Muscle (an insight into Ben’s physical training)

A hard morning in the gym for Ben with his coach Andy McKenzie that included 1RM efforts (including a 180kg/397lb box squat and a dead-hang chest-to-bar chin up with 50kg/110lb, both at 80kg/176lb bodyweight) followed by the inaugural Scott Test, a demanding non-stop combination of lunges and high-knee steps with 50% bodyweight on a bar (40kg/88lb in this case). Ben did 10 reps, 20 reps, 30 reps, 40 reps and 50 reps, so 150 lunges in total... In October 2013 Ben Saunders is departing on arguably the