
Personal trainer tips: The importance of home workouts
First and foremost, it’s a great way to get that extra session into the week. As much as you would love to train with a personal trainer for every workout, sometimes it just isn’t feasible. This is why home workouts are a great solution, and could it get any easier than being able to do a workout from the comfort of your own home? Treat it as an appointment It is far too easy to put a workout off if you don’t have a session booked or a personal trainer to report to. So, put i

Personal trainer tips: A new look at goal setting...
Most people tend to sit either side of the fence when it comes to goal setting. You either love setting goals because they provide you with great motivation, or you hate them because they are scary if you don’t achieve them, or perhaps you simply don’t find them motivating enough to do anything about working towards them. Many people will seek the help of a personal trainer to get them motivated to exercise. But motivation must come from within, and cannot truly be given to y

Personal trainer tips: The importance of stretching and foam rolling
Completing stretching or foam rolling in the form of a warm-up and cool-down should be classed as the beginning and the end of a workout, not an additional factor. It is vital to keeping muscles flexible, strong and healthy, whether it is through dynamic stretching, during the warm-up, or static, during the cool-down. The warm-up steadily increases the heart rate - preparing your body for exercise - whereas the cool-down decreases the heart rate and relaxes the muscles in or