Category Archives: Exercise

Full Body Workouts

Posted on June 8, 2012 by Barnsley Personal Trainer

With full body workouts you can expect to hit all the major muscle groups 2-4 times a week rather than just once a week if you follow a split based programme. Full body workouts generate a lot of muscle stimulus … Continue reading →

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How To Choose Which Equipment To Use At The Gym

Posted on May 31, 2012 by Barnsley Personal Trainer

Although gym equipment is designed to work your body they only work one or two main muscle groups at a time. The downside is that it requires a little effort from the core and stabilizing muscles to use machines and … Continue reading →

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Diet & Exercise Mistakes

Posted on May 9, 2012 by Barnsley Personal Trainer

Some people think if they mix weight training with yoga, swimming, jogging, Pilates and zumba fitness they will achieve better results. But truth is that they do it out of not knowing what to do. The same goes with crazy … Continue reading →

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Ways To Make An Exercise Harder

Posted on May 7, 2012 by Barnsley Personal Trainer

Lift heavier weights – don’t neglect your technique, only go as heavy as you can to maintain correct form for your designated rep range. Using a -2 or -1 rep buffer on your sets is a safe and effective way … Continue reading →

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Lift Weights To Burn Body Fat

Posted on April 27, 2012 by Barnsley Personal Trainer

Exercise recommendations for fat bellies and overall body fat should be exercises that get your heart rate high whilst moving in a range of different movements against a resistance that is challenging. Weights burn more calories than cardiovascular exercises such … Continue reading →

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Cancer? More Exercise, Not Less, May Be Best

Posted on April 18, 2012 by Barnsley Personal Trainer

By David Haas Mesothelioma Cancer Alliance Being diagnosed with cancer of any form, whether it is a common form of cancer like breast cancer or a rare disease like mesothelioma, automatically increases your stress level a thousand fold. Unfortunately, there … Continue reading →

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No Time To Train?

Posted on April 16, 2012 by Barnsley Personal Trainer

The best way to prevent time constraints from stopping you exercising is to have a hand-full of intense exercise routines up your sleeve that take no longer than 20 minutes to complete. When planning your workouts think about where you … Continue reading →

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Removing Lower Abdominal Fat

Posted on April 13, 2012 by Barnsley Personal Trainer

Many people manage to lose a lot of weight but find it difficult to lose fat from the lower abs area. The best you can do is to make sure your diet isn’t a blood sugar and insulin nightmare. The … Continue reading →

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Exercise Larger Muscles for Greater Calorie Burn

Posted on April 11, 2012 by Barnsley Personal Trainer

Serious fat burning takes place when large muscle groups of the body are used to perform an exercise. The greater the overall recruitment of muscle there is, the higher the calorie expenditure. For best results gym workouts should include free … Continue reading →

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Metabolic Enhancing Exercise

Posted on April 2, 2012 by Barnsley Personal Trainer

The kettlebell swing is a fantastic movement and great for implementing across different areas whether that would be for strength endurance, power endurance, muscular firing or weight loss workouts.

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