Results for “experience”
Which Sleep App Is The Best To Use?
You don’t need to be an expert to know that a good night sleep can set you up for the day ahead, anyone who has had a disturbed nights sleep can feel the effects the day or days after. However, what people underestimate is how insufficient sleep can play a massive part in work productivity, […]
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 article6 Week Abbey Dash Interval Programme
Want to improve your Abbey Dash 10k race time, follow Chris Baird’s, one of the motive8 North personal training team, 6 week Abbey Dash interval programme and smash your PB! Follow the scenario and see if it rings any bells: Step 1– You can’t run 1km without walking. Step 2– You head outside run 1km, walk […]
Read articleStress: Knowing Your Personal Training Clients
This week the motive8 North personal training team are reflecting on our time working as a personal trainer and the experiences we have learned from. In the last 10 years that I have been a Personal Trainer there one of the main things I have learned is that you have to understand your clients and what they […]
Read article5 Training Tip for the Leeds Abbey Dash
I know that if you are running the Leeds Abbey Dash this year that the 16th November seems like it is ages away but believe me it’s not….in fact (depending on when you’re reading this) it’s only 10 weeks away. BUT, the good news this is a great length of time to get in tip-top […]
Read articleCarb Loading
How many people do you know who have run a marathon and put weight on whilst they are training or have relied on marathon training to help them lose weight but to no avail. Now, if you’re a regular reader of our blogs you will know that steady state running is not the best thing […]
Read articleTop Tips For Exercise and Depression
About two thirds of adults will at some point experience depression symptoms of sufficient severity to influence their daily activities. Depression is the fourth leading cause of disability and disease worldwide. It is likely that we all either know someone suffering from depression or have suffered from depression ourselves. It is also likely that we […]
Read articleHow To Train When Recovering From Injury
If you love exercise and sport and gain an injury; it can be the most frustratingly depressing takes-longer-than-you-think recovery process. The vicious circle that is your paranoia surrounding aggrevating the injury combined with every part of you needing to keep excercising, can zap that motivation and will to live right out of you. Whether you […]
Read articleJenny’s Marathon Training Plan
This week the blogs from the personal training gang in Leeds are about training methods so Chris has asked me to write about my marathon training plan. Most of my personal training clients will know that I am very anal about getting my sessions in, and making sure I stick to my training plan with […]
Read articleGETTING RID OF LOWER BACK PAIN THE SIMPLE WAY
Believe it or not the key to removing most cases of lower back pain is through strengthening the whole body… in a balanced manor! Research and experience has shown that spending time strengthening and conditioning the whole body is more effective than “core” work on the lower back. The problem with isolation training is that […]
Read article5 Ways To Raise Testosterone Levels For Improving Body Composition
Increasing testosterone levels is a very effective way of improving body composition and can be easily achieved by ensuring that you are not deficient in certain nutrients that are directly linked to sub-optimal levels of testosterone. There are number of ways your diet can affect your testosterone levels such as eating high glycemic foods, restricting […]
Read articleDo I Need Drinks With Electrolytes?
When I exercise properly, and I mean REALLY go for it; I end up being a nasty, sweaty, drenched mess. No word of a lie, when I used to teach 3 back to back classes I would just be surrounded by a pool of water at the end. You could wring out my clothes but […]
Read articleShoulder Pain Whilst Bench Pressing
Do you have shoulder pain whilst bench pressing? Fix it and increase the amount you bench in as little as 6 weeks! Over the past few years I’m going to admit that I’ve played around with some press variations and loading parameters that aren’t generally recommended and some stuff hasn’t worked out, in fact it […]
Read articleHOW TO BUILD A STRONG FUNCTIONAL CORE
Building a strong functional core is very very simple, so many magazines and websites over complicate something that everyone can be working towards right now. Most people are normally surprised when I say that the cheese grater isn’t made by crunches, sit ups and planks (don’t get me wrong they have their place) however true […]
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