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I’ve just updated my blog on my dieting website – click on the picture above to read about the 10 questions you need to ask yourself!
My new gym website will be live any day soon! Look out for it at http://www.proactivestudio.co.uk
My new website is nearly finished – its taken longer than I expected especially after I decided to do it myself in the end, why? Because personal training is a personal business and I thought in order to get my own personality and stamp on it I needed to do it myself. Its the first time I’ve changed or updated the gym website since 2008. Look out for it next week!
Anthony
It’s really important – whether you’re trying to change your body shape radically or just maintain a physique that you’re happy with, that every few weeks you change what you do.
Our bodies adapt to what we do very quickly and when you stop confusing your muscles, they stop responding. So, in order to stay in the game – not to mention keep you mentally engaged – you’ve got to change what you do.
The relationship you have with your workout can be as deep as any relationship you might have with a human being.
Your mind is the taskmaster, telling you how you need to exercise for at least an hour and how intense you should exercise or it doesn’t count and you should never ever skip a workout.
Your body may have other ideas. Your body may not be used to exercising for an hour or working really hard or getting up an hour earlier than usual. The truth is, your body really has to be the leader when you’re creating a workout programme.
That delicate balance between mind and body, doing what you need to do to reach your goals while doing what your body can handle, is hard to achieve, but one way to do that is to check in with yourself on a regular basis. Look at your workout programme and think about how it feels. Is it working for you? Do you enjoy what you’re doing? Or do you always doubt yourself? Perhaps you’ve been doing the same programme for so long it’s time for a change.
What do you think?
Updated on the 17th of March
Very little blogging for a while – all my spare time is going on my new website for Pro Active, I’m designing and creating it myself so I have total control over the creative process – I thought after 7 years it was time to update it and give more of a modern and clear theme that will explain better than it already does what I offer and the different packages available. I plan to keep this blog.
On the new website all of my future enquiries will find it easier to understand how I can help them before getting in touch.
My time is limited – I have new clients starting with me every month. Thanks for your patience and don’t hesitate to get in touch if you need help. Make this the best year you’ve ever had!
The new website should be ready soon!
If you concentrate on giving 100% during each and every workout you won’t need to worry about aching the next day. Most people use post workout muscle soreness as the standard in exercise excellence. This can be a misleading and dangerous approach to exercise that often leads to over-training and sometimes injury.
Progression will always yield results when following a properly designed exercise programme. BUT there are different factors that can dictate whether or not you will ache from exercise, some positive and some negative.
The wrong person that uses the “no pain – no gain” approach will find it very difficult to achieve results. No fancy workout or diet will help if you break down your health by adding more stress. A lot of people don’t see exercise as a stress and just think of stress as work and/or financial and/or relationship stress. This isn’t the case.
I use five different questionnaires to assess different stresses for the body. A high score in any one of them can determine a person’s readiness to exercise and confirm the right level of intensity that they should use.
A holistic approach to diet and lifestyle can quickly reduce different bodily stresses and get you ready to get the most from your workouts. Then the fun part begins – you’ll be able to experience the effectiveness of exercising smarter rather than longer to get to where you want to be.
Are you are struggling to make a difference from all of your invested time in the gym?
Are you wondering why you are always tired?
Please get in touch to find out how I could help you. Sometimes I can help people more by giving them programmes they can do at home by themselves then I can by training them one-on-one in my gym.
I’ve not had time to blog as much as I’d like to – busy with clients but still have a few time slots available.
Please contact me if you are ready to make a commitment to change your health and fitness – challenging yourself in the bargain!
Visible abdominals are on everybody’s wish list especially at this time of year. Almost everyone is trying to get a six-pack who belongs to a gym, yet it is also one of the things that evade most people.
One of the main reasons for this frustration is the lack of knowledge people have about getting abdominals. You must train hard and consistently to get results but more importantly you mustn’t waste your time doing the wrong thing. The more you believe in the commercials advertising abdominal machines that guarantee results or pills that promise to burn fat around your midsection the more discouraged you will become.
Here is a brief list of what is required to see those abdominals.
1. You need to do abdominal exercises that will develop strength of the abdominal muscles.
2. Your selection of abdominal exercises need to consist of exercises that work the abdominals from all angles rather than merely doing crunches.
3. Your body fat percentage needs to be low enough so you can see your abdominals. Doing abdominal workouts won’t shrink fat away from your midsection. You must eat the correct kind of diet that will help you achieve low levels of body fat.
Once you have these elements in place you must address exercise frequency, rest between sets and repetitions or you’ll be making it harder for yourself to achieve results.
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