Exercise tips, workout ideas and more to help you with your training whether it’s at the gym, in your home or doing a sport.
Been walking regularly for exercise but finding your weight loss journey going slowly, or even worse, backwards? So many people use walking as their main form of exercise but get frustrated when they either reach a plateau or the weight doesn’t budge. We look at whether walking is enough when it comes to losing weight. …
Many people find that the urgencies in life take up so much time, there’s no time to set goals. As much as we throw around the term ‘goal setting’ these days, it’s still a hugely over-looked factor in increasing motivation and purpose in your training and life. This article deals with some ideas on the …
Setting goals is a great way to keep you motivated when it comes to fitness. It makes what you want to achieve more real, gives you direction and once you know where you’re going you’re in a better position to plan the steps that will help you get there. Whether it be aiming to complete …
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Whether you’ve never really done planned exercise before or you’re just returning back into it after a long absence, it’s good to have the right gear and get a little guidance to help you into the swing of things. If you set yourself up well right at the beginning, you’re more likely to succeed so …
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It’s all very well to aim to beat someone else’s score or time, but you can get very real satisfaction from just trying to beat yourself with the added bonus that it will be more achievable. Recording your ‘personal bests’ and aiming to best yourself each time you do them again can not only help …
There’s a lot of confusion when it comes to losing weight. Is fat-free food good? Why should you lift weights if it can make you heavier? There are many assumptions floating around out there – it’s time to bust those weight loss myths! MYTH: Lifting weights will make me bulk up FACT: Not true. Women’s …
Quotes can help inspire, motivate and encourage you to continue working towards your health and fitness goals. Pick your fave one and stick it up on your fridge, in your daily diary, on your bathroom mirror, your computer desktop – somewhere you will see it regularly to help get you through. If you find your …
Whether running long distances is something you’re interested in or not, this week’s challenge is great for getting you into the habit of running on a regular basis and aiming Your challenge: Walk or run a marathon over the course of one week Should you choose to accept it, your aim is to cover 42.19 …
Whether you just want to work on your general health and fitness, or if you’re training specifically for a sport, it’s a good idea to introduce some kind of structure to your workouts. Some kind of planned exercise for at least 30 minutes every day is what you should be aiming for, and a fitness …
Somewhere along the way, striving to become fitter and healthier become synonymous with the words ‘weight loss’
Interval training is a high intensity form of workouts that involves you working out in short bursts of effort, and is rapidly gaining popularity for its ability to blast fat and push you to your limits. Tabata is a kind of interval training, it will get you great results but it’s not for the faint …
Most of us have big picture goals of how we want to be keep our lives interesting, satisfying, focused and fun. But what about the small day to day goals? We don’t only need big picture goals of where we want to get to, but habits or ‘mini goals’ that we are working on daily. …