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It is no doubt that we all take some time off from the gym over Christmas and New Year and enjoy the festive period (yes, even us avid gym go-ers have too!). We will all consume more food than normal and drink lots of alcohol. Then, lo and behold, January comes; we feel crap and are ready to get bac...
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All too often you’ll see people joining a gym because they want to lose weight. So typically, what do they do? They do 20 minutes on the treadmill, 20 minutes on the cross-trainer and 10 minutes on the bike. First of all, we need to understand why cardio is used in weight...
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As today is international Women's Day, we thought we would share with you our top training and nutrition tips for women. <h4>1. Don't rely on scale weight:</h4> - Unfortunately our bodies are incredibly complicated hormone machines, and a female body can be even more complicated when it comes to tim...
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If you read anything about dieting on the internet these days, it can sound like the most boring and most dullest thing ever. Especially when it "seems" all people do is eat out of tuppawear 5 times a day for 12+ weeks of the year.
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If you were hoping to read this and find some magic exercise to help you lose a stone then you'll be disappointed. What you will find however is the truth about what exercises are more beneficial. First of all we need to look at big muscle groups. The biggest muscle groups in our bodies are legs, f...
Read ArticleFor quite a while, if you spoke to experienced gym "go-ers" they would tell you that split training is the best way to get results. So what is split training? Split training is basically where you assign a certain day for a certain body part.
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The one thing we are incredibly proud of at Fitness Plus is that members pick our brains and ask us all sorts of questions. 9 times out of 10 when people get stuck with their diet they don't ask questions. Speak to trainers at your gym, ask someone who is proven to know the answer. Your friends tha...
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Some people prefer to train on their own, some people need a friend there with them. There are no right or wrong ways about it, it all comes down to personal preference. However if your thinking of going to the gym with a friend there may be a few things you need to consider first.
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When the New Year hits unfortunately many people (mainly women) resort to quick "diets" to help lose the excess weight gained over the festive period. The problem with this is that people don't see the bigger picture, juicing diets are misleading and often unsafe for the individual. Without naming ...
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Many things can cause water retention. Most commonly it is caused by: - Time of the month (for women) - Big meals - Food intolerances What happens with water retention is your body draws water to its cells (almost like a defence mechanism), the water is initially drawn in from foods that we digest...
Read ArticleIts incredibly common these days to hear people subscribe themselves a diet. The most common one we hear is people cutting out carbs. The definition of a zero carb diet is Ketosis. Going zero carb in this day in age sounds like torture, however its quite common to see with most top end athletes. Thi...
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Recently there has been a topic of conversation with our members, the discussion was about food choices and knowledge on nutrition whilst eating out. Now, most of our members may be training to loose weight. With training for weight loss they obviously have to be watching what they are eating.
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