Fitness Tips
It’s Important to include motor skills in your exercise – and not just obsess about weight loss or general fitness. For many, the main goals of exercise and nutrition are weight loss and fitness. Others may include strength as well. But it’s rare...
Fitness Tips
The benefits of barbell training A barbell is one of the most popular tools for strength and fitness. Often overlooked or perceived as a “man only” tool it is especially good for women whose goals are toning and weight loss. It’s a simple piece of...
Fitness Tips
The best exercise for weight loss All exercise is good for you, within reason. Unless you plan to do 10 marathons back to back (this will make your knees hurt) any activity you do that elevates your heart rate will bring lots of health benefits. Walking, for example,...
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12 minute workout – short and to the point In many of our personal training sessions, we use an app called interval timer. This neat tool can be programmed to do both simple and complex intervals – you could set it to simply signal 30-second intervals of...
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Cardio Vascular and Aerobics Aerobic fitness is defined as the body’s ability to take up, transport and utilize oxygen. Aerobics and cardio-vascular exercise (running, cycling and swimming type activities) are all about looking after your heart and lungs, as well as...
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Why warm up? When commencing a bout of exercise your body needs to make a number of adjustments. These include: Increasing your breathing and heart rate Increasing the energy releasing reactions in the muscles Promoting blood flow to the muscles to supply them with...
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