Below is our personal trainers blog, it is a fitness blog written by our team of personal trainers, bringing you the latest fitness and nutrition advice daily.

Injury tips

December 15th, 2009

Anyone who trains will get injuries time to time.  Not necessarily because you were performing the exercises with poor technique but because you may have under eaten that day, not drank enough water or overtrained without knowing.  There are tons of reasons for minor injuries, but there are tips you can follow to ensure you [...]

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How to get in that extra bit of cardio

November 23rd, 2009

How do you get to the gym?  If the gym is not too far from your house why not power walk or jog to the gym.  If it is a bit too far why not take the train or bus there and jog or power walk back.  When I go to have a workout I [...]

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Underwater treadmills

November 6th, 2009

Sports rehabilitation centers nowadays commonly use underwater treadmills with their clients.  Underwater treadmills allow athletes who have suffered an ankle injury for example to begin running again on a treadmill with reduced impact, allowing the personal trainers to view exactly how they are running on the foot and help correct its shape and movement. Underwater [...]

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What’s your fitness bootcamp all about?

October 19th, 2009

The fitness bootcamp is a class for both beginners and advanced people in fitness taken by Paul.  The bootcamp is in Queens Park and will be classes of around 10-20 people.  The classes are £10 a time or £90 for 10.  All you have to do is turn up to partake.  If you are already [...]

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How much fitness knowledge do we need?

October 14th, 2009

When I started training I had very little knowledge on fitness and strength training and trained wrong for months.  Most people who go to gyms don’t know what they are doing and go on what they think is right.  Once I gained the information I needed from a bit of personal training and reading magazines [...]

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Fitness bootcamp starts next week

September 30th, 2009

Our Fitness bootcamp in Queens Park starts next week to make sure you get a place on the bootcamp call us on 02089603655 if you haven’t already. The bootcamp will be for people of varying abilities so don’t worry if its your first time.

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Our Top 5 Fitness Blogs

September 30th, 2009

1.  Mun Fitness Blog- fitness blog with lots of useful off the wall information.  munfitnessblog.com 2.  Straight to the bar – this blog posts all the latest youtube fitness and strength videos that you may find very interesting straighttothebar.com 3.  Mark’s Daily Apple – this blog talks about fitness nutrition and living today by a [...]

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What is a healthy blood pressure?

September 3rd, 2009

Blood pressure is the pressure exerted by circulating blood on the blood vessel walls.  Every time your heart beats blood pressure varies between systolic and diastolic pressures.  When we measure blood pressure we are given a reading of both the systolic and diastolic pressures. Normal blood pressure Systolic – under 140 Diastolic – under 90 [...]

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Jogging safety tips

September 2nd, 2009

When out jogging in London there are a couple of tips that may help you stay safe in this busy city Double knot your trainers- by double knotting your trainers they are less likely to come undone causing you to trip which could be fatal if jogging near the road. Don’t wear white ipod headphones- [...]

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Tired of counting push ups?

August 30th, 2009

Unless you can only do up to ten press ups then there is no need for what I am about to suggest but if you can do more then this might be just what you are after.  A Japanese company has now brought out a push up counter which counts the number of press ups [...]

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