Before starting exercise, and after your dynamic stretches, it’s a good idea to do a few warm up exercises to further prepare your joints, muscles, and cardiovascular system for what’s to come. Here are my three favourites………
Before starting exercise, it’s important that you prepare your muscles and joints with a warm up, but unlike a post exercise cool down (where you lengthen out the muscles), the aim is to warm and stretch them at the same time without turning off the sensors that protect them from injury. This is what’s referred to as ‘dynamic stretching’ and you should do about 15-20 repetitions of each one. Here’s how to do it……
So you’ve probably been running the same route for ages, could probably do it with your eyes closed and no longer really find it challenging. Sound familiar? Well it’s at about this point that you’ll also notice you stop getting results if you’re trying to lose weight, and you don’t feel like your fitness is increasing either. Basically you’ve been doing the same thing for too long and your body no longer needs to adapt to meet the challenge. Time for a change! Here are my top tips for doing just that…………..
For many people, going to a gym can seem intimidating, boring, too far away or too expensive but this doesn’t mean you can’t exercise. Here are my top alternatives……
Try as you might to stick to a training regime, one thing that’s sure to put a spanner in the works is travel. What you need is a workout that combines minimal space, time and equipment and maximum effort. Check out my 300 rep blast
Exercising at home can be just as effective and enjoyable as going to the gym (not to mention cheaper!) so here’s a home session using just the stairs.
As a Personal Trainer, I visit clients’ homes and take them through programmes in their kitchen/sitting room/garden/garage. There’s often not much space, and I take all my kit with me, so each piece of equipment I use has to be versatile, easy to store, affordable and transportable. These same principles apply to buying your own kit for personal use, so here are my top 5 home gym toys.
“Oh no, not press ups!” If I had a pound for every time I’ve heard that, I’d be doing my press ups on a beach in the Caribbean! The reason that some people don’t like them is that they’re a difficult exercise, but their benefits far outweigh the hard work required to master them.
