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Fool-Proof Steps That Will Guarantee Results

Are you following the fundamental rules of ‘periodisation’? Each day this week we will give you the fool-proof, progressive steps needed to get the most out of your training and that will guarantee results. Step 1 – ‘Posture & Stability’ Is your body in optimal alignment? Good posture and a strong core will allow your... [Read more of this review]

I’m Not Picking Up Weights, I Don’t Want to Bulk-Up

Whilst chatting with a client this week about how we are going to progress her personal training schedule, she mentioned that she has been doing some additional ‘fat-burning’ exercises that she had read about in a magazine.  Upon questioning her further, I soon realised that a few truths about effective exercise needed to be straightened... [Read more of this review]

A Few Simple Words of Appreciation

5.30pm Saturday 3 July 2010 As I was finishing for the day, there was a knock on my massage room door.  “Just a little something for you.”  I was handed an envelope on which there was a handwritten sentence: “My back was bad, but now it’s glad.  Thank you for your work.” I couldn’t help but smile as such a simple... [Read more of this review]

Personal Training Diary…A Wet Sunday Cycle Ride

Today’s cycle ride looked oh so promising when my personal training client and I left home at 10.00am.  A few miles down the road whilst making our way out to the planned hilly climb (she is training for an endurance event at the end of the summer and I wanted to throw in some heart rate intervals), spots of rain started to fall.  “Let’s... [Read more of this review]

Personal Energy Crisis? This Book is a Must!

We are starting to get excited about the forthcoming book launch, “The Way We Are Working Isn’t Working.”  Released here in July, this book is a must read for anyone who wants to manage their energy better (not time) and in the words of the author Tony Schwartz, President and CEO of The Energy Project, “Build a life you deserve... [Read more of this review]

Exercise & Weight Loss

I’m guessing that the main reasons why we exercise are to achieve weight loss and to improve our well-being?  If not, let me know what motivates you! Time and time again our personal trainers in Surrey are approached by clients who have tried to lose weight and failed, even though they habitually visited the gym several times a week.  It’s... [Read more of this review]

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