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Exercise | Lifestyle

Body Weight Workout

This week Chris has written a blog about the pros and cons of body weight training. According to the American College of Sports & Medicine body weight training is the number one trend for 2015, so we thought we would treat you to a body weight workout! The aims of this workout are to: * […]

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What Are The Benefits Of Body Weight Training?

In the fitness industry there are camps, clicks and groups dedicated to every form of training. I’ve had the privilege (?) of meeting many of these interesting creatures. I’ve been told you should that dance is the best for sculpting legs, you should hoola hoop to drop body fat, yoga classes are the cure for […]

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Exercise | Lifestyle

Are You Sitting Correctly?

When was the last time you got up out of your chair, or shifted your weight into a different seated position? Do you prefer your feet flat on the floor, legs crossed in front or behind, or are you someone who likes to wrap their feet around their chair or table legs? Which ever of […]

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Benefits Of A Bootcamp Fitness Class

The benefits of coming to a Bootcamp Fitness Class run by motive8 north are numerous. Here are some of the reasons you should be attending these bootcamps: 1. Great Results In Minimum Time: If you’re pushed for time and can’t afford to spend 4 hours a week in the gym, coming to these 1 hour […]

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Diet | Lifestyle | Nutrition

Will Juicing Diets Help You Lose Weight?

  There are many varied opinions on the benefits of a juicing diet. This particular diet fad has become increasingly popular especially over the post Christmas period with many people looking to lose weight quickly. But will juicing diets help you lose weight? There are a number of pros and cons surrounding this dieting technique […]

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Diet | High protein | Lifestyle | Low Fat | Nutrition | Vegetarian

This Year’s New Diets

As personal trainers, we need to keep up to date with the newest fat busting, calorie zapping, detoxifying, no food no taste diets that are out there. Not to promote them to our clients as we stand by the motive8 Nutitional Plan being the best approach for our clients but it’s good to know what […]

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Diet | High protein | Lifestyle | Recipes

Weight Loss Plan For Men – 2000 Calories

  Here is a sample weight loss plan for a man, based on 2000 calories. Calorie counting as a way of weight loss can be very helpful, however you need to ensure these calories come from the right food. As an example for 2000 calories you could eat on average 12 chicken breast or 7 […]

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Weight Loss Plan for Females – 1500 Calories

Here is a meal plan for one day, it is a weight loss plan for females based on 1500 calories per day. Calorie counting as a way of weight loss can be very helpful, however don’t just focus on calories, you also need to eat the right foods. It’s not just about the calories it’s […]

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Healthy Restaurants in Leeds – A Review of Cattle Grid

    If you live in Leeds you really are spoilt for choice for places to eat. We certainly have some of the greatest restaurants for meat-eaters and anyone who knows me knows I love eating meat! I love a steak and I can confidently say I cook a good steak so when I go […]

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Have You Kept Your New Year’s Resolutions?

Be honest. Have you kept your New Year’s resolutions? If you haven’t, you won’t be alone! It’s inevitable that lot of people will make and break resolutions before the end of January. The problem is that we over commit without really preparing for the changes and events that the resolutions are going to require. We […]

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The Right Diet For You

Have you seen the three part Horizons ‘The Right Diet For You’ series on the BBC this week? I know many of our personal training clients have been speaking about it, so I’ve spent the last two nights catching up on it. Admittedly, I haven’t seen the final series but so far I think it’s […]

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Do It In 12 Success Stories…. Evelien Talman

Do It In 12 is our amazing new guaranteed results 12 week personal training package. 12 weeks, 3 months or one quarter of a year isn’t a great length of time. When you’re focused on a single goal, well driven and motivated you can do amazing things, especially with the support and guidance from a […]

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Will Detoxing Help You Lose Weight?

So this is the year your going to get healthy and you’ve read that detoxing will help you start to feel less sluggish and lose weight after Christmas! But will it? Will detoxing help you lose weight? Without mention names, you won’t see a shortage of people pushing this crap left right and centre, it […]

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My New Year Resolution – Lucy Harrison

If someone had told me this time last year that 2014 would be such a massive year for me I probably would have laughed. I have been fortunate to buy and move into my first house and in September I got engaged so 2015 is going to be a busy year for me!  In a […]

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My New Year Resolutions – Kate Halsall

For me personally, New Years and Birthdays are always a time for reflection. I look back on the past year and determine which of the goals I had set myself I have acheived and which ones I could have done better. I review any new goals I set during the year and which of my […]

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