Matthew Douglas Personal Training

1 rep max testing 🏋️

This video shows Lucie, and all hitting 1 rep max personal bests in a session this week! 🔥

👉🏻 Lucie hit a 60kg bench press at 19 years old 😱 It’s just amazing to see her consistently and hard work pay off. She is so unbelievably strong and this bench press is just the start of her journey towards huge success with weightlifting!

👉🏻 Kerry hit 47.5kg and it’s just amazing to see the progress she has made since I started coaching her in 2023. To think, she struggled lifting the 5kg dumbbells during session 1! She is a grafter and has genuinely fallen into a routine where she loves the gym 🏋️

👉🏻 Chloe continues to amaze me, with her constant work rate and consistency with training. She’s been a member since 2022 and she can now do 4 full chin ups, smash out all big lifts and then PB her bench here with 45kg 👏

The strive group are so supportive of each other and I’m always so proud of the achievements from each member ❤️

Happy Sunday everyone 🎉🎉

The Strive Ski Erg Olympics 🏋️

When the new ski erg arrived, there was only one thought on my mind… a new challenge 😂🔥

Well done to all the members that took part in the 100 metre sprint test!!
With a crazy 42 times recorded across morning classes, running members, 1 to 1 and partner sessions!

The winners were:

for my male leaderboard and for my female leaderboard 👏
The fastest time is at the end of the video and it’s so impressive 🔥🔥

Incredible effort from the whole team! The next challenge will be on the new assault bike 🚲 😉

Happy Tuesday team, what an amazing group we have created here at strive 🤝

Remembering lockdown sessions ❤️

It’s been 6 years since we went into lockdown and I still remember it so well.

Lockdown forced me to change my business and it was one of the best things that actually happened for me.

The outdoor sessions were some of my favourite times as a coach and I genuinely look back and miss these fun sessions outside with clients like .maclean1 and so many of the other amazing clients I trained outside ❤️

I’ve shared clips with these 2 because we always had such a laugh and I could share so many pictures, videos and memories from the 2 years I worked outside. I’m going to share more of them over the coming days, because I have so many highlights!

It actually made me a better coach too, forcing me to get creative with less equipment, even though my little blue polo did have 150kg worth of weight in there, including a rack 😂🏋️

This has inspired me to start more outdoor sessions this spring/summer, so keep an eye out for more info coming soon 🔜 ☀️

To all the clients I trained during COVID and for years after that, you were amazing and we had some amazing times 🤝❤️

Strength training is essential for runners 🏃‍♂️

This video is for runners picking up small injuries and relying solely on running for improvement to performance!
This 90 second video focuses on why you should be adding strength and mobility into your training plan and how easy it can fit into your schedule 🏋️

Overcoming gym anxiety 🏋️

This video is about gym anxiety and how it can hold you back from achieving your goals!
Give it a watch if you struggle with this and feel free to reach out. Helping people feel less scared to hit the gym and more comfortable in themselves is my favourite thing to do a coach 🤝

Happy Thursday everyone 🙌❤️

This is why I love this job 🏋️

started sessions back in November with me and the goal was simple… build gym confidence and stop him being afraid to lift weights!

I remember those first few sessions well and each time I saw him, his confidence was improving and his mindset was changing.
The first big moment for us, was when we fitness tested and compared to our first ever session together!
Absolutely everything had improved and we managed to lift the 20kg dumbbells for our chest press which made him believe he could do more.
Since then, he’s just been unstoppable…

✔️ Learned all of the big 3 compound lifts, hitting 100kg + on them all, with us getting 105kg on bench the other day!! This moment was huge and I could see the joy when he achieved this.
✔️ He now lifts 30kg dumbbells for his chest press with ease for his sets
✔️ He now hits regular gym sessions himself too and follows along through my online app. We never thought this would be possible at that initial session.
✔️ He has build so much muscle and technique and actually enjoys lifting weights now
✔️ Pascal set a new client record on the horizontal leg press (160kg) with ease and control

The guy is a pleasure to train and I absolutely love that I was the one to unleash his inner beast mode 😂💪

I can’t wait to keep helping him and improving his mindset toward exercise 🔥🔥