Posts by Daniel Masters

Daniel Masters

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Having over 20 years experience in the health & fitness industry as a personal trainer, and being a qualified Level Two C.H.E.K Practitioner, Daniel has a wealth of knowledge that he shares on the MPT blog. Read more about him here or visit his LinkedIn profile.

Power Napping and Improving Fitness Levels

Daniel Masters

You might be familiar with power napping or you might not. Clearly we all know how good it feels to have a good night’s sleep. Today, I had quite a busy day and had a little bit of a gap. I was super tired, so I had a power nap. This helped me to…

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Is Cardio Effective for Fat Loss?

Daniel Masters

If you’ve taken part in any type of fitness, whether that’s going to your local gym in the Ribble Valley or heading with your friends to do some fitness classes, you’ve no doubt done some cardio. Lots of people believe (and have done for years) that cardio is one of the best forms of exercises…

Why Happiness is Important For Motivation

Daniel Masters

A lot of the recent videos and blogs that myself and the rest of the team at Masters Personal Training have done are centred around the aspect of motivation and fitness. And there’s the reason why: your level of motivation can hugely affect the speed at which you lose weight or build muscle, and get…

Why Eating a Healthy Breakfast is Important

Daniel Masters

Knowing what you should eat for a healthy breakfast interesting topic. I’ve covered how to eat a breakfast that will help you lose weight before, but this post goes into more depth around other aspects of understanding your nutrition and why a healthy breakfast is important. In the video I speak about why a solid…

Why De-cluttering Will Give You More Energy

Daniel Masters

Do you have a lot of clutter around your home, work or in your car? In this video (and post) I’ll be covering why it’s important to understand whether you have a cluttered life and why it’s important to de-clutter the space around you to give yourself more energy. Life is all about energy.…

Benefits of Getting Enough Sleep

Daniel Masters

Sleep is super important for everyone. As humans, we need it to recharge and repair our bodies. It’s a vital time when the body doesn’t “sleep” but prepares the body for the next day’s activities by repairing muscles and transporting nutrients to ensure they’re in the right place for daytime. Sleep is also important for…

Want to make progress? Accountability is important

Daniel Masters

If you want to make progress sculpting your body shape by going to the gym then accountability is important. That means having a gym partner or local personal training team helping you move forward and recognising when you’re not doing as well as you could and you need to change, or seeing how much improvement…

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Why We Use My PT Hub

Daniel Masters

MyPTHub has a number of benefits and that’s why we use it at Masters Fitness. Just above you’ll see the video where I provide a deeper overview about some of the benefits you can receive as a personal training client who’s using MyPTHub to its fullest (see some of the testimonials from current clients). Things…

Training With Intent

Daniel Masters

What do you think it means to train with intent? When you go to the gym do you approach it with an attitude of giving it your all or do you approach it with the attitude of a job you can’t really be bothered doing? It makes you think doesn’t it? Having said that, I…

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You may not count calories, but calories do count

Daniel Masters

Counting calories is back in fashion, fitness wise. It’s come and gone over the years, so I figured it was a good idea to let you know the good, the bad and the ugly. But, let’s first look at the benefits. Counting calories can help you to lose weight. It’s that simple. But, the first…

Posts by Daniel Masters

Power Napping and Improving Fitness Levels

Is Cardio Effective for Fat Loss?

Why Happiness is Important For Motivation

Why Eating a Healthy Breakfast is Important

Why De-cluttering Will Give You More Energy

Benefits of Getting Enough Sleep

Want to make progress? Accountability is important

Why We Use My PT Hub

Training With Intent

You may not count calories, but calories do count

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