The nights are dark and the evenings are cold. It’s easy to drive home, get into your PJ’s and just curl up on the sofa watching I’m a celebrity. Yep I know exactly where you’re coming from. I love nothing better than to light the candles, read a book […]
Exercise
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Can Increasing Your NEAT Make Your Jeans Fit Better? It really can, but what is NEAT and how can you increase it? NEAT stands for Non-Exercise Activity Thermogenesis. Basically how active you are when you’re not exercising. If you analyse your lifestyle and notice that you drive to work, sit […]
I always like to ask people who’ve never done Pilates before what their opinion is of it. Often the response is ‘relaxing and stretch based exercises’ or ‘a bit like yoga’. I find the perception of this technique fascinating and quite random from one person to another. Ultimately it’s down […]
Male V’s Female It feels rather empowering writing a blog about how awesome females are, especially ones that are Personal Trainers, but genuinely I’m giving you some pretty good reasons of having a woman kick your butt into gear. Personal Training is a very male orientated industry. It’s almost like […]
We are celebrating National Fitness Day 2016 at New Dimensions Fitness Studio and have come up with a fitness challenge for you to do at home, in the gym or the park! All you will need is a stop watch and a bench or step to complete the tricep dips on. Try […]
Don’t be fooled into thinking half hour isn’t going to be worth it, it really is, especially if you’re hitting high intensity threshold. Here’s a few reasons to prioritise 30 minutes a day: Decreases The Risk Of Heart Disease – Being physically active strengthens your heart. The stronger your heart, the […]
September 29th is World Heart Day and the World Heart Federation is asking everybody to pay attention to their hearts and start living healthier lifestyles. Cardiovascular diseases [CVD’s] are the world’s biggest killer causing over 17 million deaths a year and many of these deaths are preventable through lifestyle changes. […]
Many women want to continue to exercise during pregnancy, but are concerned that physical exertion could cause harm to their unborn baby and indeed themselves. However, exercise is safe during your pregnancy and can help reduce pregnancy symptoms such as swollen feet, back pain and tiredness. Benefits Of Pilates During […]
With Tough Mudder, Pretty Muddy and other obstacle events coming up this summer, it’s time to start planning your training and preparing for the course. Here’s 5 training tips to help you improve your strength endurance and physical fitness for your event: Run! In most of these events you’re only running […]
I can’t remember the amount of times I’ve discussed this topic, probably more times than I’ve gone for a run…. Yet it still rears it’s ugly head. Hopefully with this blog post I’m going to try and put it to bed and urge you ladies… and men, but more so […]