Personal/Fitness Training Blog

abdominal exercises
What Not To Do When Performing Abdominal Exercises
Abdominal exercises are integral for building your body’s core strength. These are an essential part of your workout routine if you want to stay in shape and feel good. Though, as important as routines that target your abdominal muscles are, very few people actually do them correctly. So, to help…
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Comparison of food pyramid and food plate for healthy eating guidance
Food pyramid vs food plate: Which one should you follow?
The ‘traditional’ food pyramid, which was developed by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) some 20-odd years ago, presented the food groups as a hierarchy. It recommended that foods such as bread, pasta and rice make up the bulk of your diet. Unfortunately, these guidelines didn’t give any definite pointers…
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superfoods
5 Superfoods You’ll Want To Add To Your Shopping List
We all want to thrive, to glow with good health. And we all know that the best way to achieve it is by avoiding stress, exercising regularly and – most importantly – eating well. Are there perhaps superfoods we can eat? So we do all the right things, like avoiding…
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life coaching career
What are the Advantages of a Life Coaching Career
A life coaching career – or even just having a life coaching certificate – can be extremely rewarding for you as it can help in your personal development as well as advancing your career. Take a look. Taking on a Life Coaching career What Advances will a Life Coaching Career…
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fitness industry
5 Ways To Become Known In The Fitness Industry
The fitness industry is growing, fast. So there’s really never been a better time to be a personal trainer or group fitness instructor. But this is precisely why the fitness industry is becoming so competitive – there are so many fitness professionals out there, it’s really difficult to become a…
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Obliques roll-back
Obliques Roll-Back | Pilates Mat Exercise | Abdominal Exercises
What a way to work the waist! The obliques roll-back primarily targets the obliques however it also adds great mobility to the back, isolating one side of the body at a time and relying heavily on pelvic stabilisation. Your spine and scapulae are a focal point. You need to remain extremely…
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hormone
Why Weight Training Affects Your Hormone Production
Many bodily functions have to come together and work in perfect harmony for our bodies to reach a state where it either builds muscle, burns fat, or do both simultaneously. It is a science and, for it to work, we have to look at one of the most important contributors…
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The Psychological Traits Behind Managing and Coaching People
What separates the greatest people – who undertake managing and coaching  – from the rest? How do they consistently get the best out of their staff or clients, with seemingly little effort? It’s not just their good looks, their charm or their smarts. It’s in the way their minds work; the…
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good night's rest
Tips To Eating Your Way To a Good Night’s Rest
It’s been said that an apple a day keeps the doctor away. Well, we think this phrase should be adapted slightly. A good night’s rest is an often overlooked, underrated activity that directly affects your mental and physical health. Our energy levels, focus, productivity, creativity, to name a few, are…
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motivate athletes
Five Brilliant Ways To Motivate Athletes
Expert trainers and coaches are excellent motivators. They consistently get their athletes to perform better, and always with passion. What’s their strategy? They don’t use fear or incentives to motivate athletes. Yes these methods do work but only for a short time. The athlete who’s afraid spends his time running away…
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5 Traits Of The World’s Top Personal Trainers
What is it that makes personal trainers stand out? What makes one personal trainer better at his job? There are, in fact, five qualities that the world’s top personal trainers have in common. Take a look. Best Personal Trainer qualities 1. They’re properly qualified (and never stop learning) Great personal trainers are…
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