Posts in “A Day In The Life of a PT”
Are Resistant Starches Good For You?
As a personal training company we discourage our weight loss clients from eating processed carbohydrates such as bread and pasta as we believe they are detrimental to weight loss, so you can imagine the looks of happiness on our clients’ faces last week when it came out in the press that you can eat ‘resistant […]
Read articleRunning Drills To Make You A Stronger, Faster Runner
Hello all of you runners out there! Hands up how many of you dedicate some time each week, at least three times ideally, to performing corrective exercises and running drills to make you a stronger, faster runner. As I thought, probably not enough of you ;o) And I’ll be honest it wasn’t until I started […]
Read articleTo Run or Not To Run….
So, on Sunday morning I was faced with a decision which I really didn’t want to make…..to run or not to run?! For those of you who read my Day In The Life of A Personal Trainer Blog you will know that I set myself a target of running the Yorkshire Marathon this year and […]
Read articlePersonal Training Success Stories: Naomi Farrar.
This picture never ceases to amaze me. I just want to give her a big hug every time I look at it. Naomi Farrar is one of my personal training clients. She started her weight loss journey before joining Motive8 as a size 18 back in June 2013. These trousers represent the size she was […]
Read articleHow To Improve Self Control and Achieve Your Results
Did any of you read the article in The Times this weekend about self-control? The article was about the work of American Psychologist Walter Mischel and how Mischek believes that willpower and self-control are not inborn traits but that we do have some control over the choices we make. No matter what our ‘natural’ willpower is like, he believes […]
Read articleHow To Stay Motivated To Exercise During The Autumn and Winter
Oooh those darker mornings and nights have crept upon us and yesterday was the first morning when I begun to feel the cold (yes, for those of you who know me well it won’t be long until the 3 layers and thermal socks are out to keep me warm!). In my job as a personal […]
Read articleAre Breakfast Biscuits Healthy?
Ooooh I’ve not had a good rant on my blog for a while so I thought I’d not disappoint and let of some steam this week :O) I have two bug bears at the moment. The first is the promotion of a certain popular diet whose current radio commercial is about chips being allowed on their […]
Read articlePersonal Training Success Stories: Donna Ely
In a time when many of us are obsessed with the scales I think the picture above shows, as I’ve blogged about before, that as personal trainers we should also use other yardsticks to measure success such as inch loss, dress/waist size and how much fitter, stronger and healthier our personal training clients feel. So, […]
Read articleStress: Knowing Your Personal Training Clients
This week the motive8 North personal training team are reflecting on our time working as a personal trainer and the experiences we have learned from. In the last 10 years that I have been a Personal Trainer there one of the main things I have learned is that you have to understand your clients and what they […]
Read articleThe Vale of York Half Marathon
Did you watch the Great North Run this weekend? What an inspiring event it is! Not only are athletes such as Mo Farah and Mike Kigen an inspiration for completing the 13.1 mile distance in 60 minutes, the time it takes many people to run a 10k, but the thousands and thousands of people who […]
Read articleHow Can Complex Training Be Used For Running
What Is Complex Training? Complex training, is this simply training that is difficult? Well, yes it is but actually structuring complex training is quite easy and has amazing benefits to achieve your training goals. This article will shed some light on the benefits of complex training and look at how can complex training be used for […]
Read article5 Training Tip for the Leeds Abbey Dash
I know that if you are running the Leeds Abbey Dash this year that the 16th November seems like it is ages away but believe me it’s not….in fact (depending on when you’re reading this) it’s only 10 weeks away. BUT, the good news this is a great length of time to get in tip-top […]
Read article500 Personal Training Sessions!
As you know, at motive8 North, we are extremely proud of what our personal training clients and class and gym members achieve. This morning I performed my 500th session with one of my personal training clients, Ruby Briggs…..what an achievement that is! Not only an achievement that Ruby has put up with me for 500 hours […]
Read articleCarb Loading
How many people do you know who have run a marathon and put weight on whilst they are training or have relied on marathon training to help them lose weight but to no avail. Now, if you’re a regular reader of our blogs you will know that steady state running is not the best thing […]
Read articleInspiration During A Great Training Session
Have you ever had one of those training sessions were things just seem to come together….you feel strong, full of energy, your pace is what it should be…..well today was one of those sessions for me. You might be surprised to hear me say that , I think that many of our personal training clients […]
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