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Reasons Why I Love Life At Motive8 North
So, it is coming up to about a year since, I started working for motive8 North, well I originally started on work experience and then Jenny was mad enough to offer me job. It’s crazy to think it’s been that long; what a wonderful year I have had here at motive8 North. There are so […]
Read articleFact or Fiction – 3 Myths About Exercise
The treadmill tells you you’ve burnt 500 calories after a 20 min run but you didn’t tell it your age or weight or sex; you finish every workout with 100 crunches but still can’t see your six pack; and you still don’t want to lift weights heavier than 3kg because you don’t want to bulk. […]
Read articleGet Your Heart Pumping More!
This week the Telegraph reported that the British Heart Foundation’s latest research illustrated that in some parts of the country, nearly half of adults are not meeting the official exercise guidelines recommended by the Government. These guidelines simply recommend that each adult undertakes AT LEAST 150 minutes of moderate intensity physical activity a week. That’s […]
Read articleHow Many Calories Do You Burn?
Are Activity Trackers Worth It? In today’s world using a ‘FitBit’ or fitness tracker to measure your steps and gain an idea about how many calories (kcal) you are burning during day-to-day activities is the easiest option. I have a couple of problems with this, firstly not everybody is in a position to be able […]
Read articleBeating the Middle Age Spread
Picture : https://pixabay.com/en/lose-weight-fat-slim-diet-loss-1911605/ Firstly, when the hell did I become “Middle Aged”?!? I’m 40 but I don’t feel middle aged, surely middle age is more around the 50 mark as we live longer these days, but then I guess that regardless of how old we are, what does middle age feel like? Anyway, once I […]
Read articlePersonal Training – Get To Know Alex
Alex has recently joined the Personal Training team at motive8 team, so we asked him some questions to find out a little more about what makes Alex tick. What qualifications do you have? I studied Sport and Exercise Science at Leeds Beckett (Met!) University, during studying there I worked as a cricket coach and gained my Level […]
Read articleFitness Trackers – Don’t Believe Everything you Read!
Has anyone this week sat on their high horse and told you with glee that your fitness tracker was a waste of money as they’ve been allegedly proven to not provide health benefits? Well let’s sort this out!! A piece of research based on 800 people in Singapore has concluded that fitness trackers whilst seemingly moderately increasing peoples’ […]
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 articleWomen and Obesity – Future Generations, The Disturbing Truth!
The Chief Medical Officer’s report entitled “The Health of the 51%: Women” hit the news last week. Isn’t it funny how different newspapers report on the same topic about women and obesity so very differently? The Independent focused on the recommendation made in the report that the government should include obesity on the national risk planning. […]
Read articleHappy 4th Birthday Motive8 North!
On June 29th, 2011 motive8 North open it’s doors as a personal training studio in Leeds. We now have two personal training studios in Leeds with plans to expand in the next year. We are extremely proud of the results our personal training clients and class and gym members achieve and of the workout community where people enjoy exercise and feel part […]
Read articleJenny’s Charity Bike Ride
On the 20th and 21st June I tackled a new challenge….I cycled 180 mile across Yorkshire over two days to raise money for BTRS (our Charity of the Year). Most people will know I’m quite into my running, and have only recently start cycling so this was all quite new to me, especially cycling for […]
Read articleDo It In 12 – The 12 Week Guaranteed Results Program
Motive8 North Personal Training present the DO IT IN 12 program Want to transform your body in twelve weeks? We can help you do it. Do It In 12 is a brand new program from the personal training team at Motive8 North that guarantees you’ll meet your personal goals with a bespoke program that is […]
Read articleCan Ready Meals Count To Your 5 A Day?
Did you see the article yesterday which mentions that the government are thinking of adding it’s five a day label to tinned foods which contain fruit and veg and also ready meals? My initial reaction to this was one of outrage! How can ready meals count to your 5 a day? surely this is doing […]
Read articleHow To Improve Self Control and Achieve Your Results
Did any of you read the article in The Times this weekend about self-control? The article was about the work of American Psychologist Walter Mischel and how Mischek believes that willpower and self-control are not inborn traits but that we do have some control over the choices we make. No matter what our ‘natural’ willpower is like, he believes […]
Read articlePersonal Training Success Stories: Donna Ely
In a time when many of us are obsessed with the scales I think the picture above shows, as I’ve blogged about before, that as personal trainers we should also use other yardsticks to measure success such as inch loss, dress/waist size and how much fitter, stronger and healthier our personal training clients feel. So, […]
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