Results for “kettlebells”
Resistance Band Training
I saw a post on social media recently, asking what are the equipment essentials in a personal training studio or as a home personal trainer? This got me thinking, what would be my one piece of training kit I would take everywhere. Dumbbells are great, but a bit bulky to take everywhere, and generally you […]
Read articleKettlebell Tri Set Workout
In the back of my car is a bright purple jumper which has a “Kettlebell Kate” logo printed on it – a brilliant gift from the Motive8 team. To be honest, I haven’t worn it for a while, or actually used kettlebells for that matter. So that was my inspiration for this workout. The rounds […]
Read articleOld School Kettlebell Circuit
I save all my personal training client programmes and all my class plans. Sometimes it’s good to look back over previous programmes and workouts. Not only does it help you realise the progression in your client’s training, it can also remind you of some great exercises that you now overlook and quite frankly, sometimes it’s good […]
Read articleHello Legs Workout
Picture: https://pixabay.com/en/feet-legs-foot-water-pool-swim-186238/ It’s no secret that my favourite muscle groups to work are legs and shoulders. Knowing that everyone will have a renewed fondness for the gym in the next few weeks, I focused on those two areas first and then threw in some core exercises for good measure (and for a bit of “active rest”) when […]
Read article10 Reasons Why You Should Squat
Its being a while since I’ve written a blog like this. It should really be titled 10 reasons why you should squat, and squat well! Quarter squats from now on termed ‘Ego Squats’ and should be deemed as a sin… unless of course they are required for your sport or rehabilitation. So without further rambling […]
Read articlePersonal Training Success Stories – Erene H
Erene is one of our personal training Do It In 12 success stories. Erene came to us to get her fitness mojo back after having stopped running and having various attempts to train herself. As a result of Do It In 12 she has regained her confidence and has now set herself some awesome goals including smashing her […]
Read articleMy Top 5 Pieces of Home Exercise Equipment
Whether you want to admit it or, we’ve all at least thought about exercising in our own homes. Whether it’s an “innovative NEW piece of fitness equipment” that you bought from a shopping channel, the latest celebrity exercise DVD, or a saved scrap of paper containing an “at home” workout from a fitness magazine, we’ve all done it. Here […]
Read articleKettlebell Workout For Runners And Walkers
It’s no secret – on the 22nd of June we launch the Northern Monk Runners in association with motive8 North. It’s only fair therefore, to look at workouts which could boost your running performance! We also have personal training clients preparing for Ultra Marathons, Charity Walks, and 10k Assault Courses – so this kettlebell workout […]
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 articleHow I Train – Kate’s Training Plan
Because I teach fitness classes as well as being a personal trainer, I receive a lot of feedback from people who think I do loads of exercise so I don’t need to train. To some extent it’s true, there are classes that I teach which I physically do – Pump and Spin being two examples. […]
Read articleExercise Combos for Greater Intensity
We’ve previously mentioned “finding time to exercise” and having “short but intense” workouts. Each week here at Motive8, we teach a couple of 30 min classes which really need to get that body engaged and working in a very short space of time. So this week I looked at combining two exercises into one move […]
Read articleTabata Training is Back!
If you’ve read my other exercise blogs, you’ll know that I generally love all forms of interval training. I find it more motivating to know exactly how many seconds I have got on the clock to do as many reps as I can before I get to collapse in an exhausted heap! So now it’s […]
Read articleLower Body Kettlebell Workout
I’ll be honest; I was a little bit mean with the planning of this week’s kettlebell workout. One of the participants from Leeds Met is in his “Sprint Conditioning” Training phase, and asked for my class to target that. Plus I have two lovely ladies who when asked what they want to work, always reply […]
Read articleKettlebell Tabata Workout
I suspect that there are only a handful of people who wake up on a Monday morning and instantly think “intervals” and then get excited!? Well I was one of them this week; and even worse for my participants, I was thinking Tabata! Ah yes, the “fit in 4 minutes” 20 seconds of “go as […]
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