As a personal trainer I am seeing more people in their twenties hire me. This is no surprise as its not just the middle age that are suffering from obesity but the younger generations as well. A study has now shown just how damaging being obese in your twenties can be once a person reaches middle age? Please click here to read …
Getting To Grips With Emotions Key To A Healthy Body
When a new client begins a weight loss journey with me it’s important to not only address their diet and exercise directly, but also consider behavioural techniques to stop any negative behaviour associated with bad food choices. I was fortunate enough to study exercise psychology in great depth during my Sport and Exercise Science Degree and this gave me the …
Pregnant? A Big Motivation To Stay Healthy
During pregnancy, eating healthy and taking regular exercise as prescribed by your doctor is important if you want your child to be at less risk as an adult of being overweight. A study has found that a baby weighing more than 4000 grams is twice as likely to be overweight in later life. Prof. Andreas Plagemann from the Charité Department of …
Get Up 20 minutes Earlier & Burn 20% More Fat.
A study now shows that exercising before breakfast can burn 20 percent more fat than if you train after eating. That 20 % could well be the all important dress size for the Christmas party or a couple of notches down on the belt making that belly not so obvious. A 20 minute jog, swim or cross trainer workout before …
Burn Fat The Smart Way
Why go to a Bootcamp? Bootcamp exercise classes are now extremely popular and, in my opinion, here to stay. I currently have 4 Bootcamps in Bedford. A good Bootcamp should push you to do more than you would normally do if you were to exercise alone, whilst at the same time giving the opportunity to work to your own limits …
How To Reduce Water Retention
Water weight is symptomatic of the body striving to retain water for a healthy balance. The body is said to consist of 70% water content with the muscles containing 75% water and fat consisting of approximately 50% water. Water is essential to the health of the body, but at times water weight can become a physical problem and cause a …