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Get Loose with Foam Rolling
What is Foam Rolling? Foam rolling is a technique that is ever growing in popularity. It is a method of self-massage and soft-tissue release. You will see many people rolling around on the gym or studio floor on a cylinder of foam. This is a very simple method of treating yourself for aches, pains, and […]
Read articleMotive8 North Monthly Winners – June
Motive8 North Monthly Winners At motive8 North we like to celebrate our client’s and member’s success! We are extremely proud of everything everyone achieves….sometimes success is simply getting to the gym on the days when you could have gone back to bed or the pub instead of the gym! So well to everyone who comes […]
Read articleJenny’s Charity Bike Ride
On the 20th and 21st June I tackled a new challenge….I cycled 180 mile across Yorkshire over two days to raise money for BTRS (our Charity of the Year). Most people will know I’m quite into my running, and have only recently start cycling so this was all quite new to me, especially cycling for […]
Read articleMy Top 10 Workout Tracks
So for many people music is a massive part of their day and for me this is very true. A lot of people have a particular genre that they love however I must say I love everything except really heavy screamy music even though I have been partial to the odd mosh pits in […]
Read article5 Essential Exercises to Manage Lower Back Pain
Whether you have lower back pain already or are keen to avoid getting back pain; there are a couple of simple rules to follow which could help you. We’ve touched on some of these rules in previous blogs – checking your posture, correct training or workout plans and so on. For me personally, the first […]
Read articleMen’s Mental Health – Exercise for a Healthy Mind!
Exercise and Men’s Mental Health In the world and society we live in we as people now lead very busy lifestyles. We have to juggle work, family, and other life factors. These constant responsibilities can place a lot of stress on us, and we can let it get a hold of us. Too much stress […]
Read articleCan Exercise Assist In The Prevention Of Cancer?
Can exercise assist in the prevention of cancer? This is a huge question and when you search this term it brings up over 500,000 journal articles! In reality it appears that exercise might be cancer specific, so rather than discuss cancer as a generic disease during this blog, we’ll approach the question, can exercise assist […]
Read articleGoal Setting Top Tips!
Goal Setting Tips: This article follows on from a series of blogs all looking to help you effectively change behaviour, motivate yourself and understand goal setting. In this post I will offer my own top tips to effective goal setting. Top Tips: Plan Ahead So you understand the principles of goal setting and are ready […]
Read articleThe Benefits of Keeping a Food Diary
Its simple……knowing what you eat will make a massive difference to achieving your health and fitness goals! What a better way to track this than by keeping a food diary. As personal trainers we encourage all of our clients to keep a food diary, whether it’s in a paper diary using one of the many apps around […]
Read articleIf It’s Bad Posture, Why Does It Feel Comfortable?
Sitting with your legs crossed, positioning your phone between your shoulder and chin, resting your body weight on one leg…aren’t the majority of us guilty of at lease one of these things? Worst still, we have probably done them for a long time without even thinking about it, and as such the positions feel perfectly […]
Read articleAre Low Calorie Diets Effective For Weight Loss?
The desire to lose weight has become more common in the last 10 years than at any other point in the last 100 years. As in business…if there is demand, their will be someone willing to supply. With this huge demand in people wanting to lose weight, it has given rise to a industrial juggernaut […]
Read articleHealthy Places To Eat Near Leeds – Cheerful Chilli Review
Whilst, at motive8 North, we love to exercise and eat healthy, we also like to enjoy a nice, healthy meal out. And as we don’t want our personal training clients or class members to live completely like monks it’s nice to recommend healthy places for them to eat. Here is a restaurant recommended by personal trainer, Ieuan Cranswick, as […]
Read articleIs Stress Causing You To Gain Weight?
We all know that when we are under stress, healthy eating habits and our normal training regimes are hard to maintain. It almost goes without saying that when we become less active and stop being able to make time to prepare our healthy meals, our weight is likely to be affected and increase, or if […]
Read articleWhy Sugar Is Bad For You
It’s all we hear in the news at the moment sugar is bad for you, reduce the amount of sugar in your diet, etc. So this blog is going to look at why sugar is bad for you. For optimal body composition it is simple….by eliminating sugars from your diet you have more chance of staying […]
Read articleGoal Setting- Set Yourself Up For Success!
Goal Setting You may have already set yourself targets or have ‘dreams’ of achieving different things. Too many people will set themselves something to achieve and then never fully satisfy this goal. A great example of this are the New Year resolutions people make. They will tell themselves and others this year I want to […]
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