Do you ever get DOMS really bad when you start a new program or workout routine?This is how you can make sure they’re milder symptoms.DOMS means delayed onset muscle soreness and happens when we work the muscle harder than it’s used to. During weight training you create microscopic tears in your muscles and it needs... Continue Reading →
How to Build Your Own Beginners Strength Programme.
If you’re new to strength training and not sure where to start with your programme you NEED to see this. Download How to Build Your Own Beginners Strength Programme It can be really confusing and the more you look for programmes online or search for help on how to write your own programme. There are... Continue Reading →
Nutrition and Healthy Lifestyle Classes for the Portuguese senior community.
I made a little announcement before Christmas that I was going to be delivering nutrition and healthy lifestyle classes to the local senior university. Due to the world wide ‘C’ the start date kept getting put back but I have finally started! I didn’t really know what to expect but I knew that nobody spoke... Continue Reading →
The Book That Saved My Sanity And Possibly My Dreams.
Do you ever feel like you just can’t ‘do’ any more? Like you just feel like giving up on everything, all of sudden things have gotten too much. You’ve taken on too much, you’re overwhelmed and question whether or not to carry on. The thing is, these things are often things we are doing to... Continue Reading →
Fundementals of a good strength programme
We can design fancy workouts all we like but there is no getting away from the fact that there a few exercises that are the foundations of a good strength programme. They're not exercises that have you running around the gym floor, jumping over a tyre then comando rolling over to a kettlebell to complete... Continue Reading →
Strength training: I don’t want to look like a bodybuilder
A lot of the people I work with come to me wanting to be fitter, get a bit stronger and change their body composition. A lot of my clients have never done this kind of exercise before. Still stuck with the myths of what strength training actually is. When talking about strength training there are... Continue Reading →
The Problem with Influencers
While we scroll our days away comparing ourselves to those on social media, remember sometimes things aren't what they seem. Just because someone has loads of followers and looks like they have a lavish lifestyle they probably don't. They're actually renting studios dressed up to look like private jets and they're selling anything they can... Continue Reading →
The one piece of equipment everyone should own.
If I could only choose 1 piece of equipment to use to workout at home it would be a suspension trainer. There are so many different brand that all vary in price but I use a really great one that cost me £20 from Decathlon (no affiliation)…in fact I have 2 so I can hang... Continue Reading →
EVERYTHING has changed for me.
It feels like it’s been forever since I opened any spaces up for coaching but this year I am finally taking on more of you! Things have changed a lot in the last 2 years. I launched my specialist coaching for motorsport athletes 2 weeks before the very first lockdown in the U.K. Needless to... Continue Reading →
It’s not me…It’s January. Yet another fitness resolution.
Once Christmas is out of the way are you going to be embarking on yet another health and fitness journey? I’m not knocking it. Don’t get me wrong, reaching this goal is going to be an absolute life changer. BUT… why are you having to set this goal yet again. How many new year resolutions... Continue Reading →