Making use on the smaller slots in our day or incorporating them in to our daily living to little the little things add up over the days, weeks and months How do we squeeze some extra movement in our day, after all little tweaks can add up to big changes over the days weeks andContinue reading “Incorporating movement into your day to save time”
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Separating cardio and strength
Should we? – we’ve looked at mixing them, how about splitting them up, is it needed? Should we separate cardio and strength? What benefits does it have and when is it best for our performance? We covered the benefits of mixing of cardio and resistance, let’s flip the coin and take a look at whyContinue reading “Separating cardio and strength”
Tracking progress
Weight, weights, distances, time – what metrics matter and how should we record them? Wanting to track your progress? – how is best, what helps to identify areas of improvement and most importantly how long should we measure for and how should we interpret the results? Progress isn’t Linear! We are going to have someContinue reading “Tracking progress”
Planning out your intake
How does planning out our intake help with consistency and what does it look like? Planning food can be either a saving grace or a worst nightmare, can you add flexibility into planning intake? Does everything need to meticulously planned or can we flex up and down to suit? Let’s start off with the obvious,Continue reading “Planning out your intake”
How to make your fitness goals relevant
What should our goals look like? – follow the crowd or look at the outcomes we want in ourselves and set goals around them? Having relevant goals would seem like a no brainer, sometimes though, we find ourselves pondering what they should be. How do we find goals that are relevant and scaled for ourselves?Continue reading “How to make your fitness goals relevant”
Creating a short workout
Can we accomplish a sufficient workout in a shorter time frame? Sometimes we really don’t have a spare hour (or more) to train, so what can we do in less? Is 20 minutes enough to workout, can we sufficiently work a muscle group (or more in that time), we can, if we are smart aboutContinue reading “Creating a short workout”
Understanding intense cardio and steady state
What’s the difference and how do we know which one works best for us? Which is really better? Sometimes turning the looking glass around can help – which is best suited to my goal and my needs. Both offer valid outputs, and can be mixed to help overall performance. From a pure science view, highContinue reading “Understanding intense cardio and steady state”
Do fitness trackers help or hinder?
“mile 1 – 7:56” do metrics help push us forwards? Sometimes the chime helps on other days we say “kindly be quite little built in speaker” understanding how to integrate them into our workouts and measuring over a sensible time frame are key to remaining friends with them. We’ve covered a number of area’s withContinue reading “Do fitness trackers help or hinder?”
How to fuel our body for exercise
Fuel up for exercise, ok what does that actually mean in the real world? Whether we are looking to gain weight, maintain or lose ensuring we fuel correctly will keep our performance up whilst still ensuring goals are met. Understanding how many calories we need is vital to performing and meeting our goals. Last weekContinue reading “How to fuel our body for exercise”
Setting a weight loss goal
How to measure, what success actually looks like and how to tweak things if we are plateauing. Understanding our maintenance calories and our target will help to guide how much of a deficit to be in, whilst not depleting our energy stores and keeping workouts enjoyable. With the plethora of social media posts offering absContinue reading “Setting a weight loss goal”