Workout regimes

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…
small dog in a local gym with branded dumbbells

Seven Gym Workout Tips for Beginners

If you’re a true beginner in the gym – or you haven’t trained for a while and you’re just getting back into things – then you’re probably both excited and nervous. You can make some fairly rapid changes to your body in the beginning and this should have a positive effect on how you feel…
woman stretching her muscles on an exercise matt

How to Relieve Sore Muscle Pain After Working Out

You went for a workout at your local Ribble Valley gym the other day, but now your muscles are sore and you’re tired. This is normal. It’s called delayed onset muscle soreness (DOMS, for short) and it occurs around 48 hours after you’ve worked your muscles hard. Sometimes, you’ll feel it quite strongly (and experience…

Best Exercises To Lose Weight

When it comes to health and fitness, your primary goal is probably fat reduction. If you’re like a lot of individuals out there then you’re in the pursuit of an improved physique and in order to achieve it you’re going to need to reduce the level of overall fat in your body. There’s a massive…

Does Your Body Have a Reason to Change?

Everyone who joins a gym or begins a new training regime has an idea of what they want to get from their efforts. More often than not, people come up short in achieving their goals and the foundational reason is usually very simple……they aren’t training hard enough. Commitment and Determination is Important Most people feel…

Life Fitness Cable Machine Exercises

A few days ago I did a series of different videos using the Life Fitness cable machine. If you’re interested in working all of the different parts of your body on this piece of gym equipment, but you’re just not sure of where to start then these handy videos will show you how. There are…

Exercise Tips

Weight Loss & Toning Now You workout at the gym, but are you really sure you’re getting the maximum out of your training? Below we share a few exercise tips and truths with you, to shed those myths and get you on track to get the most out of your exercise regime. For weight/ fat…

The Celebrity Myth

Everybody is different so you must work out an eating and exercise plan that is right for your body. In today’s society we are constantly bombarded with images of the skinny celebrity promoting the latest fad diet or exercise programme – all designed to make your brain go crazy when you see them in their…

How To Do Abdominal Crunches on A Swiss Ball

How do you do ball crunches? In the video below I take you why and how abdominal exercises on the Swiss ball will help your abs, but a common misconception is that doing this type of exercise helps you to get a flat stomach; it doesn’t. I also advise you how to select the best…

Get The Low Down: How To Squat Correctly

  The Squat – It’s the best exercise in the world and you’re probably doing it wrong! Let me ask you, when you go to the gym do you squat? Has anyone ever shown you the correct way to do this fantastic exercise? The squat is simply the best exercise you can do, it strengthens…