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Diet | Fitness | Lifestyle | Nutrition

The Right Diet For You

Have you seen the three part Horizons ‘The Right Diet For You’ series on the BBC this week? I know many of our personal training clients have been speaking about it, so I’ve spent the last two nights catching up on it. Admittedly, I haven’t seen the final series but so far I think it’s […]

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Exercise | Fitness | Lifestyle

Do It In 12 Success Stories…. Evelien Talman

Do It In 12 is our amazing new guaranteed results 12 week personal training package. 12 weeks, 3 months or one quarter of a year isn’t a great length of time. When you’re focused on a single goal, well driven and motivated you can do amazing things, especially with the support and guidance from a […]

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My New Year Resolution – Lucy Harrison

If someone had told me this time last year that 2014 would be such a massive year for me I probably would have laughed. I have been fortunate to buy and move into my first house and in September I got engaged so 2015 is going to be a busy year for me!  In a […]

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Post Christmas Fat Burning Workout

In the past couple of weeks at the motive8 North personal training studio in Leeds we have been pleasantly surprised by how many of our clients and class members have kept up with their training regime. To be honest, we shouldn’t be surprised for two reasons. Firstly, last December we didn’t see too much of […]

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Fitness | Lifestyle

My New Year Resolutions – Jenny Cromack

So this week the personal training team at motive8 North in Leeds thought we would blog about our own New Year resolutions. I’m a little bit like Chris in the fact that I don’t tend to set specific New Year resolutions as I tend to just set goals throughout the year. It’s not that I’m […]

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How To Stay Motivated To Exercise In Winter

I’m not sure about you but I think we are not having it too bad weather wise this Winter. Yes it’s a bit wet and rainy but it’s not been too cold (yet). It’s this time of year when the horrible weather makes us want to stay inside an hibernate. Whether you’re someone who normally […]

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How Do I Get My Legs Ski Fit?

If you ski or snowboard, you’ve probably already booked that epic trip away to some snowy slopes. One of the requests we receive a lot of at this time of year are Ski Fit programmes. Over the next couple of weeks we’re going to share our insider information on those exercises that we as personal […]

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Diet | Fitness | Lifestyle | Nutrition

Why are Vitamins and Minerals Important?

It is a well known fact that vitamins and minerals are needed and that eating plenty of fruits and vegetables helps to add minerals and vitamins to your diet. But do we know why vitamins and minerals are important? Your body requires essential minerals and vitamins for every process and function. These nutrients work to […]

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Abdominal muscle | Exercise | Fitness | Personal Training | Training

Which Muscles Are Used When Skiing ?

If we asked you ‘ which muscles are used when skiing ‘ you would probably most likely say ‘the legs’ but skiing is one of those sports where there isn’t much you don’t work from a muscular point of view, however as you might have gathered there are some muscles that take a bit more […]

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How To Look Like Melanie Sykes

If any of you have recently watch Im a Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here! you might have seen the amazing Melanie Sykes. Now here is a woman that clearly trains and trains well! Since seeing her on I’m A Celeb many of our personal training clients have asked how to look like Melanie Sykes. […]

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Christmas Survival Guide To Staying Healthy

So Christmas is rapidly approaching and whilst we all want to enjoy ourselves I know that many of my personal training clients are worried about piling on the pounds over the festive period so I thought I would put a Christmas Survival Guide to Saying Healthy together to help you! Christmas Survival Guide To Staying […]

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Christmas Fitness Equipment Wish List

The count down to Christmas is about to begin and there has been a lot of talk about Christmas shopping so here is our Christmas fitness equipment wish list from stocking fillers to bit of a bigger treat. A Sports Watch A good sports watch is always a fantastic investment and with technology now a days […]

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How Using Technology Affects Our Posture?

There have always been groups of people who have raised concerns how using technology affects our posture. Repetitive Strain Injury (RSI), lower back ache, and PlayStation Thumb used to be some of the main complaints from people who used technology every day. We used to worry about working on computers and laptops in offices: were […]

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Abbey Dash Review

Sunday 16th November was the date of the annual Leeds Abbey Dash. This 10k has been around for years and I remember it being the first ever 10k I ran about 16 years ago and year on year it grows in popularity. I think it is a great event, it suits everyone. Due to the […]

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Does Group Personal Training Get Results?

Something not a lot of people know is that at the motive8 North personal training studios in Leeds we do a lot of group personal training! When I say group personal training I don’t mean 4 or 5 people, not that we don’t have groups that big, but our main ‘(rye)bread and butter’ is when […]

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