Posts by Daniel Masters

Top Tips To Kick Start Your New Year

Top tips to kickstart your January health regime. Tip No 1 Set multiple alarms for each of your tasks in the morning. When we’re trying to break the routine that we are stuck in we need to have different stimulus to push us onto the new habit we are trying to build, one of the…

How to get a great nights sleep

There are few things that having a great nights sleep won’t help improve.  You’re tired – Go to sleep  You’re ill – Go to sleep  You have a bad day – Go to sleep You’re hungover – Go to sleep It doesn’t fix everything, however after a great nights sleep you’ll be in a far…

How to get more from your personal training session

5 top tips to maximize the benefit of your personal training sessions Daniel spotting Jo on the Hex Bar Deadlift during her personal training session   When you hire a personal trainer several things go though most clients heads. Are they going to judge me ? I don’t want to embarrass myself? Do i really…

Summer Shape-Up: Simple Secrets to a Stunning You!

Tip 1: Start Small Embrace Modesty: Use smaller plates for portion control, start with light weights, and gradually increase your gym time. Small steps lead to big changes. Incremental Progress: Remember, every significant journey begins with a single step. Aim for sustainable, gradual improvements rather than drastic changes. Tip 2: Log Everything Accountability: Keep track…

Gym Fails and how to avoid them

Gym fails are a duality, you see on one side they can be very funny and on the other they can be very dangerous.    The funny thing is they all come from the same thing, lack of help.    Common Gym Fails Solution   Ego lifting (You are lifting more than you should) You…
women doing glute extensions with barbells in a gym

7 Reasons Why You Should Be Lifting Weights

People usually workout and go to the gym (or fitness classes) because they want to feel fitter and more confident about their body shape. If you want immediate results and to burn fat fast then you might be thinking a few workout cardio workout sessions a week is the answer. We’d argue against that thought.…
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19 Common Gym Mistakes to Avoid

If you go to the gym often then you might have seen some other people doing some things that aren’t exactly correct. It happens, even at Masters Fitness gym in Blackburn. Here is a list of nineteen of the more common mistakes we’ve seen people make that could cause them harm or put them at…

How To Make New Year’s Resolutions Stick

It’s 2020! A new year! But, how to make sure that the New Year’s resolutions you make this year you’ll be sticking to them in a few weeks time? We all make resolutions, to get fitter, lose weight and get healthier! It’s the time when we all think about starting a fitness regime and decide…

Exercising When Sick: Is it Good or Bad?

Is exercising when you’re sick actually bad for you? Feeling under the weather, whether that’s having a cold, flu or a bad cough this time of year can mean you’re not motivated to stick to your plan to exercise. If your muscles are sore from being sick then you’re not going to have the energy…