Great exercise for building strong abdominals and improving your core’s ability to reflexively stabilise. Once you’ve mastered basic plank exercises and plank walkout I’d recommend progressing on to this badboy! – Begin kneeling behind the ball – Roll out over the ball, walking your hands forward one step at a time – Go as far […]
If you’ve been exercising for a while you’re probably savy to most of these. But it’s often hard to remember everything we know. So, in today’s post I’d like to share 7 of the most common gym mistakes. If you’re looking to maximise your gym time be wary of these! Mistake 1: Not having a […]
Try the this combination at the end of a workout to burn a few extra calories. Or if you’re struggling to get to the gym you could do this at home, in the park if you’re out for a run, or even in a hotel room if you’re away 🙂 The exercises: 1. Burpee  […]
I find something I admire in most people. Often they have no idea what I admire about them. And probably take it for granted – as something they just do. For example, there’s a guy who lives across the road from the gym. He’s always working on his house. Painting window frames. Neatening up the […]
The TRX plank row adds instability into the mix for an added challenge for your core and shoulders. Â Weight Selection Choose a weight you can complete 10 to 15 repetitions. You don’t need to go especially heavy on this; it’s less about the rowing and more about keeping the torso still. Instructions – Grab […]
A couple of weeks back I dropped in for a chat with my local acupuncture expert Caitlin Allen. I wanted to find out the secrets behind acupuncture, and what made it the treatment of choice for so many conditions – including my particular interest; treating aches and pains. As soon as I stepped into Caitlin’s […]
If you’re limited for time the Single Arm Kettlebell Squat to Press is perfect for targeting a load of muscles all at once. Your legs, shoulders and arms all get some work. And because you only hold the weight on one side, your core works overtime to balance it out. Weight selection – choose a […]
A couple of weeks back I’d been at the ‘pick your own’ raspberry field just off the the ring road when I saw a lady broken down at the side of the road. I went over and enquired if everything was OK. And what I learned from the encounter taught me a valuable lesson about […]
This little circuit’s another good way to end a workout (you can find out more about workout ‘finishers’ here). For this I completed 10 repetitions of each exercise with minimal rest. then 8 reps of each, then 6, then 4, and finally 2 reps of each. Dropping 2 repetitions each time somehow makes it motivating […]
When I first moved to Leeds in 2003 my lifestyle was VERY different. My days started around 11am and routinely ended around 3 or 4 in the morning (I was into music, which meant either nights out or late nights playing around in the studio). As you can imagine I felt tired pretty much all […]
