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Posture Advice Part 4 – Watch Your Legs!
How you sit or stand plays an important role in your overall posture. If you slouch in your chair or stand on one leg – they both have postural implications. When we stand, we want to have our legs parallel to each other with our knees and toes pointing forward. When we sit we want […]
Read articleRowing at Rio
With the Olympics starting this weekend, the worlds greatest athletes are about to hit the spotlight and perform some familiar and some new sports. In the 2012 London Games the Great British rowing team won 4 Golds, 2 silvers and 3 Bronze medals. Since the London 2012 games rowing has become even more popular […]
Read articleHow To Reduce Cortisol – Improve Your Training and Fitness Goals
Having too much cortisol can have a number of side effects such as ongoing muscle inflammation and soreness, restlessness and your mind racing in bed at night. Or you may simply feel your power output has dropped. If you’re looking to hit your fitness goals then stress management really is something you should be taking […]
Read articlePosture Advice Part 3 – Lordosis
Did you know that 8 out of 10 people will suffer with non-specific lower back pain – that’s pain which cannot be attributed to spinal structural problems or infection. It’s a scary number – so why aren’t we doing more to help stop the pain from occurring in the first place? It’s probably because as […]
Read articlePosture Advice Part 2 – Forward Shoulder Posture
We saw last week that slouching, long distance car driving or sitting at a desk working on a computer for the majority of the day, can cause forward head position. It won’t surprise you to know then that if you do any of these things, it’s not just forward head posture that you need to […]
Read articleBad Nutrition Advice People Believe Part 4- Everything in Moderation
Bad Nutrition Advice People Believe Part 4 – Everything Is Ok In Moderation One of the most popular pieces of nutritional advice is ‘everything is okay in moderation’ however with such a high rate of obesity in the UK it is clear it isn’t okay. For some, the idea is that unhealthy foods are only […]
Read articlePosture Advice Part 1 – Forward Head
With the end of our Fitness Week at our Saxton Personal Training studio drawing to a close, I wanted to share some of the most common postural “problems” or questions that I was asked. So here is part 1 of our posture advice series. The fact that so many people displayed the forward head posture […]
Read articleEvent and Race Website
Over the years there has been an massive increase in charity events, sporting challenges and certainly an increase in the number of events available for a wide range of sports and activities. We started doing the Healthy Weekend in our weekly Fitness Fix to make you aware and give you opportunity to take part in, […]
Read articleHealthy Raspberry Recipes
We have been eating raspberries for the last two weeks in my house – and yet more and more fruit is ripening. I’ve eaten them raw and I’ve added them to my porridge – but what else can you do with them? Obviously I could freeze them, but then I’m still going to have to […]
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 articleBad Nutrition Advice People Believe Part 3 – Avoid Salt
Avoid Salt Like its the Plague It’s a big thing in the nutrition world that salt is bad for your health. Most people have accepted that good fats won’t make you fat and higher protein diets won’t damage your bones, but salting your food is definitely still taboo. Don’t get me wrong it is true […]
Read articleMuscle Dysmorphia: “I’m Not Big Enough”
Having recently found out I have my first (co-authored) scientific publication, I thought I would share with you a brief overview of Muscle Dysmorphia (MD), which is the focus of the paper. What is Muscle Dysmorphia? It is a form of body dysmorphic disorder specifically concerned with muscularity. It has also been termed ‘bigorexia’ or […]
Read articleLeeds Sky Ride 2016
On Sunday 17th July 2016, the Leeds Sky Ride returns to Millenium Square. It is a free mass participation bike ride that attracted more than 8,000 people of all ages last year. The route is 6.5km and starts on the same point of the Headrow as the Tour De France, Grand Depart. The route, which […]
Read articleLamb Steaks With Veggies
Friday is more often than not in my house steak night! It’s normally beef steak but every now and again I love to mix it up and lamb is often a good choice. Although I love to cook and use recipes that work well together, I’m also more often than not just chucking stuff together […]
Read articleVitamin B12 – Are you having enough?
True story…..”The blood tests you had have come back as normal, apart from your B12 level”. This is the first line of a letter I received this week. I’m not alarmed or worried, vitamin B12 deficiency is common in vegetarians and vegans – although, that said, back in 2013 40% of people were deficient in […]
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