
Sam Rider
Sam Rider is an experienced health and fitness journalist, author and REPS Level 3 qualified personal trainer. Having covered—and coached in—the industry since 2011, he's reported on fitness trends and topics for leading titles in the UK, including Men’s Health, Women's Health, Men's Fitness, British GQ and The Telegraph.
He also runs a specialist content consultancy for fitness brands under Sam Rider Media.
In 2017 Sam earned a Register of Exercise Professionals (REPs) Level 3 Diploma in Personal Training, the qualification required to become a certified PT in the UK. He subsequently added qualifications in functional fitness and began coaching at F45, running park workouts in south London and creating bespoke training plans under his online PT business Your Daily Fix.
You can usually find him field-testing gym gear, debunking the latest wellness trends or attempting to juggle parenting while training for an overly-ambitious fitness challenges like scaling the UK’s Three Peaks in 24 hours or running a sub 20-minute 5K.
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A top mobility coach says you should stop stretching at the end of your workouts and do them before bed insteadUse my five-move routine to wind down before bed
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It only takes two minutes a day to safeguard your spine from poor posture, says this top mobility coachUse this daily drill and stop stressing about sitting all day
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My first reformer Pilates class made me rethink everything I thought I knew about building muscleIt challenged my muscles in ways free weights never could
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I'm a personal trainer and this is the six-move full-body workout I rely on when all I have is a pair of dumbbellsWorkout A comprehensive circuit to build lower body, upper body and core strength
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Hex dumbbells are the first bit of kit I bought for my home gym—here's why you should tooHome weights Five years later, I still use them for all my home workouts—here's how to select the right pair
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Double your grip strength and halve your biological age—here are my favorite full-body exercises for longevityWorkout Add these pulling exercises to your workout to add years to your life
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I'm a personal trainer and after years of working out with clients this is the warm-up routine I think everyone should useWarm-up Steal this for your next workout
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These six exercises helped me overcome knee injuries and run pain-free, says a Pilates teacherInjury prevention Anna Mounsey-Jennings used Pilates to go from experiencing knee pain every time she ran to completing a triathlon pain-free
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Strengthen and stabilize weak knees with this trainer's go-to lower-body workoutWorkout Feeling weak at the knees? Use these three moves to build strength and stability
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A calisthenics coach says these six bodyweight exercises are all you need to get strongWorkouts And they're perfect for anyone who's new to exercise
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Chris Hemsworth's trainer says this is the most common mistake beginners make when trying to build muscleWorkouts Use Luke Zocchi's tried-and-tested approach to build muscle without off-putting muscle soreness
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I tried exercising for five minutes every day for a month—here's what I learned about forming healthy habits in the processWorkouts I used WithU's Daily Sessions series to try and restart exercising regularly
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A Pilates teacher says these three bodyweight exercises will remedy lower-back painpilates Say hello to your posterior chain
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This one Pilates abs exercise is better than a hundred sit-ups if you want to build functional core strength—here's how to master itPilates Use these five regressions to build up to the Pilates corkscrew
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A trainer says these three easy exercises will strengthen your posture to eliminate daily aches and painsWorkout All you need is a few minutes
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A mobility coach says these are the seven best stretches for beginners to keep daily aches and pains at bayFlexibility Use this routine to wind down before bed
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This is the zone 2 treadmill workout Chris Hemsworth's coach uses to train for longevityWalking Forget blood and thunder—this 30-minute routine is refreshingly low-intensity
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When I'm stuck at my desk all day I use this resistance band routine to relieve pain instantly—it only takes one minuteFlexibility It doubles as a quick mobilizing shoulder drill before exercise too
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A mobility coach says to use this four-move glute warm-up before your next workout if you spend all day sittingWorkouts And it only takes five minutes
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New to the gym? Avoid these six bad habits and you'll be fine, says a trainerWorkouts Heed this advice to make the most of every workout
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A running coach says these three moves will make every run feel easier, no matter your ageRunning Steal his warm-up routine and feel the difference in your next session
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The five worst kettlebell exercises for beginners—and safer alternatives, according to a certified trainerWorkouts Swing and a miss—swap these risky kettlebell exercises for safer alternatives if you're a beginner
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Use this 10-minute flow to relieve soreness after exerciseFlexibility Recover faster with this yoga-inspired routine
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Arnold Schwarzenegger's five-move dumbbell workout will help anyone build muscle and burn fat, but here's how I would make it more beginner-friendlyWorkouts Because this is a routine that everyone should have in their locker
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