Upper Leg Strengthening for Runners
Do you suffer from chronic or returning hip, knee, or ankle pain when running? Often these “overuse” or gradual onset injuries are related to imbalances in muscular strength and soft tissue flexibility. This article will offer some prehabilitation/rehabilitation exercises to help strengthen commonly weak muscles and “iron out” those tight tissues. As a runner it […]
Read moreBBQ Chicken Recipe
Summer is here…. well there is the odd good day, so that means Summer is here! Here is a nice cheeky little tasty marinade that can give your BBQ chicken a new lease of life. Creating flavour in natural food isn’t complex, and tastes far superior to machine produced food like substance. Prep this the […]
Read moreWhat’s Your Name Workout
Sometimes it’s good to mix up your training up a little. So here is a great way of doing just that and adding a bit of fun to your workouts. HIIT (High Intensity Interval Training) is always a great to fit into your training to help improve fitness and drop body fat. So here is […]
Read moreAubergine And Tomato Soup Recipe – Enjoy Cold or Hot!
This is a story about improvising – and what’s more, improvising successfully!! When I went to make my tea yesterday, I certainly hadn’t planned to make a roast aubergine and tomato soup! Most of all – I hadn’t thought about having cold soup! But have you ever had one of those days where you partner […]
Read moreCrisps vs Houmous
I read an article last week that houmous and guacamole are unhealthy as crisps. The study showed that some types of humous and guacamole contained more salt than four packets of crisps and the fat content was more than a McDonald’s Big Mac. Now, don’t get me wrong a lot of houmous and guacamole […]
Read moreInterval vs Steady State Cardio
I get many questions from clients asking which method of training is best for them to do when considering interval vs steady state cardio. My first question to them in response to this, is what are your specific goals? Before I cover some of the research into these training methods here are some considerations to help […]
Read morePosture Advice Part 3 – Lordosis
Did you know that 8 out of 10 people will suffer with non-specific lower back pain – that’s pain which cannot be attributed to spinal structural problems or infection. It’s a scary number – so why aren’t we doing more to help stop the pain from occurring in the first place? It’s probably because as […]
Read moreSweet Potato Brownies & Cashew Nut Ice Cream
A couple of weekends ago we held one of our residential boot camps at Lineham Farm in Leeds. Our boot camps are based around three values: 1. Education – empowering people to understand how to make healthy choices. 2. Enjoyable exercise – Yes! you heard rightly, exercise can be enjoyable! 3. Healthy, tasty food – […]
Read moreTop 5 Exercises for Running Injuries
The world of running opens us up a vast list of common injuries that can be hugely debilitating on not only our training but also our lives in general. Many of these injuries tend to be progressive and chronic such as medial tibial stress syndrome (shin splints). Often these injuries have some ties to running […]
Read morePosture Advice Part 2 – Forward Shoulder Posture
We saw last week that slouching, long distance car driving or sitting at a desk working on a computer for the majority of the day, can cause forward head position. It won’t surprise you to know then that if you do any of these things, it’s not just forward head posture that you need to […]
Read moreBad Nutrition Advice People Believe Part 4- Everything in Moderation
Bad Nutrition Advice People Believe Part 4 – Everything Is Ok In Moderation One of the most popular pieces of nutritional advice is ‘everything is okay in moderation’ however with such a high rate of obesity in the UK it is clear it isn’t okay. For some, the idea is that unhealthy foods are only […]
Read morePosture Advice Part 1 – Forward Head
With the end of our Fitness Week at our Saxton Personal Training studio drawing to a close, I wanted to share some of the most common postural “problems” or questions that I was asked. So here is part 1 of our posture advice series. The fact that so many people displayed the forward head posture […]
Read morePeriodisation For Rugby Players
What is Periodisation? Periodisation refers to the structuring and phasing of your training. The process breaks your training plan into periods or phases, but also takes into account all aspects of your performance such as strength, power, CV and muscular endurance, and skills. For rugby players it is important to ensure that the stresses and […]
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