Posts in “Exercise”
How Do I Get My Legs Ski Fit?
If you ski or snowboard, you’ve probably already booked that epic trip away to some snowy slopes. One of the requests we receive a lot of at this time of year are Ski Fit programmes. Over the next couple of weeks we’re going to share our insider information on those exercises that we as personal […]
Read articleWhich Muscles Are Used When Skiing ?
If we asked you ‘ which muscles are used when skiing ‘ you would probably most likely say ‘the legs’ but skiing is one of those sports where there isn’t much you don’t work from a muscular point of view, however as you might have gathered there are some muscles that take a bit more […]
Read articleHow To Look Like Melanie Sykes
If any of you have recently watch Im a Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here! you might have seen the amazing Melanie Sykes. Now here is a woman that clearly trains and trains well! Since seeing her on I’m A Celeb many of our personal training clients have asked how to look like Melanie Sykes. […]
Read articleChristmas Survival Guide To Staying Healthy
So Christmas is rapidly approaching and whilst we all want to enjoy ourselves I know that many of my personal training clients are worried about piling on the pounds over the festive period so I thought I would put a Christmas Survival Guide to Saying Healthy together to help you! Christmas Survival Guide To Staying […]
Read articleChristmas Fitness Equipment Wish List
The count down to Christmas is about to begin and there has been a lot of talk about Christmas shopping so here is our Christmas fitness equipment wish list from stocking fillers to bit of a bigger treat. A Sports Watch A good sports watch is always a fantastic investment and with technology now a days […]
Read articleHow Much Exercise Is Needed To Achieve Your Weight Loss Goal?
From my experience of working as a personal trainer, experience has taught me that those people who loss weight and body fat through both improving their diet and performing more exercise are more likely to maintain their weight loss/new streamline physique more so than those who have just lost their weight through ‘dieting’ alone. My theory is […]
Read articleApp Review Of Interval Timer by Deltaworks
I recently stumbled upon a free app called Interval Timer. Being a personal trainer where everything we seem to do is measured by the second I can honestly say it has made life a thousand times easier. Interval Timer is exactly what it says on the tin, its a simple app where you set a […]
Read articleCan You Exercise When You Are Pregnant?
Can you exercise when you are pregnant? Ask some people and they will say ‘no’, stay in, never step foot in the gym again. But we would disagree. From the courses we have studied and recent research, we encourage healthy, already active women to remain so throughout their pregnancy. For those ladies who want […]
Read articleCan I Exercise With A Cold?
So this is the time of year when everyone is sniffling and sometimes we have to make the decision…..can I train or not? Before I go any further I want to be clear, especially to my personal training clients who might think I have gone soft…..this blog is NOT giving you an excuse not to […]
Read articleNo Equipment HIIT Workout
Think you can’t get a good workout with no equipment? Think again…..try this no equipment HIIT workout. Remember for a HIIT workout to be effective you must give 100% to all of the exercises you perform. If you’re not out of breath at the end of each interval you need to work harder! Complete each […]
Read articleWhen Is The Best Time To Exercise?
People who exercise want to get the best results they can and the popular question ‘When is the best time to exercise? is asked often by our personal training clients so they can optimise their results. The time someone can train completely depends on what they have time to do. Some people have flexibility before […]
Read articleDoes Group Personal Training Get Results?
Something not a lot of people know is that at the motive8 North personal training studios in Leeds we do a lot of group personal training! When I say group personal training I don’t mean 4 or 5 people, not that we don’t have groups that big, but our main ‘(rye)bread and butter’ is when […]
Read articleBody Weight Workouts for Home or Away!
As Personal Trainers, we write plans for clients regardless of where they train; whether its in the home with no or a little amount of kit, in a massive gym, or in a hotel room (many of our personal training clients work away a lot), we find a way to provide a programme that meets […]
Read articleWhat is HIIT?
HIIT is in my opinion an often overused phrase in the fitness community, HIIT this HIIT that but what is HIIT? HIIT stands for High Intensity Interval training, its actually a very broad term used to describe an intermittent session combining periods of anaerobic work with periods of low intensity effort. This combination can be […]
Read articlePersonal Training Success Stories: Helen Bainbridge
What A Difference A Year Makes! Check out our latest personal training success stories – this month is Helen Bainbridge. November 2013 November 2014 Helen’s Success Story….What a Difference A Year Makes! Helen’s personal training success story really does prove that with the right training and nutrition you really […]
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