Posts in “Personal Training”
Maintaining Weight Loss – Ali’s Story
As a personal trainer I’ve worked with many clients who want to lose weight, drop body fat and tone up….it’s a common goal for many people. From experience, whilst losing weight is a MASSIVE achievement which takes a lot of hard work and dedication, the dedication and commitment really comes into practice when someone has hit […]
Read articleKettlebell Tri Set Workout
In the back of my car is a bright purple jumper which has a “Kettlebell Kate” logo printed on it – a brilliant gift from the Motive8 team. To be honest, I haven’t worn it for a while, or actually used kettlebells for that matter. So that was my inspiration for this workout. The rounds […]
Read articleWhat Do I Eat? The Food Diary of A Personal Trainer
It used to be the case that I got asked on a regular basis where I got my protein from, but not any more. These days I find that people are actually interested in what a personal trainers daily diet looks like. I guess we are always advising people on their diets so it’s only right […]
Read articleSpinning vs Cycling!
Some of you will know, a couple of weeks ago I took part in my first cycling Sportive. Prior to this I have taught endless hours of spin and commuted to work and back on my bike. But the transition from spin to actual cycling has been much HARDER than I thought! Trust me, cycling 20 miles […]
Read articleDumbbell Complex Workouts
Last week Kate wrote a Wednesday workout which was a barbell complex workout. This week I am going stay on a similar theme but tweak it slightly. Barbells are great, possibly the piece of equipment I use most for my personal training clients. However, barbells can sometime seem a bit scary, heavy, one-dimensional, boring and bilateral. […]
Read article5 Things You Didn’t Know About Louis
How well do you really know our personal trainers? Don’t get me wrong, everyone by now knows that Jenny loves aubergine, Alex gets easily sunburnt and Louis LOVES burpees….however, we perhaps don’t always show the real human side of that person – even though we do have them you know!! So whilst he may be […]
Read article5 Top Reasons People Choose Personal Training
Personal training used to be a word associated with the rich and famous, however more and more people are turning to using a personal trainer. We look at the reasons why people choose personal training. They’re New To Exercise As beginners, most gyms (not ours I hope) can be a pretty intimidating with lots of […]
Read articleNice Little Barbell Complex – Workout Wednesday
I’m not going to lie – this is currently my favourite things to do as a second warm-up. I started introducing it into a couple of my clients plans as it gets the whole body “warmed up” – but then it’s also a little mean as we use the 20kg barbell! This barbell complex contains […]
Read articlePersonal Training Success Stories – Sarah Webster
I’ve been personal training Sarah since 2008! Wow! I don’t even think my husband get’s to see that much of me! When I first started training Sarah, I was a ‘mobile’ personal trainer, one of those PT’s you see driving around with their car brimming with fitness kit….when I opened my boot it exploded with stability […]
Read articleA Look Into Alex’s Dissertation – Plyometric Training
‘Plyometric training (PT) involves any jumping-type exercise that aims to enable the involved muscles to reach maximal force (Wallace et al, 2010). It is a type of training involving an active muscle switching from a rapid eccentric muscle action to a rapid concentric muscle action (Gopaladhas et al., 2014). Therefore allowing episodes of explosiveness after […]
Read articleAlex’s Favorite Strength Workout
During a training session, we all have exercises we like, and exercises we hate. You may think as a personal trainer I can just programme exercises and training session I really enjoy. Unfortunately, this isn’t the case very often. This is because if I only selected the exercises I enjoyed I wouldn’t get very […]
Read articleReps? Sets? Strength & Hypertrophy Training – What You Need To Know
In today’s world of social media, Facebook, Instagram and YouTube (just to name a few) it is so easy to think you know what you are doing in the gym. Truthfully, I think people may still be a little confused about how to reach their goal and how to progress their training in a logical […]
Read articleDo It In 12 Success Stories – Sophie Bambra
This picture is Sophie on week 1 and week 12 of our Do It In 12 programme – Do It In 12 is our tailored personal training programme, which guarantees results in just 12 weeks. You can see that the changes have been phenomenal. By the end of our 12 weeks, Sophie has lost 1st 2.4lb, 41.5cm […]
Read articleHow To Improve Your Economy of Endurance Exercise
Educating our clients is one of our main goals here at motive8 North, surprisingly though it is the more experienced exercisers that often need a tip or two. Many of the endurance athletes that come to us, especially runners, are not fully aware of the benefits that resistance training can have on performance. The physiological […]
Read articleHIIT And TRX Workout
The TRX, what a simple but awesome piece of kit. As a personal trainer, I use the TRX in my sessions a lot. I love the versatility of the TRX and the challenge of using your body weight for the exercises. For most of the TRX exercise, the closer you are to the pivot point the […]
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