The one thing that could be sabotaging your weight loss
If you’re eating and exercising right, but still not losing weight, could poor sleep be…
If you’re eating and exercising right, but still not losing weight, could poor sleep be…
Welcome to the first of our "How-to" series where we will be working through a…
It may be currently FREEZING and SNOWING but soon, spring will be upon us! These are the most challenging training months in terms of motivation and commitment. Are you struggling to shift those extra Christmas pounds? Do you get to the end of most weeks and realise you haven’t exercised or what you did do was a little half hearted?
The evenings may still be dark and your hibernating instinct may be at its peak but if you start better training and eating now then you will feel great in your lighter spring clothes when April comes around. We can only hide in our big baggy winter jumpers for so long!
Tabata Training was invented by Japanese professor Dr. Izumi Tabata in the late 1990s. He used it to train olympic speed skaters! Since then, it has been used by athletes and gym bunnies alike to make fitness gains in a short amount of time. The great thing about Tabata training (apart from the obvious appeal of how brief the workout can be) is that it is accessible to everyone! As long as you are working as hard as you can then that is all that matters 🙂
We all know that the key to success in fitness and body change is consistency: a very tricky notion for naturally inconsistent beings! On good days, wellbeing (treating ourselves well) is an easy task, but there are always days where we don’t feel so good and doing well for ourselves seems totally against our natural inclination. (more…)
Poor posture is a modern day problem! What causes the rounding of the upper back? Sitting at desks, peering over computer screens, mobile phone use, long hours driving or commuting are often the main culprits. But what is happening in the body when this ‘poor posture’ develops?
The rounding of the upper back (often referred to as kyphosis) results in long and weak upper back muscles which don’t activate when we need them too and over time this means tight chest and shoulders which can limit shoulder mobility. Posture issues can develop to different degrees but if your back starts to round then the problem will only get worse unless you devote sometime to increasing strength, body awareness and over time, better posture!
After all the Christmas indulgence, most of us are longing for some nutrition and wellness. It is amazing how quickly you feel energised when you start exercising and eating greens regularly again! January can be dark and cold and the ‘Christmas slump with all the sugary pick-me-ups’ will continue on if you don’t fight the feeling!
So what new things have WE got to offer you this year? I’m happy to report there are rather a few! (more…)
Fitness is the perfect Christmas gift for your partner this year so Freespirit Fitness are offering two special wellbeing packages EXCLUSIVELY for this Christmas:
Merry Fit-mas ‘Starter Pack’ £99 25% off
3 x PT sessions (60 minutes each)
Merry Fit-mas ‘Ultimate Pack’ £149 33% off
3 x PT sessions (60 minutes each)
1 x Nutritional Consultation (45 minutes)
1 x Thai Sports Massage (more…)
We can feel it trickling in… the decorations have arrived in the shops, the toy adverts are on every 5 seconds and we may well be starting to panic about the lack of weekends between now and the big day. Now as I see it, we have three options: