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A Day In The Life of a PT | Lifestyle | Personal Training | Training

The Secret Life of a Personal Trainer – Part 1

Have you ever wondered what goes on in a personal trainer’s mind? Are our bodies really a temple? Do we eat cake on our birthdays? Are burpees really our favourite exercise? Do we always make healthy choices. Honestly, we are asked all sorts when we tell people that we’re personal trainers – people seem to […]

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A Day In The Life of a PT | Exercise | Fitness | Training

Getting To Know Louis

We’d like to say welcome to our new(ish) Personal Trainer, Louis, to motive8 North. Having survived his first two months, and making a huge impact in his personal training sessions and classes, we thought we’d invite you to find out more about him, what makes him tick, what he likes to do in the gym, which […]

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Building Muscle | Exercise | Fitness | Injury | Personal Training | Training | Uncategorized

Bulletproof Shoulder Workout

My role as a Sports Therapist commonly exposes me to shoulder problems. Recently I have seen a huge increase in the amount of individuals complaining of shoulder pain with symptoms that suggest secondary impingment. These are often influenced by postural deficiencies (forward slumped posture of the shoulders) or muscle imbalances (overactive anterior chain muscles, and […]

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Building Muscle | Exercise | Fitness | Lifestyle | Psychology | Training

Beyond the Muscles – Weight Training and Identity Control

  This weeks article is another installment of my PhD studies. The previous articles have higlighted my findings that associate muscularity with the enhance ment of masculinity and the empowerment of an independent feminine identity. What follows are the ongoing findings of my final study which broadens the scope of muscularity and it’s benefits on controlling […]

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Total Warrior Workout

Following on from Alex’s Total Warrior Training Tips blog, we thought we would give you a Total Warrior Workout. Obstacle runs such as the Total Warrior can seem quite daunting, a distance of anywhere from 5k to 12 miles, depending on which event you do can seem quite far to some, but most of this […]

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Total Warrior Training Tips

25th of June, a date to put in the diary and not just because it is my 23rd birthday – Asics, Steak and Super-dry (my preferences for trainers, food and clothing (hoodies)) … The date is also semi-important because it’s the date for Total Warrior, a 12km obstacle course race which the motive8 team and […]

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Building Muscle | Exercise | Lifestyle | Psychology | Training | Uncategorized

Muscularity And The Empowered Woman

Following last weeks blog, this week covers more PhD findings and highlights the beneficial influence muscularity and strength has on some of the females included in my studies. So, this week I’m looking at muscularity in females. More and more women have been engaging in weight lifting activities. There is often a stigma around women and […]

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How 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 […]

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Why Do YOU Exercise?

I recently did a presentation about the effects of exercise on the body. The main purpose was to describe the physical effects i.e. your heart beating faster and therefore getting stronger, the effects of exercise on your bones and muscles and so on. But I opened the presentation with the question “why do you exercise” […]

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Swimming Workout

Now is the time of year where people may be starting to train for a triathlon, or perhaps you fancy adding a different element to your training by adding a weekly swim to your regime. I thought I’d share a swimming workout with you, this is an adapted version of one of my triathlon training […]

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Abdominal muscle | Building Muscle | Exercise | Fitness | Training

My Top Exercises for Training Your Abs

In my opinion having a strong and stable trunk aka core, abs, 6 pack, oblique’s or however you refer to your abdominal and spinal section of your body, is crucial. It is crucial not only for looking good and being able to plank for 10 minutes plus, but also crucial for increasing strength in an […]

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A Day In The Life of a PT | Exercise | Fitness | Lifestyle | Personal Training | Running | Training

Jenny’s Duathlon Training

You may have read my blog before Christmas about being selected to represent Great Britain for my age group (F35-39) in the European Standard Distance Duathlon Soria, Spain on 30th April. Eeeeek, this means that it’s not very away…..around 9 weeks at the time of writing this! All I can say is duathlon training is […]

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Buddy Circuit Training Workout

Exercise is often more fun when you train with a friend or two. You motivate each other through the tough times, you have a giggle, you both curse when it’s time to do burpees, and when the nights are dark and it’s raining you encourage each other to get out there and DO IT! So, […]

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Finish Your Workout Right! How To Cool Down Correctly

My previous blog was about preparing your body for training and how important it is to warm up correctly. Throughout the blog I mentioned how a warm-up gets pushed to the side and people don’t understand the advantages. If a warm-up gets ‘pushed to the side’, then an adequate cool down after training gets pushed […]

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The 10 in 10 Workout

I have to admit, this is my current favourite HIIT Session – and it came about completely by chance. Most of you will know that I teach group exercise classes for motive8. As organised as I am, I plan every session. But on this one occasion my plan was in my cd case which I’d […]

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