As we head into winter, some of us will be looking to use the time to put on muscle.

A few things I recommend: - training muscle groups 2 x week is effective - if you're rehabbing an injury, add the exercises to your warm up - use multi joint exercises (eg. squat, bench press/pull, chin up) as the focus - use 1-2 lighter sets of each lift to warm up - give yourself rest between sets to maintain good technique - keep strength training AWAY from training that gets your heart rate up (cardio training) The hormones produced during strength training are muted by the hormones produced during huffy puffy exercise. You'll still get benefit but just less.

Shoot me any questions and we'll discuss - sally.bromley@live.com.au or reply to this post.