The new years well and truly started and already January is nearly over, the snow has hampered a lot of us with our training, be it the morning run or the trip to the gym, however the news is good! dates for great events this year are coming out and here's the first, Race for Life, being held at Lydiard in Swindon on July the 25th for the 5k races and the 24th for the 10k, I'm hoping to encourage as many of our clients to take part, Jess will be racing on the Sunday at 11:00, and training for those who wish to do it with her will commence in March, details for the training will become available soon.
http://www.raceforlife.org/choose-your-event/swindon--25-jul-10-1100.aspx
Above I have copied in the link for the correct entry for this event, start setting goals, do it for a good cause and take part!
Wednesday, 20 January 2010
Tuesday, 5 January 2010
Happy New Year & New You!
A happy New Year to all of you from PT Fitness, we hope you enjoyed the party season?
Now its back to it though, and for some of you the beginning of a new year to a new you! This can be the hardest part for a lot of people, the start that is, but don't panic! here's some food for thought that may start the motivation ticking, body fat can be got rid of by simply increasing lean muscle mass! for every 1Lb of muscle that's an extra 60 calories a day your body is going to be burning 24/7, whilst that muscle is there, its a hungry beast! and where do you think its going to feed from, the stored body fats, so don't put things off, get training, start getting that lean muscle, start burning that fat!
This year I am very excited to use this blog to the max, to bring you advice, event details and words of encouragement, so if there is any questions about training or you would like to start training with us then get in touch, our contact details are all on our web site www.pt-fitness.co.uk
We look forward to hearing from you!!
Now its back to it though, and for some of you the beginning of a new year to a new you! This can be the hardest part for a lot of people, the start that is, but don't panic! here's some food for thought that may start the motivation ticking, body fat can be got rid of by simply increasing lean muscle mass! for every 1Lb of muscle that's an extra 60 calories a day your body is going to be burning 24/7, whilst that muscle is there, its a hungry beast! and where do you think its going to feed from, the stored body fats, so don't put things off, get training, start getting that lean muscle, start burning that fat!
This year I am very excited to use this blog to the max, to bring you advice, event details and words of encouragement, so if there is any questions about training or you would like to start training with us then get in touch, our contact details are all on our web site www.pt-fitness.co.uk
We look forward to hearing from you!!
Monday, 21 December 2009
Christmas dinner and Training!
Its that time of year again, and most of us are looking forward to a bit of a rest from day to day life, now I love Christmas but I get asked the same thing every year, “how can I keep the weight off over Christmas?”, well here’s a few interesting facts first of all to help you think about this, Ocean Spray cranberry sauce conducted a survey a few years back on 1500 Brit’s this is what they found: the average person consumed 5551 calories on the day, 2820 of that in just one meal, the rest in over indulgence, the average person gained 5.47lbs on Christmas day alone!
A calorific intake of that amount would take two back to back marathons to burn off, the health implications aren’t good either, the body would produce way to much insulin which would only help in storing all the excess as body fats, its also one of the reasons you get sleepy! So what could you do? Treat the day as every other, have normal meals at normal times, of course have a little more at the main meal, but whilst the turkeys cooking go for a nice long walk if you can, this way you will hopefully have a little deficit on those calories, as for training, take the day off if you want! We all need rest days in our training, but if your waiting for the new year to start your new fitness lifestyle, don’t wait, start today and don’t put it off, just think, if you do, an extra 5.47lbs to add to your goals to shift! The best advice, be sensible and enjoy the day.
Merry Christmas from the team at PT Fitness x info@pt-fitness.co.uk
A calorific intake of that amount would take two back to back marathons to burn off, the health implications aren’t good either, the body would produce way to much insulin which would only help in storing all the excess as body fats, its also one of the reasons you get sleepy! So what could you do? Treat the day as every other, have normal meals at normal times, of course have a little more at the main meal, but whilst the turkeys cooking go for a nice long walk if you can, this way you will hopefully have a little deficit on those calories, as for training, take the day off if you want! We all need rest days in our training, but if your waiting for the new year to start your new fitness lifestyle, don’t wait, start today and don’t put it off, just think, if you do, an extra 5.47lbs to add to your goals to shift! The best advice, be sensible and enjoy the day.
Merry Christmas from the team at PT Fitness x info@pt-fitness.co.uk
Thursday, 17 December 2009
MOTIVATION.
Motivation, this is a biggy, as a personal trainer I am here to motivate my clients by finding the right source that works for them, but when you’re trying to find motivation for yourself this can be very difficult. This is a subject that truly requires more time than what you are going to read here, but this is a method that can work for a lot of people; hopefully you are one of them.
Everybody these days enjoys a form of media, books, T.V, movies and music, look at your life like it was one of these, lets take movies for example, a movie of your life right now, imagine how that would look, what it would be like to watch, now lets take another movie, a movie of how your life would be in a year or five if you where to make some changes, better diet, more exercise, how would that movie appear? What would you be like? How would you look? Really spend some time thinking about these two films then ask yourself which one would you rather watch?
This is a simple form of visualisation, there is a lot more to it and it takes time to get it, but once you have selected your movie this is when the really hard work starts, your going to have to do something that a lot of people don’t like doing, you need to make a decision, once you’ve made your choice, stick to it, draw your path, be flexible, but you do have to travel it, if there are problems along the way, see them as challenges, problems you have to solve, find role models, if they live a life or have a body you would like, look at what they do, fit their life model into your path.
This sounds easy, its not! Even I have had challenging moments in my training, but if you have a goal, you’ve made your decision, have a path and believe in it, you will get there.
For more information on motivation contact Chris Nash at chris.nash@pt-fitness.co.uk
Everybody these days enjoys a form of media, books, T.V, movies and music, look at your life like it was one of these, lets take movies for example, a movie of your life right now, imagine how that would look, what it would be like to watch, now lets take another movie, a movie of how your life would be in a year or five if you where to make some changes, better diet, more exercise, how would that movie appear? What would you be like? How would you look? Really spend some time thinking about these two films then ask yourself which one would you rather watch?
This is a simple form of visualisation, there is a lot more to it and it takes time to get it, but once you have selected your movie this is when the really hard work starts, your going to have to do something that a lot of people don’t like doing, you need to make a decision, once you’ve made your choice, stick to it, draw your path, be flexible, but you do have to travel it, if there are problems along the way, see them as challenges, problems you have to solve, find role models, if they live a life or have a body you would like, look at what they do, fit their life model into your path.
This sounds easy, its not! Even I have had challenging moments in my training, but if you have a goal, you’ve made your decision, have a path and believe in it, you will get there.
For more information on motivation contact Chris Nash at chris.nash@pt-fitness.co.uk
Tuesday, 15 December 2009
Physical Activity & physical Exercise.
Over the past few years the government has been encouraging the people of England to take part in more Physical activity to try & reduce the worrying increase in obesity and other health related issues, this is all well & good and should be applauded, however working in the industry of fitness & talking to many people who are overweight or have health issues related to being slightly larger than their body requires it becomes very apparent that peoples understanding of activity is a little unclear.
Physical activity by definition means to be more active, to have an increase of ones movement, the opposite of static.
Physical exercise is constructed, timed, repetitive movement using equipment or set muscular routines.
So what does physical activity mean & how could you increase it?
Simple things can be applied to increase your activity levels, 20 minutes extra activity per day is what’s recommended as this can be achieved in lots of ways.
Park further from work, or your destination, & then walk the rest of the way.
Take the stairs, not the lift.
Hoover or clean daily, you would be amazed how many calories general house work burns.
Drink your daily amount of water, this increases trips to the loo, more walking!
Turn off the T.V and engage in conversation, yes, this too burns calories!
On the note of T.V don’t use the remote so much, get up & change the channel.
Do the gardening, walk to the shops, take the bus so its not door to door, go for a family bike ride/walk, visit parks & look around, play with the kids, dance, go for a swim, anything which gets you moving & not sat still, increases your heart rate a little & gets you breathing more this is physical activity, do more with your time, don’t get to the end of the day & say, didn’t do much today, it was pretty boring, make the most of your days & enjoy them!
For more information on activity & exercise contact
Chris Nash
Personal Trainer at info@pt-fitness.co.uk
Physical activity by definition means to be more active, to have an increase of ones movement, the opposite of static.
Physical exercise is constructed, timed, repetitive movement using equipment or set muscular routines.
So what does physical activity mean & how could you increase it?
Simple things can be applied to increase your activity levels, 20 minutes extra activity per day is what’s recommended as this can be achieved in lots of ways.
Park further from work, or your destination, & then walk the rest of the way.
Take the stairs, not the lift.
Hoover or clean daily, you would be amazed how many calories general house work burns.
Drink your daily amount of water, this increases trips to the loo, more walking!
Turn off the T.V and engage in conversation, yes, this too burns calories!
On the note of T.V don’t use the remote so much, get up & change the channel.
Do the gardening, walk to the shops, take the bus so its not door to door, go for a family bike ride/walk, visit parks & look around, play with the kids, dance, go for a swim, anything which gets you moving & not sat still, increases your heart rate a little & gets you breathing more this is physical activity, do more with your time, don’t get to the end of the day & say, didn’t do much today, it was pretty boring, make the most of your days & enjoy them!
For more information on activity & exercise contact
Chris Nash
Personal Trainer at info@pt-fitness.co.uk
Thursday, 10 December 2009
Fad diets “v” Healthy eating.
I can pretty much guarantee that anybody who has wanted to lose weight has tried a Faddy diet at some point, they’ve lost the weight, been really happy, then once the diet has ended put the weight back on, and perhaps a little more!! There’s allot of diets on the market, and if your not sure about how the body works or which one is correct for you they could be doing you more harm than good in the long run. The problem is that most of these diets starve the body of something or another for a shorter or greater period of time, they have too in order to get you to lose the weight fast so you think it’s a miracle cure, then when the weight goes back on you go back to what you’ve seen work, thus continuing their revenue cycle.
The word itself “diet” in modern society prepares you mentally to starve yourself in some form or another, then we enter the feast and fast routine, the thing is we all have a diet! From the obese to the athlete, the only difference is, how healthy?
From the first meal of the day, that should be breakfast, to the last snack at night all you need to do is eat at the right times, eat healthily and in the right proportion, if the balance is correct then the body will find stasis and the excess weight that is surplus to requirements will shed, slower maybe for some, but combine that with a little extra activity and your on a winning streak, and once it’s the norm, it’s for life!
For more information on diets and how we can help you, contact me at info@pt-fitness.co.uk, and see if we can make a difference in your life.
Chris Nash, PT Fitness
The word itself “diet” in modern society prepares you mentally to starve yourself in some form or another, then we enter the feast and fast routine, the thing is we all have a diet! From the obese to the athlete, the only difference is, how healthy?
From the first meal of the day, that should be breakfast, to the last snack at night all you need to do is eat at the right times, eat healthily and in the right proportion, if the balance is correct then the body will find stasis and the excess weight that is surplus to requirements will shed, slower maybe for some, but combine that with a little extra activity and your on a winning streak, and once it’s the norm, it’s for life!
For more information on diets and how we can help you, contact me at info@pt-fitness.co.uk, and see if we can make a difference in your life.
Chris Nash, PT Fitness
Wednesday, 9 December 2009
Welcome to the PT Fitness blog
We at PT Fitness would like to welcome you to our Blog page, this is intended for the use of our clients and friends to see what's happening, news and events, also some tips on training and diet and all other things fitness based.
Also we hope that you, our clients, will feel comfortable enough to join in, add posts about your experiences, training or events that you know are coming up that we have not listed?
I hope this becomes fun for you, this is a new thing for us, but we will try our best to make it as interesting as possible!!
See you in the gym!
PT Fitness
Also we hope that you, our clients, will feel comfortable enough to join in, add posts about your experiences, training or events that you know are coming up that we have not listed?
I hope this becomes fun for you, this is a new thing for us, but we will try our best to make it as interesting as possible!!
See you in the gym!
PT Fitness
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