Posts in “Exercise”
How To Fight A Cold With Nutrition & Exercise
Do you believe you should starve a fever feed a cold? Do you start cramming yourself with oranges and satsumas as soon as you start with a sniffle? Have people recommended that you should have complete rest when you have a cold because it’s dangerous to exercise? Well here are our top tips about how to fight […]
Read articleNo Equipment HIIT Workout
Here’s a great little ‘no equipment HIIT workout’ I designed for one of my personal training clients who trains at home. They have very little amounts of kit and short of always doing tabatas, had run out of ideas. The beauty of this workout is that you work at your own level. Obviously, to get […]
Read articleImagery and Exercise – Seeing Your Success
Are you struggling to make progress? Getting stuck on the one weight or one distance? Why not try using some imagery techniques to help you overcome your exercise hurdles? Imagery and exercise does not just have to be reserved for elite athletes, anyone can benefit. What is Imagery? Imagery is a psychological technique used very […]
Read article10 Week Pull Up Programme
Everyone should be able to complete a pull up, it’s a key back exercise that assists with posture, spinal stability and even strength in lower body movements such as the squat and the deadlift. Getting to the point where you can achieve doing a pull up, or numerous pull ups, is a difficult task, however it […]
Read articleBack To The Future Day – Old School Workout!
As it’s ‘Back To The Future Day’ today we thought we would give you an old school workout for this week’s #wednesdayworkout. So pop on your leg warmers, leotard and leggings and get cracking with this workout. Don’t worry there are no grapevines in sight….although if you want you can choose to do them as […]
Read articleDo You Need Some Shock Training?
We all have our idols in the world, for some it was Chuck Norris, others it was the Hoff, and some it was Britney Spears, there I go again talking about myself! Seriously though, for me it’s got to be Yuri Verkhoshansky, for those that are not sure who he is, Yuri was a senior […]
Read article5 Tips For Staying Motivated To Exercise
For many of us staying motivated to exercise or moving past our plateaus is very hard. This is one of the main reasons there is often a waved pattern of gym attendance whereby people will commit themselves for weeks at a time then their attendance will die off. There are several ways we can help […]
Read articleLower Body Strength Workout – Hit A New Squat & Deadlift PB!
Follow this lower body strength workout from Personal Trainer Chris Baird over a 6 week period to hit a new lower body squat and deadlift record. This program assumes you will complete 1-2 upper body workouts and requires you to complete 2x lower body strength sessions. Chris has recently written some blogs about the deadlift and […]
Read articleGetting to Grips With The Deadlift
The deadlift is a fundamental exercise which we include in the majority of individuals programs to some extent. For the development of posture and strength, particularly of the posterior chain it is untouchable. There are several tweaks, variations and manipulations we can make to focus the deadlift to meet our specific goals. During this blog […]
Read articleTop Essentials For Your Gym Bag!!
So we know organisation is key and having an organised gym bag is also very important for a productive workout! So here are our top essentials for your gym bag! Protect Your Feet Your feet are so important so it’s a given the trainers you wear are important. Anyone who knows me will know I […]
Read articleTop 5 Lower Back Strengthening Exercises
Whilst we all know that deadlifts are great for your lower back and hamstrings, if your core and stabilising muscles are not strong enough, you’ll never reach that personal best one rep max. We often over look what we would consider to be “simple” exercises because we don’t feel the muscle burn or sense […]
Read articlePersonal Training Success Stories – Erene H
Erene is one of our personal training Do It In 12 success stories. Erene came to us to get her fitness mojo back after having stopped running and having various attempts to train herself. As a result of Do It In 12 she has regained her confidence and has now set herself some awesome goals including smashing her […]
Read articleBigorexia: The Bigger The Better
Bigorexia: Searching for Size What is Bigorexia? Bigorexia or reverse anorexia is clinically known as Muscle Dysmorphia (MD). It is a condition that causes individuals to perceive themselves as being insufficiently muscular. However, many of the individuals who show signs of Bigorexia are often highly developed but fail to recognise their levels of muscularity and […]
Read articleHome Circuit Training Workout
Last week we wrote a blog about our top 5 pieces of home exercise equipment, so we thought we would put them to the test with this home circuit training workout. This home circuit training workout is a total body workout designed to develop your fitness levels, burn body fat and improve your general muscle […]
Read articleThe Benefits of Pin Squats
A great variation of the back squat is the pin squat, this gives us an amazing opportunity to work on numerous elements of fitness including strength, rate of force development, explosive strength, and even as a rehabilitate method following certain injuries. This blog looks at the benefits of pin squats. To begin with let’s examine […]
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