With the rise in popularity over the last few decades of HIIT, CrossFit and other high intensity forms of training, many people have come to believe that the harder they work, the more results they’ll get, or that if they don’t leave the gym feeling destroyed, they’ve somehow not trained hard enough. I’d like to […]
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Introduction: To start this discussion, I’d like to begin with a little history about fitness training: The 1960s saw the gradual introduction of exercise machines into the rare strength training gyms of the time. Weight training became increasingly popular in the 1970s, and for years, the majority of gyms and health clubs were filled with
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Introduction At the point of writing this, I’ve been working as a fitness coach in the industry for 16 years. Ideas and practises have evolved in that time. We’ve gone from lots of sitting on machines back to using freeweights and bodyweight exercises. We’ve seen many fads come and go, but some approaches arrive on
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Benefits: The final point in our Move realm; the idea of this type of movement is to increase energy flow in the body, rather than deplete energy. You should finish the session feeling more energised, rather than tired. Paul Chek, world renowned Health & Fitness Coach, calls this type of exercise “Working In” rather than
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Benefits: The next point in the Movement realm is what many know as Cardio or Aerobic work (but can be more than just that, as you’ll see soon). Benefits of Conditioning work: Improve cardiovascular function Improve insulin sensitivity (can prevent type 2 diabetes) Decrease visceral (deep tissue) fat Improve metabolic function (teach your body to
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Benefits: Some of my favourite Coaches who I follow talk about “Balance being King and Strength being Queen”. If you look at how babies and children develop their physical abilities, it’s balance first, then strength later. Strength Training has become much more popular over the last decade or so with most gyms seeing an increase
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