What are you reasons for moving your body? Have they changed since you started? A lot of people workout for an aesthetic reason, normally to lose weight or build muscle (tone). These are the 2 biggest reasons people start to …
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Returning to the gym post lock down
With gyms and studios being allowed to open from today in England and Wales there will be a lot of you ready and raring to go. Breaking up the home workout routine we have known for the past 4 months. …
What Fitness means to me
For me fitness has taken on many different meanings over the years. For a while it didn’t really mean anything to me it was just a part to life with PE, sports and dance. Then it became a negative thing …
Healthy Habits for Life
One of the biggest things I find with my job when it comes to getting healthier is the amount of people that put too much pressure on themselves to change everything at once. This tends to set them up for …
Festive Feels: Indulgence, Guilt and Motivation
This time of year can cause people a lot of stress because of a variety of things and i am here today to hopefully show you that it doesn’t need to. I recently gave a seminar as part of Manchester …
The Importance of Rest
I have already touched on the importance of exercising through my Cardio and Weights blog posts and now I want to talk about the other side to a training plan … the rest. It’s all very well and good training …
The Importance of Cardio
Cardio, a term which is a little like marmite you either love it or hate it. It can be seen as the devil of exercise making you lose all your gains or its the be all and end all for …
The Importance of Lifting Weights
Its time for a new series and this time I want to talk about the importance of different training styles and aspects of a healthy lifestyle. So we are starting with the biggie – weight training. Even though more and …
Looking after number one
How many times a week do you think about yourself and how you feel?? Do you have moments to yourself? Are decisions made for your benefit or others? In case you needed a little reminder – You are number one …
Is there a right type of exercise?
In a word … NO. Exercise comes in many forms and within those there are many variations. This can lead to people getting confused as to what they should and shouldn’t do , add social media into the mix and …