Posts in “Exercise”
How the Flip is Lucy Training To Flip A Tyre 1000 Times?!
Hopefully people are aware that on the 20th September 2014 I will be flipping one of our famous motive8 tyre one thousand times for a charity very close to my heart set up by my family ‘ Take One Moment’. When I first stood in the farm yard back home looking for tyres that could give our personal training […]
Read articleShould You Be Skipping Meals?
One of the most common approaches for the uninitiated for dropping weight quickly is skipping meals. It seems like a logical approach, cut out food, drop weight fast… unfortunately, like most things in life, this is way too simple and unfortunately doesn’t work. The body does not respond very well to long periods of fasting. […]
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 articleAre Liquid Diets Effective and Safe?
I have seen many fad diets come in and out of fashion but the one that is going strong and constantly covers my Facebook news feeds are the liquid diets. I have my views on this and I have had to refrain, numerous times, from sharing these so I have collected numerous information and statistics […]
Read articleDon’t Sabottage Your Workouts – Using the 3-5 Rep Range Effectively For All Goals
I was fortunate to have an excellent lecturer at University, I’ll always remember my first applied physiology lecture. He stated that to develop an individual physically you have to develop several components at once, if you miss one, the rest slow down progress like an anchor. These components include things like: Strength of the muscle […]
Read articleThe 8-12 Rep Range
The 8-12 rep range is also referred to as the moderate rep ranges with 1-7 reps being low and anything above 15 reps being high. Moderate rep ranges have consistently been proven in study after study to lead to the greatest amount of growth. The reason that this rep range is so effective for building […]
Read articleHow To Tone Your Butt!
I often joke during my sessions about working towards that Beyonce bum! A lot of people think that in order to get a toned bottom they need to perform hundreds of squats. Although squats help to tone your butt, it is important to work the whole area. The Glutei muscles (the bum) is not just […]
Read articleHow Do I Tone My Muscles?
How do I tone my thighs, how do I tone up my stomach, how do I tone my muscles? These are all questions I am asked daily. It’s a tough one to talk to people about, unfortunately people want to hear that lifting a 3kg dumbbell for millions of reps is going to turn the […]
Read articleExercising With Asthma
There are 5.4 million people suffering with asthma in the UK, that’s 1 in 5 households. Asthma is not just an excuse to skip PE! For a quarter of a million people with severe asthma, even climbing the stairs can feel like a marathon, never mind going outside their home. As an asthma sufferer I […]
Read articleThe Prevalence of Overweight and Obesity In Adults and Children, The facts
I came across a great research article this week which had examined thousands of research papers and reports looking at the prevalence of overweight and obesity in adults and children. Some of the facts I came across were shocking: From 1980 to 2013 the proportion of adults with a BMI greater than 25 rose from […]
Read articleHOW TO PROGRAM YOUR TRAINING FOR FAT LOSS
Now probably one of the most common goals we receive at our personal training studios in Leeds is weight loss. Well to be specific, individuals come and ask for weight loss but they really mean fat loss. There is a huge difference between weight loss programs promoted by magazines and social media and losing fat […]
Read articleWhat is Metabolic Syndrome and How Can I Prevent It?
Metabolic Syndrome affects one in four adults in the UK. Metabolic Syndrome is the medical term for a combination of high blood pressure, obesity and diabetes which dramatically increase the risk of strokes, heart disease and other conditions affecting blood vessels. As we know on their own, diabetes, high blood pressure, and […]
Read articleHow To Improve Bone Health
Its easy to forget about things like bone health while you’re young, strong and get caught up focusing on belly fat. But this tunnel vision can have repercussions later in life if you’re not careful. I’m not allowed to name diets or companies that will absolutely potentially ruin your bone mineral density in later life, […]
Read articleThe TRX More Than A Tool For Exercise
In the current world of fitness and health there are 1 billion gizmos, gadgets and contraptions all claiming to be the ultimate solution to weight loss, building muscle or toning. The truth is most are just gimmicks that are about as effective as a paper umbrella in a hurricane. However the TRX is not in […]
Read articleTRX Exercise for Serratus Anterior Strengthening
Injuries to the Serratus Anterior muscle are becoming increasingly more common and surprisingly over the last couple of years I have heard how 3 people I know have injured this muscle throwing a ball or stick for their dog. Injury to the serratus anterior is much more common in baseball player ,cricketers and golfers, so […]
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