Get Lean For Summer

Posted on June 26, 2014 by Barnsley Personal Trainer

Diet
The first and most effective step you can take is cleaning up your diet. There are lots of little steps you can take. Check out my diet blog for help.

Exercise
If you want to be lean, exercise consistency is key. If you exercise on a regular basis and are not happy with the results, or there isn’t any form of exercise you particularly enjoy, it would be wise to enlist the help of a Personal Trainer to help you.

There are many ways of structuring exercise routines and different exercise principles to explore within each exercise session.

If you don’t get variety in your gym routine and diet, you run the risk of minimising your results.

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Personal Training Gift Vouchers

Posted on June 20, 2014 by Barnsley Personal Trainer

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Vouchers are available for the value of any amount of sessions. Email info@proactivestudio.co.uk or call 01226 293949 or 07761 790 151 for full details.

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Training For Weight Loss

Posted on June 13, 2014 by Barnsley Personal Trainer

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The best way to approach exercise for rapid weight loss is to concentrate on multi joint exercises using your own body weight or free weights as resistance. Let your body become the gym – move your body in the way it was designed and not what a piece of gym equipment dictates.

You will burn more calories and build core strength and flexibility if you stay away from fixed range of motion resistance machines and boring cardio equipment. Most of the equipment you find in commercial gyms can be dangerous when used long-term and incorrectly, they are also inadequate for the type of results most people want.

Find some key movements your body can tolerate away from machines and work them hard. Work on your flexibility if it’s a limiting factor to what you can do correctly and safely. Include exercises that cover every type of movement pattern so you don’t end up with muscle imbalances that can lead to pain and injuries. Get professional help or research exercises that cover all the movement patterns so you can have a balanced exercise programme. Never get complacent with the same exercise programme for too long, continually modify and progress and challenge yourself. Be a winner!

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Is Your Diet Working?

Posted on June 4, 2014 by Barnsley Personal Trainer

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Dieters have been led to believe counting calories or points is the best way to lose weight even though the long-term success rate is very poor.

Following a calorie restricted diet will only work at the beginning of a diet because a calorie deficit is more beneficial than a calorie surplus regardless of what the calories are.

As soon as your body gets over this correction the quality of the calories you ingest and the way in which you get them into your diet is everything.

Is your diet working for you?
Are you finding it difficult to reach your ideal body weight?
Are you losing weight but not body fat?
Are your energy levels consistent?
Are your meals keeping you satiated for up to 5 hours?

If you answered NO – your diet is broken and isn’t working for you!

If you are interested in learning how to fix your diet and lose weight and body fat quickly without the need to count calories or points please get in touch today!

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Use Proper Exercise Technique For Maximum Results & Wellbeing

Posted on May 28, 2014 by Barnsley Personal Trainer

The most common injuries in a gym are related to poor exercise technique. Proper technique is important in order to reduce chances of injury and gain maximum results. Lack of control when using barbells or dumbbells can be harmful especially when a beginner starts training.

Lower the weight
Start with a lower weight and make sure that the form is perfect. Progressively increase the weight until you can perform the exercise without cheating. Jerking the weight will only result in potential injuries.

Learn the movement
Strive to become a technical perfectionist and respect the basic motion of each body part. No twisting, turning or contorting should result when pushing or pulling weight. Concentrate on the movement and feel the muscle working. If you’re distracted or preoccupied when working out, you’re inviting injury and poor results.

Have a good workout and train smartly!
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Get In Shape For Summer

Posted on May 19, 2014 by Barnsley Personal Trainer

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Are you getting a good response from all the hard work you do in the gym?
Remember, following a diet that suits your body and complements your goal is the quickest way to achieve results.

There’s no one size fits all diet that will work wonders for you – you need to eat according to what your body needs! You need to learn how to read your body for feedback from the food you eat. There’s more to it than just calories and quantities and meal frequencies.

A lot of people give up on diets because they follow very restrictive eating plans that go against what it means to be healthy. If you miss a well-balanced intake of nutrients in your diet there’s a good chance you’ll develop cravings for the foods that will push you away from achieving your goal.

Dieting guidelines are pretty straight forward, modifying the guidelines to suit your body and implementing them into your life can be a fine art. This is where years of experience come in and I can help you craft your eating habits and help you achieve the results you’ve always dreamed of.

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Do You Do The Same Workout Every Week?

Posted on May 8, 2014 by Barnsley Personal Trainer

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All of us like a bit of variety in all that we do. Doing the same thing day in and day out can lead to boredom and stagnation. Our bodies as well as our minds need variation and new stimulus in order to grow and develop.

For best results from our training we need consistency mixed with the right amount of variation in order to get the results we are looking for. It is important to mix our training up with the right amount of variety or we may suffer from pattern overload and overtraining. Variety can be really beneficial to break plateaus especially if you’ve been following an exercise programme for a long time.

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Does Your Diet & Exercise Work For You?

Posted on April 30, 2014 by Barnsley Personal Trainer

Are you frustrated trying to get into shape?

All the effort, time and nutritional protocols can leave you feeling desperate if you don’t see anything in return. Some people get initial results following just about any plan, but what happens when the progression stops?

It’s easy to get sidetracked with marketing hype-promising quick fixes.

Instead of searching for the quick fix – what if you asked yourself what it takes to be healthy and to be in your best ever shape? And ask more questions too? If you did this you would probably learn more about yourself and discover where you were potentially going wrong.

Does a healthy body come from living the same kind of lifestyle as yours? If not, what can you do to change this?

If you have reached your body transformation goal, do you feel as good as you thought you should? If not, what do you think is missing?

Do you approach dietary challenges in the same way as a healthy, slim person would? If not, where do you think you are going wrong?

Do you persevere with your exercise programme until you lose interest? How will you know if your exercise programme is intense enough to change your body shape, or if you are doing too much or too little?

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How To Maximise Results At The Gym

Posted on April 22, 2014 by Barnsley Personal Trainer

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Limit your workouts
The tendency for some people who really want to get in shape and get a lot from their workouts is to spend a lot of time at the gym. The truth is that after about the 45-minute mark after you’ve warmed up, the benefit isn’t as great. To go longer you’d have to lower the intensity of the workout, and that means compromising results and spending longer at the gym.

It’s better to work out at a higher intensity for a shorter amount of time.

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Personal Fitness Training

Posted on April 13, 2014 by Barnsley Personal Trainer

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Are you looking to improve your fitness, lose weight or maybe train for a specific event? Personal Training is beneficial to people of all levels of fitness and experience. A trainer will make sure you are getting the most out of each workout and provide you with plenty of motivation and support.

Block booking your Personal Training sessions is the best value and most flexible way to train in Barnsley. If you want to ensure that you get your regular slot, I recommend making a block purchase and advance booking.

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