New Year, New Goals!
personal training Comments Off on New Year, New Goals! | Date Published: 01 January 2014Happy New Year! With the start of 2014 it’s time to make some positive changes and set yourself some goals. Here are a few ideas to get you going:
Book onto an event to get you motivated for the New Year. It can be a cross country run, triathlon, half marathon, trek, mud run, cycle challenge, swimathon – anything that is going to be a challenge for you and gives you the chance to really focus and motivate you. It’s brilliant to have a goal to work towards and to plan your training around. I’ve just booked myself onto a triathlon […]
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personal training Comments Off on Ski Season Training | Date Published: 16 December 2013
Some of my clients have skiing holidays booked for over the Christmas and New Year period and so for the past six weeks I have really been focusing their sessions around strengthening ski-specific muscles to improve their performance and avoid injuries when they’re out there. When skiing you’re on your feet for most of the day and so it’s really important to build up your quadriceps, hamstrings, glutes and calves. The best kinds of training to do for your legs before going skiing are functional resistance exercises. You want to try to focus on exercises that involve a whole range […]
Continue Reading ->One of my favourite pieces of equipment to use is the BOSU and this week I’ve been using it a lot with my clients to provide them with a really challenging and fun workout. For those of you who haven’t heard of a BOSU before, it’s an air filled dome that is attached to a flat base (it looks like half a swiss ball). It creates instability when performing exercises on it which means that your core muscles are constantly working hard to keep you stable. Your body and muscles have to shift and contract to stay aligned which burns […]
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I’m very excited to be launching my new website today. I hope to be able to keep you up-to-date with all the latest training and nutritional news and tips – so watch this space!
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