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A Personal Trainer….what and why?
Everyone has their own idea of what a personal trainer should be. Motivating. Strong. Fit. Healthy. In love with vegetables and never eating chips or ice cream. “You don’t ever eat chocolate do you?” I can assure you, life’s too short. I very much believe in...
4 Ways to Cope With A Changing Body Through Pregnancy
If you are a man, probably don’t bother reading this, if you are a woman who’s interested, has had/having/going to have a baby, it’s about a 3-5 minute read. This is a topic that I can’t imagine I’ll ever experience first hand, however as it’s an issue I see and hear...
11 Fitness Truths We Hate To Accept As True
1. If you stop it’ll all go away Basically use it or lose it. 2. Lasting progress is often slow Instant result are dangerous, learning good habits and practicing them consistently is the best way to ensure long lasting benefits. 3. It’s not always fun...
The ‘haven’t made progress, it was a special occasion’ checklist..
1. My birthday 2. My partner’s birthday 3. Christmas 4. New Years Eve 5. Mid November to Jan 31st, it’s Christmas 6. Halloween 7. Half Term 8. Valentines Day 9. Easter 10. Mum’s birthday 11. Dad’s birthday 12. Anyone in works birthday 13. Pancake Tuesday 14. Child...
The MASSIVE Pothole That Is Liquid Calories
Sticking to your diet 100%, still not losing weight? Accounting for everything you eat, but what about everything you drink, surely that doesn’t count? Unfortunately it does. Liquid calories are still calories. A few places you might be consuming liquid calories: -...
The Importance of Strength and Conditioning Training for Runners
Runners often shy away from strength training, such as lifting weights, out of a fear it will make them bulk up, yet the truth is that taking the time to add strength training to your routine a few days a week can benefit your running greatly. Here’s how it works:...
YOUR Best Path To Nutritional Success
What’s the best diet for you? Should you be tracking calories? Is there any need? There’s lots of different ways to address your eating habits and change your diet in order to lose weight, gain muscle, or simply improve your health. Below I’m going to address the...
Factors That Affect Scale Weight
When tracking weight loss, we often use scales as an indicator and a way of monitoring progress. We tend to focus on the number we see on the scales, which can either be extremely motivating, or contrastingly demotivating. In my opinion, jumping on the scales can give...
‘Weight Loss’ vs ‘Losing Body Fat’ vs ‘Toning Up’
These are 3 terms that are commonly used with regards what people want to achieve when they start training. What exactly are the differences? Weight loss is simply the number on the scales, lose some body fat is basically reducing fat stores in/on the body and 'toning...
Top 5 Exercise Recovery Tips
Recovery from exercise is often forgotten about or placed well down the priority list. In actual fact, recovering after a heavy or strenuous bout of exercise can be the key to increasing your performance and preventing injury. Below are 5 of the best ways to ensure...