Posts in “Fitness”
Dumbbell Complex Workouts
Last week Kate wrote a Wednesday workout which was a barbell complex workout. This week I am going stay on a similar theme but tweak it slightly. Barbells are great, possibly the piece of equipment I use most for my personal training clients. However, barbells can sometime seem a bit scary, heavy, one-dimensional, boring and bilateral. […]
Read article5 Things You Didn’t Know About Louis
How well do you really know our personal trainers? Don’t get me wrong, everyone by now knows that Jenny loves aubergine, Alex gets easily sunburnt and Louis LOVES burpees….however, we perhaps don’t always show the real human side of that person – even though we do have them you know!! So whilst he may be […]
Read article5 Top Reasons People Choose Personal Training
Personal training used to be a word associated with the rich and famous, however more and more people are turning to using a personal trainer. We look at the reasons why people choose personal training. They’re New To Exercise As beginners, most gyms (not ours I hope) can be a pretty intimidating with lots of […]
Read articleNice Little Barbell Complex – Workout Wednesday
I’m not going to lie – this is currently my favourite things to do as a second warm-up. I started introducing it into a couple of my clients plans as it gets the whole body “warmed up” – but then it’s also a little mean as we use the 20kg barbell! This barbell complex contains […]
Read articleWorkout Wednesday – Don’t Fall Off The Ladder!
Right, I’m back with another wicked Wednesday workout, and this one is pretty intense so make sure you’re ready for it! Its called the ladder workout because each round you complete, you take a step closer to the finish….like what I did there?! Round 1 will be the 1st exercise followed by 30s rest, round […]
Read articlePersonal Training Success Stories – Sarah Webster
I’ve been personal training Sarah since 2008! Wow! I don’t even think my husband get’s to see that much of me! When I first started training Sarah, I was a ‘mobile’ personal trainer, one of those PT’s you see driving around with their car brimming with fitness kit….when I opened my boot it exploded with stability […]
Read articleA Look Into Alex’s Dissertation – Plyometric Training
‘Plyometric training (PT) involves any jumping-type exercise that aims to enable the involved muscles to reach maximal force (Wallace et al, 2010). It is a type of training involving an active muscle switching from a rapid eccentric muscle action to a rapid concentric muscle action (Gopaladhas et al., 2014). Therefore allowing episodes of explosiveness after […]
Read articleAlex’s Favorite Strength Workout
During a training session, we all have exercises we like, and exercises we hate. You may think as a personal trainer I can just programme exercises and training session I really enjoy. Unfortunately, this isn’t the case very often. This is because if I only selected the exercises I enjoyed I wouldn’t get very […]
Read articleReps? Sets? Strength & Hypertrophy Training – What You Need To Know
In today’s world of social media, Facebook, Instagram and YouTube (just to name a few) it is so easy to think you know what you are doing in the gym. Truthfully, I think people may still be a little confused about how to reach their goal and how to progress their training in a logical […]
Read articleDo It In 12 Success Stories – Sophie Bambra
This picture is Sophie on week 1 and week 12 of our Do It In 12 programme – Do It In 12 is our tailored personal training programme, which guarantees results in just 12 weeks. You can see that the changes have been phenomenal. By the end of our 12 weeks, Sophie has lost 1st 2.4lb, 41.5cm […]
Read articleThe Two Dumbbell Workout
Right guys, you know I like to keep my weekly workouts, short, intense and to the point; so here is a workout with just 2 dumbbells and 4 movements… sound pretty simple yeah? This dumbbell workout is going to be pretty intense but is a full body workout and can hit all of those big […]
Read articleNeeds Analysis – What Makes A Good Cricketer?
A ‘Needs Analysis’ is a term that is used to discover the key physical attributes needed to be successful in sporting performance. Without doing this it is impossible to programme or pick the correct exercises to suit your athlete. It is not just specified to sport either, effectively as personal trainers, when we do consultations and […]
Read articleWimbledon Workout
I love Wimbledon! But like watching anything on TV you don’t want to get too sedentary. This got me thinking, could I train using the tennis? Answer – yes! Here is a workout for you tennis lovers, just like me, or a high intensity workout for anyone who wants some variety in their training. […]
Read articleSplit Squat or Back Squat – Which Should I Do?
Recently I have been loving listening to my podcasts. I am a massive badger when it comes strength and conditioning (S&C) and personal training books, podcasts, blogs or anytime of information source. Out of all the podcasts I have listened to recently one has most certainly stuck in the memory. The theme of the podcast […]
Read articleFact or Fiction – 3 Myths About Exercise
The treadmill tells you you’ve burnt 500 calories after a 20 min run but you didn’t tell it your age or weight or sex; you finish every workout with 100 crunches but still can’t see your six pack; and you still don’t want to lift weights heavier than 3kg because you don’t want to bulk. […]
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