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”
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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”
How long should a workout be?
It depends…. However, we can still look at the various reasons that some workouts are longer than others to help understand what might work better in certain situations and for certain goals. Working out for a marathon will require more time, working out for strength will require substantially less. Even 30 seconds counts, we allContinue reading “How long should a workout be?”
Mixing cardio and strength
How to plan for getting the most out of both and the best ways to integrate them together. A while back we had a look into cardio or weights first, let take a look at mixing the two together. Stating the obvious first, we could put them on different days to mix them overall throughoutContinue reading “Mixing cardio and strength”
Integrating data and real life
Can you really keep up with the rings on your watch… Let’s head down the rabbit hole of digital and real life shall we? What do the metrics on our watch show and do they really tally with real life? I’m a big fan of tech and it has a place for sure, it canContinue reading “Integrating data and real life”
Understanding the role calories play in our body
What do each of the macro nutrients do for our bodies and how do they affect the balance? Macro Nutri-whats? Macro nutrients, or as we commonly see them, Protein, Carbs and Fats. They make up our food, in various percentages depending on the type of food. Why is the make up important? What does thatContinue reading “Understanding the role calories play in our body”
Setting challenges
Setting challenges is a great way to motivate yourself to reach your goals. What’s the best way to choose what’s achievable for you? The world is your oyster as they say, anything and everything is out there, so where to start? Let’s have a look at where we are currently, what we enjoy doing andContinue reading “Setting challenges”
Forward planning
Busy, busy, busy – how often have we skipped the gym to finish off some work? Then one missed session leads to another and another and we all know where that leads to…. So how can we help streamline the process? Planning ahead is key, and I know its cliche, but it also works –Continue reading “Forward planning”
Cardio before or after weights
Which is best and how it can shape your success. Well, where to start – spoiler alert – it depends! It depends on a lot of different factors, both from a goal perspective and a human perspective. Rather than layout what the different permutations are, let’s look at the main area’s that can affect theContinue reading “Cardio before or after weights”
How calories are calculated
Protein, Carbs, Fat, Alcohol, how are calories calculated? What makes up our foods and why is it important to have a balance in our diets? Calories are a measure of energy, the number we see on a label is how much energy will be given to our body when it is digested (metabolised) by theContinue reading “How calories are calculated”