by Mark Beresford | Dec 6, 2023 | Classes, Fitness For Life, Personal Fitness Trainer, Strength and Conditioning
The Cycle of Behaviour Change When a change occurs in our lives, either purposeful or otherwise, there is a process attached to it with stages we move through and we refer to this as ‘The Cycle of Change’ or ‘The Transtheoretical Cycle of Change’. Lets...
by Mark Beresford | Dec 6, 2023 | Classes, Fitness For Life, Personal Fitness Trainer, Strength and Conditioning
Well, here we are getting nearer to January again…it always seems to me that January is about 6 months long and then the rest of the year goes by in about a week, doesn’t it?! One thing we consistently see in the gym in January, is an influx of new...
by Body Happy | Oct 20, 2023 | Classes, Fitness For Life, Personal Fitness Trainer, Strength and Conditioning
Osteoporosis is often referred to as the “silent disease” because it typically progresses without any noticeable symptoms until a bone fracture occurs. But the good news is that there are many enjoyable and straightforward ways to slow down its...
by Jenny Day | Oct 17, 2023 | Fitness For Life, Personal Fitness Trainer, Strength and Conditioning
Top 5 Tips to Balance Hormones for Peri-Menopausal Women: Exercise, Sleep, and Nutrition As we approach that transformative stage in life known as perimenopause, our bodies go through a multitude of changes, and our hormones can often feel like they’re on a...
by Body Happy | Apr 5, 2023 | Strength and Conditioning
The forgotten medicine. Over the years we have all come to rely on the great NHS and the service it provides. One of the forgotten medicines we can take is exercise, in particular strength training. More studies are showing the many positive effects that...
by Body Happy | Nov 18, 2017 | Strength and Conditioning
What is muscle hypertrophy? Hypertrophy is an increase in the size of tissue or organ due to growth of individuals cells, without an increase in the number of cells (Kent, 2006). The following are different forms of hypertrophy: First of all you will have...