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Best 6 Exercises To Tone Your Butt
As a class instructor, I’ve always finished my classes with the saying “any questions please come and ask”. Sometimes I’d get great questions like “my knee hurts when I do such and such what can I do to strengthen it” or “when I run I get pain across my upper back and shoulders”. Now those […]
Read articleTurkey Bolognese
So this week’s food blog is a different version of the family favourite: Spaghetti Bolognese. I’ve replaced beef with turkey mince and served it with seasoned sweet potato slices as a natural carbohydrate source rather than spaghetti. Why would you swap out lean beef mince I hear you cry? If simply having a change isn’t enough, […]
Read articleJoe’s Finisher Circuits
With summer just round the corner and bikini season is almost upon us, it’s time to ramp up the training! The best way I’ve found to do that last is by using “finisher” circuits at the end of my usual sessions to fire up the metabolism and burn a few more calories. Finishers are also […]
Read articleClient Success Stories – Joanne Baranelli
It’s great to have an opportunity to share our client success stories – especially when they prove people wrong! Joanne is one such example. She proved that regardless of having her own business, she could make time to exercise and plan her food. She also showed us that it definitely does NOT slow down when […]
Read articleIeuan’s Outdoor Workout
The following workout is great to set up outdoors and perfect for the spell of weather we have had over the past weekend. The workout is easy and all you need is an outdoor space you can run 20-30m shuttles and minimal equipment to provide resistance. The outdoor workout hits several areas of fitness, including […]
Read articlePre-Workouts, What Are They All About?
There appears to be a big rise in the popularity of pre-workout powders, pills, and concoctions within the gym. You can walk into any gym and be blinded the luminescent glow of someone’s pre-workout-filled shaker. The question is though, “pre-workouts, what are they all about?” The luminous colour in itself would set alarms bells […]
Read articleThe Benefits of Compound Training
Both working and training regularly in the gym environment, I see a range of exercise protocols and lifting approaches, some more wacky than others. Within a regular training session you will see a mixture of large compound movements (e.g. squats or deadlifts) and the smaller isolated exercises (e.g., bicep curls or pectoral flyes). Now […]
Read articleWelcome To Our New Personal Trainer – Joe
Some of you may have noticed that there’s a new kid on the block. But this 22 year old is here to prove he’s more than just his biceps! Welcome to our new personal trainer – Joe Bradbury What qualifications do you have? I’m currently in my final year of my BSC Sport and Exercise […]
Read articleClient Success Stories – Mighty Matt!
Most client success stories use weight and fat loss/muscle gain as their focal point, but “Mighty Matt’s story is different. Whilst he has achieved a significant transformation in his body composition, his growing love for specific exercises and his new found confidence and performance in fitness challenges is the success here. Mighty Matt: The Road […]
Read articleUn-Scrabble Your Fitness Terms!
Friday the 13th April was National Scrabble Day. In homage to that, this article looks at the highest scoring scrabble letters and links these to a common gym or fitness terms. We’re using the letters that are worth 4 or more points to un-scramble your fitness terms. These are: F (4), H (4), J (8), K (5), Q (10), […]
Read articleAre You Training For Your Body Type Part 3 – Mesomorph
This is the last in our series of blogs on Body Types and how the right training and nutrition can influence your results. Today we focus on Mesomorph, but if you have missed the rest of the series, fear not, as the links are at the bottom of the page. The Mesomorph Revealed Britannica.com describes […]
Read articleWhy Should You Get A Personal Trainer?
Have you ever found yourself stuck between a rock and a hard place with your training? Have you ever been on that verge of seeking a Personal Trainer and then never getting round to it? Then this article may help push you over that edge, or at least tickle your taste buds for that extra […]
Read articleA Barbell Metabolic Blast!
The following barbell metabolic workout is a simple, quick, and effective workout for getting you sweating and ramping up the ability to eat away those Easter calories. I can share in your pain with this one, I have been working through several barbell complexes (including this one) for several weeks and they are brutal but […]
Read articleAre You Training For Your Body Type Part 2 – Ectomorph
A couple of weeks ago, I looked into Body Type training to help with my Do It In 12 journey. If you want to know how that is going, stay tuned for my update blog on that! In the meantime, it’s time to look at one of the other body types as ultimately it could influence […]
Read articleHas Alex’s Training Experiment Worked?
Its Monday 26th and today was 40th consecutive day of training. During my Training Experiment, I had a target of doing some form of exercise over Lent and I have 5 days left. If I am completely honest it’s not been that difficult to maintain. Training every day, like many factors in exercise and health, has […]
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