Posted on July 11, 2014 by Jenny Cromack

Wow this week has been busy busy at motive8 North. My personal training clients have worked really hard this week, it must be the sunshine putting a spring in people’s step, or reminding them that they go on holiday soon!! Honestly, there has been some serious energy in the sessions I’ve delivered…..I always feel really proud of my personal training clients when I know they have pushed themselves out of their comfort zone, taking one step further towards their goals! Whilst I’ve been at the studio it’s been so nice hearing from our personal training clients about the goals they have achieved with many people smashing their body fat targets, or achieving new pb’s with their training plans whether in the gym or out on the road.

Whilst it is important that our clients achieve their goals, the blogs written by the team of personal trainers here at motive8 North this week have got me thinking about all of the other goals our personal training clients achieve without even realising it! If you’re one of our clients, whether you’re a gym member, a class-goer or a personal training client, think about all of the other health benefits your training sessions bring.

If you’re training you’re doing a great job at reducing your risk of developing diseases such as heart disease, diabetes, hypertension in later life. Did you know that 3.2 million people in the UK have diabetes…..that is a scary fact! And even scarier, there are another 630,000 people estimated to have it and they don’t even know they have got it! Unfortunately Type 1 Diabetes can not be prevented and whilst factors such as age, ethnicity and genetics contribute to the development of Type 2 Diabetes, there are simple things you can be doing to prevent it.

1. Eat regular meals, this will keep your blood sugar levels stable

2. Choose low GI carbohydrates, which is what the team of motive8 personal trainers recommend to all of our clients.

3. Aim to exercise on a regular basis, ideally 30 minutes 5 times per week.

4. Don’t overdo the booze…..2-3 units per day for women, 3-4 units per day for men…..this is an absolute maximum. For optimum health benefits and results we would suggest limiting alcohol to only one day per week.

5. Limit unhealthy, high sugar foods……if you’re one of our personal training clients reading this, we wouldn’t expect anything less!

6. Include a wide variety of foods in your diet, this is beneficial for your general health and well being not just for preventing diabetes.

As a personal trainer it’s easy to get caught up with just looking at the numbers, but it’s important to take a step back and look at the bigger picture sometimes and recognise all of the amazing things you are doing to improve the overall health and well being of your clients.