Sam Rider
Sam Rider is an experienced freelance journalist, specialising in health, fitness and wellness. As well as writing features, Sam is also Coach’s designated reviewer of massage guns and fitness mirrors developing expertise in those product categories.
For over a decade he's reported on Olympic Games, CrossFit Games and World Cups, and quizzed luminaries of elite sport, nutrition and strength and conditioning.
Through it all, Sam has come to understand how fitness and wellness can be a force for positive change. From the individual, in transforming one’s physical and mental health, confidence and self-worth, to the collective, in championing sustainability, diversity and equality.
Sam is also a REPS level 3 qualified personal trainer, online coach and founder of Your Daily Fix.
Latest articles by Sam Rider
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Get to grips with this kettlebell circuit to swap your muffin top for abs of steel
By Men’s Fitness, Sam Rider Published
Punch something that doesn’t hit back, lose weight – win-win
By Sam Rider Published
End your workplace affair with junk food by forging healthier habits like these
By Sam Rider Published
Add these underused exercises to your arsenal to build all-over size and strength
By Sam Rider Published
Get bigger and stronger than ever with the Deep South 5x5 workout plan
By Sam Rider Published
Do fat burners actually work, and should you use them?
By Sam Rider Published
The star on his winning streak, training regime and balancing it all with university
By Sam Rider Published
Five-a-side football can often lead to some brutal injuries. Here's how to help your team mates in an emergency
By Sam Rider Published
Heralded throughout the 1980s as the “boxer of the decade”, Sugar Ray Leonard reflects on how hard he had to fight to be the best
By Sam Rider Published
How the legendary US actor prepares to play intense characters, plus how your training changes when you hit 60
By Nick Harris-Fry, Sam Rider Published
Cover all the bases with Under Armour’s package of fitness tracker, heart rate chest strap and smart scales
By Sam Rider Published
Wales captain Sam Warburton reveals the bulking diet rules and workouts that beefed him up from skinny academy grad to Lions legend
By Sam Rider Published
Take your triceps training outdoors to build bigger arms
By Sam Rider Published
Are you growing old gracefully or did you grossly misspend your youth? Test yourself against these quadragenarian fitness markers
By Sam Rider Published
Swap dumbbells for a resistance band to transform your body – any time, any place
By Sam Rider Published
Get your holiday body looking its best with this quickfire routine that’s ideal for the hotel room
By Sam Rider Published
After losing his leg to meningitis aged five, GB’s Paralympic gold-winning sprinter Jonnie Peacock has never looked back
By Joel Snape Published
Hip-hop with thumping tunes and huge beats to give you the extra motivation you need to push yourself a little harder
By Joel Snape Published
Sweet beats and power anthems from the 80s to get you working up a sweat
By Sam Rider Published
Learn from athletics coach Frank Adams to achieve your personal best this summer
By Sam Rider, Alexis Antonopoulos Published
Reinvigorate your muscle-building mission by introducing suspension training sessions into your weekly workouts
By Sam Rider Published
Writer Sam Rider embarks on a mission to bulk up, healthily. Follow his transformation and learn how to increase muscle mass if you normally struggle to put weight on
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