If you’re reading this expecting to find the secret to meal timing or even for us to reveal if you eat breakfast you will increase your fat burning capability by 3000%, you’re going to be disappointed. There are claims breakfast is the most important meal of the day, but if you are on an 1800kcal d...
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First of all we must ask, what is protein and why should we eat it? Protein is a key substance in the body aiding the maintenance and growth of muscles. Therefore, if we are exercising, in the gym or elsewhere, we constantly need a good supply of protein to keep our muscles and body at optimal healt...
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In the world of health and fitness so many nutrition myths are banded about through social media it’s incredibly hard for anyone to decipher the BS from the factual information. We at Fitness Plus have put together a list of 10 nutritional facts.
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Firstly before we go into this, we need to understand what macronutrients are… Macronutrients are made up of mainly Proteins, Fats, Carbs and Fibre. These days a lot of people track their food i.e. they record via apps on their smart phone (My Fitness Pal) how much carbs, fat and protein they intak...
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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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As with all diets no matter how complex they are they all come down to one thing... they put you in a calorie deficit. So whats the difference with the 6 week diets? - Short term "Diets" for 9 days up to 4/6 weeks massively reduce your calorie consumption, they also reduce your nutrient intake al...
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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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At Fitness Plus when we go through Nutrition, we always incorporate "Lifestyle" into our clients programmes. Not everyone is a fitness machine, not everyone has all the time in the world to meal prep, not everyone can devote half of their life to their goals. So what we have to do is we have to adap...
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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...
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How many cups of coffee or energy drinks do you have a day? Do you understand about caffeine content? Most people rely on caffeine to get them through the day, if this sounds like you, then this post may be worth a read. Caffeine isn't bad at all, but, like anything, too much of it can be bad for y...
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