The Psychology of Home Training Part 1

Feel Positive about Training

Personal Trainer Advice : Exercise at homeAs a recent licensed partner of the excellent Workout At Home system there are a number of useful resources that we can provide to our clients. One of these is the Fitness Programme E-Book.

There is a section of this e-Book which I’d like to reproduce here covering the topic of the psychology of training at home, which provides you with some useful tips’ to help you overcome inertia, to do the program, and to feel positive about training in general…

 1. Change the way you think about the experience and effects of exercising

2. Activity is infectious: get active and you will start training

3. Find the right social setting for optimum motivation

4. Listen to your body and understand what it is telling you

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The 4 Essentials of Cancer Prevention Part 1

Lifestyle link to Cancer

Personal Trainer Advice: Cancer Prevention

I always want to share information that has grabbed my attention from an excellent source. And for those of you that have read this advice blog before you will know I’m a great fan of Ian Marber ‘The Food Doctor’ so I’m always interested to read his news and articles.

I was recently reading one of his articles linking poor lifestyles to the rise in Cancer, and although I knew that cancer was one of the major health issues of the 21st century, especially in western civilization, I was shocked to read some of the statistics of where we are at today and where we are heading if things don’t change!

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Detox for Christmas

Detox for Christmas

Personal Training : Detox DietI looked at my calendar today and noted that there are now only 21 days until Chistmas! Crikey that’s only 3 weeks.

 I don’t know how or why this time of year seems to speed up; perhaps because I am never quite on top of getting Christmas gifts in time, but either way that’s not a lot of time before the onslaught. By that I mean the indulge-fest that involves eating as much turkey, mince pies, alcohol, cheese, puddings, cakes as is humanly possible over a week long period. Phew!

 I know January is often a time that people consider undertaking a detox, after having eaten their body weight in chocolates, but maybe a pre-season detox is also a good idea?

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