Fitness

7 Simple Steps To Get The Body You’ve Always Wanted

When you sit there and imagine how comfortable and confident you feel being around people on the beach, you know you’ve got the body you’ve always wanted in life. But, how do you get there? What is it that you need to do to feel that great? These seven steps are simple: they’re not overly…

Why Choose a CHEK Practitioner?

In the fitness world, there are many different types of personal trainers and fitness coaches. But, surely you want to choose an individual with as much knowledge as possible. The health, vitality and wellness industry has been growing over the last several years.  An increasing number of people are hiring a trainer who understands not…

Say No to Moobs! 5 Tips to Banish Man Boobs

Picture used under Creative Commons Do you ever fear taking off your shirt in front of people? Even those who love you for who you are and don’t really care about what your body looks like? You remove your shirt at night and what you see makes you feel uncomfortable: it doesn’t really resemble a…
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Sleep is more important than you probably realise

Sleep is critical to weight loss and building a healthy body. A good night’s sleep or bad night’s sleep can affect you in ways you wouldn’t even begin to realise.   Weight loss as an example You’re trying to lose weight, but you’re struggling to keep on track with your diet. I was actually talking…

If you’re not assessing then you’re guessing!

It’s a phrase made known by a mentor of mine, Paul Chek, but what does it mean to you and why is assessment important? First, though, a question: Why are you going to the gym? When I ask you that, I don’t mean why do people go to the gym, I mean why are you…

You shouldn’t need supplements!

These days you can hardly walk in to a gym without being presented with a shed load of pills and powders, all promising to make you fitter than you currently are. The fact is though that you shouldn’t need them. You should be able to get everything you need from your food, just like the…

The UP Marbella Boot camp Review

If I was to describe it in one word, I would have to use the word brutal, as well as amazing, informative and inspiring. I arrived a few days before the actual course because I wanted to use the gym and become familiar with things. I also wanted to have a play on all of…

Master Your Mind, Master Your Body

  Ask yourself the right questions and you will get all the right answers as to why you are failing to reach your fitness goals. Why do I do this to myself? Around this time of year, we all start the ‘…get fitter, change our lives and become healthier…’ routine. So, if you’re reading this…

Ten Tips To Motivating Yourself At The Gym

Remove those barriers and become excited to workout   1) Make a playlist It’s scientifically proven that listening to music whilst training can increase your drive and motivation. So, create a playlist that will keep you in the gym for longer and keep you going. Think about what music motivates you and what you like…

New Gym, Gaining Knowledge and Developing Others

From setting up a new gym, completing a serious amount of studying and taking on 2 full time members of staff. If you’d have asked me a few years ago where I expected to be now, I would have never said owning/running a full-time gym, having several staff on the books, completed my CHEK Practitioner…