Posts in “Training”
Staying Motivated To Exercise In Winter
I love the phrase’ Hump Day but I also think that many of us have a Hump Month and it hits right about now ….the end of October/beginning of November. September comes, everyone is motivated to get in shape after indulging on holiday, full of beans everyone is smashing it in the gym, and then as the dark mornings […]
Read articleTop Health And Exercise Myths
In the last 5 years or so, social media has massively impacted the fitness industry, with so many ‘experts’ telling you what you should be doing. The problem is there are so many different opinions that its hard know what is complete rubbish and what is useful. What are health and exercise myths? And what […]
Read article20 Minute Full Body Workout
We recently posted a motivational monday picture which listed some of the excuses people come up with not to work out: I’m tired, it’s too cold, it’s too hot, its raining, it’s too late – you get the idea. In the time it takes to come up with those excuses, you could have done this […]
Read articleReasons 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 articleAgility And Speed Workout
How Speed and Agility Applies To You I am sure everyone will have gathered that I attended a UK Strength and Conditioning Association (UKSCA) Workshop this weekend down in London. It was about Plyometrics, Agility and Speed, some of you may not know what that means, some of you may like to know what it […]
Read articleMeet Motive8’s New Personal Trainer – Emily!
Emily has recently joined the team at motive8 as a Personal Trainer, with a First Class BSc in Nutrition, we’re excited about learning as much about nutrition from Emily as we can. Despite being quite new to the industry, Emily has already made an impact in her classes putting everyone through their paces. Why not […]
Read article20 Minute HIIT Workout – Time Out Workout
Sometimes we can be pulled in so many different directions that fitting in a workout can get pushed to the bottom of the priority pile. But, doing some exercise is not only important physical health and goals but is important for your mental health too. So, here is a 20 minute HIIT workout which you […]
Read articleHoliday Hill Sprints Workout
I am back! Did you miss me? I know without having to ask that all my personal training clients and class members did for sure, after all I do know how to put the ‘fun’ in functional don’t I??? (feel free not to answer this!) You will all be surprised to know I didn’t exercise […]
Read articleCardio vs Resistance Workout
As our one day Motive8 Fitness Fiesta approaches, I can’t help but start to plan the classes already. It means that I can try them out in advance and iron out any timing problems, add progressions and modifications or rethink them altogether. So the Monday lunchtime class were guinea pigs for my first format – […]
Read articleHow Do You Measure Your Weight?
Ok so you read the question “how do you measure your weight” and your answer is “scales obviously” – but that’s not entirely the right answer is it? How many times a week or even a day do you weigh yourself? Is it always on the same set of scales? You see before and after […]
Read articleTotal Body TRX Workout
We wrote a HIIT and TRX workout a few months ago. This time I thought I would share a Total Body TRX Workout with you. Many of my personal training clients are interested in fat loss or improving their muscle tone, so a total body approach is great for achieving these goals. For a good calorie […]
Read articleMaintaining 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 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 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 […]
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