To accessorise: to add something to something else to improve usefulness, versatility, or attractiveness.

It’s not in the best interest of your progress to skip exercises, but it happens. Sometimes you just have to leave the gym earlier that anticipated, time gets away from you, you’re chatting too much or you’re just absolutely spent on energy, so not all exercises are going to make the cut on that day.

When that happens, here are some tools for your tool belt so you can modify your training in the least detrimental way possible.

Getting started in strength training doesn’t need to be a super intimidating, complicated process. If you can move, you can strength train.

At its foundation, strength training is about adding load to human movement. It’s one of the things that I love about it so much; that it is infinitely scalable, which makes it incredibly accessible. Even an 80 year old with no experience with sport or exercise can start strength training in some form.

Perhaps you’ve read a little about strength training and it’s benefits and you want to get started. In this article I discuss where to start and what to focus your efforts on in your first six months in the gym.