starting out Owen Jones – Queens Park Fitness Why don’t people start exercising even when they know it’s good for them? Over the years, as I’ve been involved in the fitness industry, I found that there are just three major concerns, or fears, that people have before embarking on a fitness regime or taking up…
With fitness equipment being so expensive, it’s not surprising that many people don’t invest in fancy kit. For instance, I recently bought a new kettlebell (16Kg) and it set me back around £80. For me, that’s money well spent but for most, it’s just too much. So maybe we should look at alternative pieces of
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Over the years, I have been able to whittle it down, from all the reasons and excuses people have given me, to just 3 that come up time and time again, and I’m here to put you mind at rest. These are just fears, and although real, and they are absolutely not something to get
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During exercise we put extra stresses and strains on our muscles. When we do this we create tiny tears in the muscle fibres, and we often feel this a soreness a day or two later (a phenomenon known as “DOMS”, or Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness). During rest, between bouts of exercise, our bodies will go
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Given that we are told to Protect the NHS (agreed as a good thing), fight obesity (agreed as a good thing), and exercise regularly (agreed as a good thing) then why is it that we now have electric scooters laid on for us to get about on? These do away with one of the easiest
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No need to rush A few nights ago I was at an outdoor fitness session run by my ex-swimming coach (super trainer – I didn’t get on with swimming but that’s for another day). In the past I’ve had Personal Trainers and found them to be brilliant when I had specific goals in mind. Now
I was talking to a chap in my HIIT class last night, about the fact that he never seems to miss a single session in the week. “Well, it’s as if I’m missing out on something” he remarked. He says he feels like he’s at a loose end when not out in the park when
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Needless to say these don’t go together all that well. If you have ever tried running or lifting with a banging head the day after a few beers, you’ll know it’s just not a pleasant feeling! But more than that, excess alcohol actually inhibits muscle recovery, so much so that loads of your hard work
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So, when is bedtime? Midnight? 11pm? It depends? When I first started waking early I found this a really hard one to answer. I didn’t want to stay up later then I should, but then I didn’t want to appear antisocial by heading up too early. Over the weeks and months I have settled on