Posts in “Lifestyle”


Diet | Lifestyle | Nutrition | Quick meals

How to Eat Healthy On The Go

As Personal Trainers, we hear it a lot: how can you eat healthy when your car or office or classroom is like your second home? And as much as we’ve heard it, we’ve also said it before; rushing in and out of meetings, driving to and from clients, doing the school run and generally being […]

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Exercise | Lifestyle

6 Week 5k Training Plan For Beginners

Some of you may have entered the Race For Life or another 5k in the Summer and beginning to panic that you haven’t done much training. Well never fear, here is a 6 week 5k Training Plan for Beginners to help get you fit and in shape for the big day!   The plan assumes that […]

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Diet | Lifestyle

The Benefits Of Having A Nutritional Consultation

motive8 north offer a number of nutritional consultation packages to suit a number of needs. We want to offer individuals an opportunity to gain advice about how to improve their diet for their individual goal. I strongly believe everyone reading this could benefit from a nutritional consultation. Whether you have made an effort to reduce […]

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Fitness | Lifestyle | Personal Training

Why Haven’t You Had a Postural Assessment?

Is your knee playing up for no apparent reason? Do you have a little niggle in your shoulder that you can’t get rid of? Does your back ache after periods of sitting, standing or walking? Have you reached your maximum lift weight and can’t seem to push past it? Did you used to get told […]

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Diet | Lifestyle | Recipes

Slow Cooked Greek Easter Lamb with Spring Vegetables

Enjoy this Easter Lamb Recipe this Easter Weekend (or any time of the year for that matter!) Slow Cooked Greek Easter Lamb with Warm Spring Vegetables Kcal 650 Protein 29g Carbs 38g Fats 43g Sat 6g Ingredients 1 garlic bulb, separated into cloves, half peeled and sliced, half unpeeled 8-10 fresh bay leaves 3 lemons, […]

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How To Stay Healthy At work And Resist The Treats

We know that busy lifestyles can make it hard to stay on track when it comes to eating properly. Last minute meetings, working lunches, surprise off site visits, unexpected late nights at the office, never ending conference calls and deadlines – they all affect our work life balance and it’s often the “life” part which […]

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Diet | Exercise | Fitness | Lifestyle | Low Fat | Uncategorized

Top 5 Fat Loss Myths

There is an awful amount of terrible information floating around regarding nutrition. The nutrition industry is largely unregulated, with so many self proclaimed nutritionists, companies pushing their own “research”, and pyramid companies forcing products down your neck it can be hard to see through the ‘fog’. This has led to many fat loss myths coming […]

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How to Keep Your Children Healthy And Happy

  The World Health Organization (WHO) regards childhood obesity, as one of the most serious global public health challenges for the 21st century. Obese children and adolescents are at an increased risk of developing various health problems, and are also more likely to become obese adults. Whilst the majority of our personal training clients are […]

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National Pie Week – Healthy Shepherd’s Pie!

Did you know that this week is National Pie Week, if you want to tuck into a pie but are worried about the calories and fat content, then you can breathe a sigh of relief. Here is a healthy Shepherd’s Pie for National Pie Week courtesy of Personal Trainer, Lucy Harrison. This healthy Shepherd’s Pie recipe […]

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Top Tips To Running Your First 5k

It’s that time of year where the weather improves and many people will start to think about running a 5k or a 10k. Many of you reading this blog may never have run a 5k, you may fancy doing one but you’re a little scared or nervous about running your first 5k. There are probably […]

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What Are The Benefits Of Group Personal Training

Last week I wrote a blog about how you could afford personal training, some of you may have read it thinking……”yeah, all good ideas but seriously I’m not going to give up going out once a week just so I can afford a personal trainer”. I would question this and say what price do you […]

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Exercise | Fitness | Lifestyle | Personal Training

How Can I Afford A Personal Trainer?

Many of you reading this blog might already be personal training clients at one of our Leeds based personal training studios, many of you may have just discovered us on the internet and be interested in getting a personal trainer but be questioning how can I afford a personal trainer? I’ve been a personal trainer in […]

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Exercise | Fitness | Lifestyle | Recovery | Training

What Are The Benefits Of Yoga?

A recent newspaper article suggested that Yoga could change your life! Really? WOW! Don’t get me wrong, I LOVE yoga, but whilst I’m not 100% sure that this life changing statement is strictly correct, I do think that Yoga is often misunderstood and stereotyped. It’s not just about sitting cross legged and meditating! So what […]

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Diet | Lifestyle | Uncategorized

What Are The Facts About Fat In Your Diet

Low fat diets sound like a good idea, eat less fat gain less fat and all that. It seems to make sense doesn’t it, but in reality that’s probably one of the poorest nutritional choices you could make, especially if your goal is fat loss. Like everything to do with nutrition you’ll find a variety […]

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Personal Training Success Story – Rachel Greenwood

Per Personal Training Success Story – Rachel’s Journey – Part 1 In June 2014 I promised my new client Rachel that she would be below 15 stone by January 2015. In return I asked if she would share her weight loss experience to, hopefully, help and inspire others. Well, all I can say is she […]

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