Posts in “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 […]
Read articleWhat Are The Benefits Of Strength Training vs Cardio?
Whether it’s weight loss, fat loss or body conditioning and tone, we know that exercise will play an important part in achieving our goals. We also know that there will need to be some sort of resistance training and an element of cardio. The American College of Sports Medicine’s 2015 Worldwide Survey of Fitness Trends, […]
Read articleWhat Are The Benefits of HIIT Training?
High-intensity interval training (HIIT) is essentially any workout that alternates between short intense bursts of activity and periods of rest or lower activity. There are many kinds of interval training you could choose from – Fartlek, Tabata, Circuits, and Expletives to name a few; and contrary to popular belief, HIIT can be performed both with […]
Read articleMy 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 […]
Read articleHow Do I Get My Legs Ski Fit?
If you ski or snowboard, you’ve probably already booked that epic trip away to some snowy slopes. One of the requests we receive a lot of at this time of year are Ski Fit programmes. Over the next couple of weeks we’re going to share our insider information on those exercises that we as personal […]
Read articleWhich Muscles Are Used When Skiing ?
If we asked you ‘ which muscles are used when skiing ‘ you would probably most likely say ‘the legs’ but skiing is one of those sports where there isn’t much you don’t work from a muscular point of view, however as you might have gathered there are some muscles that take a bit more […]
Read articleChristmas Fitness Equipment Wish List
The count down to Christmas is about to begin and there has been a lot of talk about Christmas shopping so here is our Christmas fitness equipment wish list from stocking fillers to bit of a bigger treat. A Sports Watch A good sports watch is always a fantastic investment and with technology now a days […]
Read articleHow Using Technology Affects Our Posture?
There have always been groups of people who have raised concerns how using technology affects our posture. Repetitive Strain Injury (RSI), lower back ache, and PlayStation Thumb used to be some of the main complaints from people who used technology every day. We used to worry about working on computers and laptops in offices: were […]
Read articleCan You Exercise When You Are Pregnant?
Can you exercise when you are pregnant? Ask some people and they will say ‘no’, stay in, never step foot in the gym again. But we would disagree. From the courses we have studied and recent research, we encourage healthy, already active women to remain so throughout their pregnancy. For those ladies who want […]
Read articleNo Equipment HIIT Workout
Think you can’t get a good workout with no equipment? Think again…..try this no equipment HIIT workout. Remember for a HIIT workout to be effective you must give 100% to all of the exercises you perform. If you’re not out of breath at the end of each interval you need to work harder! Complete each […]
Read articleWhen Is The Best Time To Exercise?
People who exercise want to get the best results they can and the popular question ‘When is the best time to exercise? is asked often by our personal training clients so they can optimise their results. The time someone can train completely depends on what they have time to do. Some people have flexibility before […]
Read articleDoes Group Personal Training Get Results?
Something not a lot of people know is that at the motive8 North personal training studios in Leeds we do a lot of group personal training! When I say group personal training I don’t mean 4 or 5 people, not that we don’t have groups that big, but our main ‘(rye)bread and butter’ is when […]
Read articleBody Weight Workouts for Home or Away!
As Personal Trainers, we write plans for clients regardless of where they train; whether its in the home with no or a little amount of kit, in a massive gym, or in a hotel room (many of our personal training clients work away a lot), we find a way to provide a programme that meets […]
Read articleRunning Drills To Make You A Stronger, Faster Runner
Hello all of you runners out there! Hands up how many of you dedicate some time each week, at least three times ideally, to performing corrective exercises and running drills to make you a stronger, faster runner. As I thought, probably not enough of you ;o) And I’ll be honest it wasn’t until I started […]
Read articleHow the Flip is Lucy Training To Flip A Tyre 1000 Times?!
Hopefully people are aware that on the 20th September 2014 I will be flipping one of our famous motive8 tyre one thousand times for a charity very close to my heart set up by my family ‘ Take One Moment’. When I first stood in the farm yard back home looking for tyres that could give our personal training […]
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