Posts in “Classes”
How Should I Breathe When Exercising?
Honestly, if I had been asked this last week it would have been on my strange questions blog. But this was asked on Monday and as weird as it sounds ‘how should I breathe when exercising’ is a very valid question! Breathing in and out is a no brainer – we do it automatically. But […]
Read articleThe Benefits of Personal Training vs Classes
Most of you will know that I started in the industry as a class instructor and then made the transition to a personal trainer. For some people, this represents a similar journey for themselves – they started going to fitness classes and realised that they wanted something more and transitioned to personal training. On the […]
Read articleThe Anywhere HIIT Workout
One of the beauties of High Intensity Interval Training is that the workouts are often short – which means there’s no excuses for not having the time to do them! This HIIT workout is one such workout. You can also make it harder for yourself if you take it into a gym and add weights […]
Read articleNo Equipment HIIT Workout
Here’s a great little ‘no equipment HIIT workout’ I designed for one of my personal training clients who trains at home. They have very little amounts of kit and short of always doing tabatas, had run out of ideas. The beauty of this workout is that you work at your own level. Obviously, to get […]
Read articleKate – My Top 10 Workout Tracks
Wow – this is a hard blog to write! Like most people, I have a massive range of music that I like, so narrowing it down to 10 is hard! From old school Indie tracks from the likes of the Charlatans, Inspiral Carpets and Pulp to Prodigy, Cappella and Pendulum; from Nirvana, Iron Maiden and Guns and Roses to […]
Read articleMotive8 Running Club!
The Abbey Dash is fast approaching. Whilst the 16th of November may seem like a long way away, if you start training at the start of September you only have 10 weeks to get ready for the race! Following the success of our last Motive8 Running Club, we’re starting another one on Thursday the 11th […]
Read articleHow To Target Weak Muscles
Ever noticed how when you bench press that you feel it in the front of your shoulders and upper arms rather than your actual chest? How about when you squat, do you feel it more in your quads and very little in your glutes? You’ve even asked people to check your technique and have been […]
Read article10k Running Plan for Beginners
On the 11th of September, we start our Motive8 Running club at our Fitness Studio at Saxton. Starting it on this date gives participants 10 weeks to get ready for the Abbey Dash 10k; but a lot of people leave it to last minute to decide to enter a race and as such we don’t […]
Read articleHow I Train – Kate’s Training Plan
Because I teach fitness classes as well as being a personal trainer, I receive a lot of feedback from people who think I do loads of exercise so I don’t need to train. To some extent it’s true, there are classes that I teach which I physically do – Pump and Spin being two examples. […]
Read articleCircuit Training Workout
A lot of what we teach in freestyle classes such as HIIT and Boot Camp, is founded on the principles of Circuit Training. It’s a set of exercises looking at strength and stamina, flexibilty and endurance. Each exercise lasts a certain number of reps or time and there is a slight rest before moving on […]
Read articleBelly Fat Facts!
We call it by so many names: “Puppy Fat”, “Middle Age Spread”, “Spare Tire” – but for the majority of you, it won’t matter what you call it, you just want to get rid of it. The problem is, we still see people ending their workouts with 10-15 minutes of sit ups and crunches; there […]
Read articleTop Tips For Exercise and Depression
About two thirds of adults will at some point experience depression symptoms of sufficient severity to influence their daily activities. Depression is the fourth leading cause of disability and disease worldwide. It is likely that we all either know someone suffering from depression or have suffered from depression ourselves. It is also likely that we […]
Read articleHow To Train When Recovering From Injury
If you love exercise and sport and gain an injury; it can be the most frustratingly depressing takes-longer-than-you-think recovery process. The vicious circle that is your paranoia surrounding aggrevating the injury combined with every part of you needing to keep excercising, can zap that motivation and will to live right out of you. Whether you […]
Read articleExercise Combos for Greater Intensity
We’ve previously mentioned “finding time to exercise” and having “short but intense” workouts. Each week here at Motive8, we teach a couple of 30 min classes which really need to get that body engaged and working in a very short space of time. So this week I looked at combining two exercises into one move […]
Read articleAMRAP Workouts
Don’t be embarrassed if you’re wondering what AMRAP Workouts are. “As Many Rounds/Reps As Possible” isn’t a new concept for a workout, but has increased in popularity in recent years with the onset of Cross Fit and the rise of another popular acronym WOD (or Workout Of The Day to you and me!). The great […]
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