Fitness
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Rest Weeks in Action
Don’t feel guilty about taking a week off of training. When you’ve been consistently chiselling away for 8-12 weeks in the gym it makes sense to and you’re likely really in need of a deload, rest week. Throughout your training journey you’ll be getting rest – week2week, a day off here or there but a…
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Strength of Self Control
Self control is the default that we all wish we had. Having the ability to resolutely say no, or yes to the self and sticking to that plan is the mark of a winner in most books. Self control needs to be realised before strength can begin to bear fruit. The self wants all the…
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Fitness For Long-term Health
Reducing you risk of heart disease, stroke, muscle breakdown and mobility issues, strength training in particular has a place in all our lives and especially in the lives of the over 40’s. The foundation of the gym setting revolves around long-term health, movement and the maintenance of independence.
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Do what you like: Getting to your fitness goals by doing what you enjoy
We all want to live long and strong as men. We like to be independent and capable of doing everything we set out to do. As we age things get harder though, so getting into the groove of living a fitness lifestyle at a younger age will always be ideal but no matter our ages,…
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The Only HAM You’ll Ever Need
For busy men like those I meet regularly, it’s important to have a safe plan that ensures balanced growth when the right stimulus is provided. Three sessions a week for 1.5 hours of training each is a great trade-off for the size and strength you’ll surely gain.
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Welcoming A New You This 12-Week Year
Destroy and rebuild sounds good but takes work, work that the majority aren’t prepared to do. Japanese wisdom has a term called Kiazan which means continuous improvement. This way of life when applied to your life will see you take control of the bad aspects of the self and work to change for the better…
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Feel Good: How Exercise Will Elevate Your Life
Envy can be beneficial when one uses that envy to motivate themselves to do the good that they have seen in others. The other side of that would be to hate the other person and wish for the blessings they have to be removed from them, not cool! Why wish ill health on another person…
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Why I Cycle: Short Video
Cycling is a part of my lifestyle and my preferred way of traveling for exercise as opposed to running which is harder upon me due to being Asthmatic. Watch this short video and share it with someone you love that wants to exercise but suffers from Asthma.
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I’m new to exercise what should I do to get healthy
An idea would be to train in the gym three days per week for 1.5 hrs each session, using equipment recommended by a personal trainer in the gym and one training session with the personal trainer at home or in the gym on a weekly or 2-weekly basis.
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Self-Care And The Gym
The NHS recommends the general populous of the UK to get 150 active minutes of physical exercise in the form of walking each week? Thats like 20-odd minutes of walking per day…