A short high intensity, whole bodyweight workout will fire up the metabolism and get the heart pounding in no time at all. Get yourself a timer and away you go!
For exercise variations give me a shout.
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Wednesday 22 December 2010
Wednesday 22 December 2010
One of the hardest jobs I have at the Bodycoach gym is in trying to convince clients that the key to losing bodyfat is by increasing the metabolism. Your body will burn most of its fat at rest and if you can increase your resting metabolic rate you WILL burn more fat.
Running on the treadmill for 30 minutes will burn a couple of hundred calories at most, but will not boost your...
Sunday 05 December 2010
At this time of year many of my clients are training for next years London Marathon, however, statistics show that many will not even make it to the start line! Not due to lack of training or sponsorship money, but because of injury or illness.
So how can you make sure you get to the start line with the miles in the legs, injury free and healthy? below is a list of problems and...
Friday 03 December 2010
I often get asked, mostly by guys in the gym about the best way to work the chest and this is what I have to say on the subject. The chest muscles are always overworked in strength training in relation to the back, core and legs. A big chest and pecs are the holy grail to most young and older guys inthe gym, but rarely in life or in sport are the chest muscles used compared to the back.
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