long runs to better strength and conditioning focused sessions was a great move but during the transition, we had some brutal sessions, with people limping around camp feeling shattered all the time.

I would also add that in the line of work the Army does, it is only natural to test people to their limits and their ability to keep going when they are chin strapped but recovery is key.

I see the same kind of training being done now in the general population. I think the increase of hybrid events, has seen an increase of individuals training at high intensity with little to no recovery. Balls deep as I would say, 7 days a week! And if that wasn't hard enough, let’s just put a finisher at the end of every session as well.

Now I see this a lot. People thinking if they have not been resuscitated after a session, they cannot call it a session 😁. But recovery is key for us old codgers, we take longer to recover and need it to keep going for years to come.

Let me ask you a question, would you rather go balls deep 6 days a week for 10 years? or go steadily, with some challenging sessions dotted weekly for 20 years? It is all about longevity and moving for longer.

Do you want to wake feeling like you have been hit by a bus every morning?

So, be honest, do you recover adequately? Do you go balls deep every session and rest is just the time between sets or rounds? Let me know in the comments.

Believe me or not but you can make progress without thrashing yourself.

If you're constantly sore, tired, or picking up niggly injuries — it might not be your effort that's the problem. It might be that recovery was never part of the plan.

13/09/2026

Pink to make you wink!

So next week is our .co.uk Proving Ground event. It will be good to catch up with the guys, and have them laugh at us (.tucker and Emma Louise) absolutely hanging out of our arses!

Remember we are doing it for sh*ts and giggles, and trying to raise money for . For my sins (and maybe secretly my thing), I will be wearing pink for the event, picture attached.

The charity raises funds to provide and install publicly accessible defibrillators across the local area, while supporting education and awareness around emergency first aid.

We totally understand in the current climate that people may be struggle and cannot give to charity. But if you can and do, we really appreciate your help and donation.

I will not under no circumstances be doing anything extra for extra donations, please get your mind out of the gutter! 🤣

I will put the link in the story if you can donate.

Thank you.

12/09/2026

Rating coaching from the beginning (2006)

Firstly, this was not the uniform at Fitness First!🤣 It is the only photo I have from then, strangely enough.

Anyway, I had just left the Army (for the first time) and was working at Fitness First in sunny Mansfield. An arrogant airborne soldier who thought I knew better.

My coaching consisted of running clients ragged, thinking they were on pre-parachute selection. To the point I had people nearly passing out or throwing up.

It was utter sh*te! It makes me cringe just thinking back. My understanding of nutrition was terrible, thinking that if you were in a deficit, why would you use protein shakes to increase protein and more calories. I also thought that sweeteners were dangerous and increased the risk of all sorts of issues.

But luckily since then, I have done many more courses and developed my coaching to what it is today. I have gained hours of coaching and learned so much.

What's some fitness advice you believed when you started fitness that you'd take back now? Tell me in the comments.

11/09/2026

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11/09/2026

By the time most of us hit 40, our joints already show some wear and tear.

Often people do not have symptoms and that's normal. So firstly, this isn't to scare you, and it shouldn't stop you moving, it should in fact get you moving before you do feel some symptoms. Let me explain.

The old advice was to rest and protect a joint that hurts or shows wear. The current evidence says the opposite: appropriate strength training is one of the best tools for managing joint health long-term.

If you've been holding back because you think your joints are "past it," they're probably not — you just need the right approach. I have seen people struggle in pain walking into clinic, feeling like surgery is their only option. After 6-8 weeks of simple strengthening exercises, the patient has seen a dramatic reduction in pain and improved movement. Even I was shocked and it is the main reason I keep going, even with my niggles.

Save this, and if you want to know what that looks like for your specific joints, send me a message.

10/09/2026

No one is 25 in this room. Everyone still turning up!

Firstly, I know is only in his 20s that lad, but majority are over 40.

These session are created for two things only, try to get them to cough up a lung and to socialise and get together.

I have been coaching these guys for over 3 years now and it is always great to see them.

I am always proud that none of them keel over and I need to call an ambulance and claim on my insurance. 🤣

Well done guys!

See you later this month!

08/09/2026

Lou's training age was high, but she needed a little structure in her training.

This picture was taken of after our first 4 weeks of coaching with her. At this stage we had already noticed changes but when you compare it to where she is today, it is even more dramatic!

Her training age is pretty high and she had been training for a while. We tweaked some things, created structure and as they say, the rest is history.

This picture was taken a week before her 50th birthday and last week she was 51 years of age. Around twelve months of coaching Lou and it has been great. We have got her shredded, taught her Olympic weightlifting, got her to overhead squat and dump the bar 🤣, reduced her 5km time down and Bulgarian split squatted 70kg whilst her body weight was 48kg.

I am still amazed at what she can do, what she has done and what she wants to do in the future. We roadmap her future progress together to ensure her results keep coming.

Onwards and upwards Lou.

Want to see these kind of results, comment "COACH" and ill reach out to you.