Posts in “Fitness”
Improve Your Hill Walking Strength Workout
If you’re in to walking, you will be all too familiar with the accumulation of lactic acid in the lower body. That lovely feeling when the legs become heavy, start to burn and fail to function. To improve your hill walking strength you need to develop a multitude of fitness variables, these include strength, endurance, anaerobic […]
Read articleTop 5 Exercises for Running Injuries
The world of running opens us up a vast list of common injuries that can be hugely debilitating on not only our training but also our lives in general. Many of these injuries tend to be progressive and chronic such as medial tibial stress syndrome (shin splints). Often these injuries have some ties to running […]
Read articleBeach Ready Ab Workout
Summer is well under way so if you have got an escape to a sunny climate organised why not smash your abdominals with this 6-pack sculpting ab workout? When it comes to working your abs, performing hundreds of sit ups is not the answer, test your abs like you would any other muscle. I also […]
Read articlePeriodisation For Rugby Players
What is Periodisation? Periodisation refers to the structuring and phasing of your training. The process breaks your training plan into periods or phases, but also takes into account all aspects of your performance such as strength, power, CV and muscular endurance, and skills. For rugby players it is important to ensure that the stresses and […]
Read article6 Pack in 6 Months… Effective Core Training
Im sure you will have seen promises of washboard abs, articles often promise amazing results in as little as 6 weeks, using super special, unknown secret exercises. Exercises that only the most dedicated of fitness professionals know about, unfortunately here at motive8 personal training we don’t know any of these exercises. However, we do know […]
Read articleReasons or Excuses?
I had an interesting conversation with one of my personal training clients recently. She said she had started relabelling why she hadn’t fit in her training or followed her healthy eating as reasons rather than excuses. I liked this approach, it meant that you could genuinely justify why you hadn’t taken postive action and highlight when you […]
Read articleHow Do Stimulants Affect Your Body?
Before you start thinking hard core drugs here – that’s not the kind of stimulants I’m talking about! Secondly, this blog has been brought about because this week I gave up coffee on the advice of my osteopath. Don’t get me wrong – I’m not an addict – I only ever have two coffees a […]
Read articleA Barre Inspired Workout
Barre is an up and coming fitness class based on ballet inspired exercises. Not sure if it’s for you? Well, if you want something to strengthen and tone those legs, glutes and abs; or if core stability, flexibility and balance are your goals – you may want to think again! Don’t worry you don’t need […]
Read article10 Simple Tips To Streamline Your Training
Rather than have a ramble this week, I thought I’d share with you 10 simple tips to streamline your training and help you work towards your goals! It’s surprising what a couple of tweaks and adjustments to your training can make. We have written about some of these things before so I’ve linked them in […]
Read articleWhat is Calisthenics?
You may have heard this term, calisthenics, being used. It is becoming more and more popular but to be honest, if you grew up in the Jane Fonda era it was popular then! In simple terms calisthenics a form of exercise that utilises body weight as a resistance to movement. The word stems from the Greek, kallos, meaning beauty, […]
Read articleConcurrent Fat Loss Workout
The following fat loss workout can be used to throw in a little extra variety to your conditioning or fat burning sessions. This fat loss workout is not a session that I would recommend individuals do more than once a week, due to the intensity required to make it effective. When you’re involved in the […]
Read articleThe Importance Of Creating Movement Themes In Your Workout
When lifting or working against resistance, the general aim for many recreational gym goers is developing strength, hypertrophy or some form of conditioning. Whilst we have told you that for example a ‘good morning’ is a hamstring exercise, or a bench press is a pectoral and tricep exercise predominately, the truth is a little more […]
Read articleHow to Keep Your Metabolism High At Work
A large percentage of the population have sedentary jobs. That’s not to say those people don’t work hard, it’s just that they are stationary for a large proportion of their working day. Whilst we know that our metabolism doesn’t ever stop and that we still burn calories whilst we are sat down, is there any […]
Read article‘On The Move’ Nut Bar Recipe
Having a healthy snack good to go can over a period of time, be a decisive factor in you achieving your goals, or your goals falling to the side of the road. We all have periods in our life, where meetings run over, you run out of time, or you simply have forgotten your lunch. […]
Read articleBody Weight Pyramid Workout
Do you travel a lot? Find yourself short of equipment or time? Or simply need a training session you can do anywhere you find yourself? Why not try this energy sapping body weight pyramid workout? All you need is enough space to sweat it out, and is ideal for smashing out in the Summer sun. […]
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