Posts in “Lifestyle”
How Many Carbs Should I Eat Each Day?
If you follow any fitness or diet related blog on any website, you will find details about all the different diets out there – high protein, calorie controlled, low fat, low carb and so on and so on. For the last couple of weeks we have endeavoured to help you make informed decisions about Calories, […]
Read articleHow Exercise Can Prevent Type 2 Diabetes
Type 2 diabetes and pre diabetic conditions are increasingly rapidly in the world, particularly in western countries. There is a growing body of evidence linking type 2 diabetes to individuals who are insufficiently active. It has been demonstrated that regular exercise combination with other positive lifestyle factors may help to prevent the onset of type […]
Read articleChicken Omlette – High Protein Breakfast
Having a high protein breakfast is a great way to kickstart the day as it keeps your energy levels constant instead of experiencing the blood sugar roller coaster you get after munching on some breakfast cereals. You’ll also more likely to feel fuller for longer and less likely to choose unhealthy snacks. This chicken omelette […]
Read articleHow Much Fat Should I Eat Each Day?
As with our “how many calories” blog we posted last week, this blog aims to answer the question of ‘How much fat should I eat each day?’ As with calories, how much fat you should eat per day will vary depending on what you read. And just like our calorie blog, your fat intake will also […]
Read articleAchieving Your Goals – Planning A Change of Behaviour?
How Can We Influence Behaviour Change? Following on from a previous blog regarding the cycle and stages we go through when it comes to changing or adopting a new behaviour, this article will look at the reasoning behind why and how we decide to change our behaviour. If you are open to changing your behaviour […]
Read articleWhy Strength Training Can Help High Blood Pressure
In this blog I’m going to look at why strength training can help high blood pressure and help you live longer! We have a number of blogs on our website that cover ways of controlling blood pressure without medication and how bad food can cause high blood pressure. See the links at the bottom of […]
Read articleWhy Is Iron In Your Diet Important
Low Iron levels is big problem for a lot of people, especially women of reproductive age and children who have a greater requirement for growth and development. This blog looks at why is iron in your diet important but essentially, everyone needs iron in their diet for our bodies to make healthy red blood cells […]
Read articleHow Can I Get A Good Night’s Sleep?
Getting a solid night of sleep can be problematic for many people, and seems to be unspecific to any population. This blog looks at how exercise can help you get a good night’s sleep. The correlation between poor sleep quality/poor sleep duration and obesity is well documented. Eckel et al., (2013) in a review established that […]
Read articleCan Diet Pills Help You Lose Fat?
Should I take diet pills? Can diet pills help you lose fat? What diet pills do you recommend? These are common questions I’m asked every week and it makes me cringe every time I’m asked. Some businesses within the fitness industry likes to promote these quick fix solutions, in the hope of making quick sales […]
Read articleTime To Make A Change – Optimising Behaviour Change
Are you the type of person who is always procrastinating about achieving your health and fitness goals, will your new fitness regime start on Monday? Are you constantly trying to motivate yourself to achieve your goals? Well no more procrastinating….now is the time to make a change! Following on from last week’s blog about motivation […]
Read articleMotivating Yourself From Within
Exercise Psychology – Motivating Yourself from Within Psychology of exercise and physical activity can include vast amounts of concepts, theories and strategies. These may be future topics to cover in other blogs however I thought that covering our ability to develop our motivation and where it originates would help with both those struggling with motivation […]
Read articleHow Does 10 Hours A Day Of Sitting Affect Our Posture?
Yes, you read it right. To quote the British Chiropractic Association, on the average day we spend: 1.8 hours sitting looking at mobile technology; 3.7 hours sitting looking at a laptop or a desktop computer; 1.4 hours sitting whilst gaming (for those under 30s that is) or driving; 2.8 hours sitting watching TV / films […]
Read articleHealthy Places To Eat In Leeds
Whilst, as a team of personal trainers, we like to eat healthy….that doesn’t mean that we live a monk-like existence and never go out. One of our favourite haunts of healthy places to eat in Leeds at the moment is the Grub and Grog Shop (none of the Grog of course!) at the Northern Monk […]
Read articleHow To Form The Exercise Habit
It can be very hard to get into the habit of exercising regularly, especially if you’re a busy individual. But let’s be serious if you really wanted to do it you would (in the words of a well known brand) just do it! You can train practically anywhere, you don’t need a gym, treadmill or even […]
Read articleI’m Not Getting Results, What Am I Doing Wrong?
As Personal Trainers we often here people say, I’m training hard but I’m not getting results, what am I doing wrong? Maybe they have hit a plateau with their goals…they might be half a stone from hitting their weight loss target or maybe they can’t get their running times down or they have stagnated in […]
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