Sir Roy Strong
I cherish the memory of the trainers and young things cheering me on as I heaved a weight in the air and carried it the length of the gym!
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Mike Shaw
I have never been a gym type person but the friendly welcoming atmosphere, the professionalism of the assessments and the structured personalised exercise programs were very reassuring.
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Ian Nicholas
I liken my body to an old machine that has been given a complete overhaul. I’m stronger and more agile and most importantly feel great.
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Jen Merritt
I was nervous about signing up to something like this as I had never really been a gym person so was sure I’d stick out like a sore thumb and be too unfit to keep it up. How wrong I was!
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Dave Yates
With the excellent training and advice from the coaches and encouragement from other members of the gym, I now feel that I am back in control of my condition and have discovered a terrific hobby in cycling.
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Robyn Dent
Exercise is good for the body and great for the mind and it’s a bonus when the place you go to do it is full of like-minded people and great coaches. I’m fitter, stronger, and healthier – I just wish I’d done it years ago!
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Is Your Diet Missing Out on These Top 4 Nutrients?
Many of you might be missing out on these key nutrients in your diet… All too often the first thing many of us do when changing our diet is to cut out all the crap. Get rid of the choccy biscuits, swear off alcohol and vow never to eat bread again. Whilst make these changes…
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Falling Out of Love With Your Diet? Try These Quick Fixes!
Still enjoying that bland salad? All too often we hear that healthy eating can be boring. You have to cut out all the nice things that you couldn’t imagine your life without and replace them with tasteless salads and fat-free everything. Weight loss is about suffering right? If you put yourself through culinary hell, devoid…
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Your Guide to a Healthy Heart!
Keeping your heart healthy is a choice. Most of the risks contributing towards cardiovascular disease are lifestyle related, otherwise known as modifiable risk factors. Physical inactivity, being overweight, smoking, an unhealthy diet and high-stress levels can all contribute to creating one or more of the below risk factors. The more risk factors you have, the…
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Don’t Let Your Diagnosis Define You
I got asked to write this article / blog by a magazine editor who thought that I was the man to write about being diagnosed with such things as arthritis, fibromyalgia and other inflammatory & degenerative conditions. My reply was that I’d rather not write about any condition but, I’d rather write about how you…
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Five Steps to a Pain FREE Back
Times are changing in the world of rehabilitation and especially in the regard to managing back pain. What we once thought was good practice simply isn’t backed up now with the best evidence (that’s the next blog). So, with this being the case, what steps can you take to manage your own back pain? From my…
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Stiffen up. The Latest on Back Training.
Those of you who train or have trained with us know we take a ‘different’ approach to training the core. We don’t do sit-ups, we very rarely hold planks for a long period of time, we like loaded carries and we always emphasise movement quality. Now, it’s not that we do or don’t do these…
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Your Guide to Goal Setting.
“It’s not the will to win, but the will to prepare to win that counts.” Bear Ryan So, the New Year is here and many of us are planning & goal setting for the coming months or even years. I’ve seen so much criticism of making resolutions but if not now, when? And why not…
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Don’t focus on a goal, focus on the process.
Goals have long been thought as the best way to achieve & reach your holy grail! Whether it be weight loss, a sporting event or our career we can all probably remember sitting down & setting those Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant & Time-bound (SMART) short, long & medium term badgers only to get (pick one…
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Low Levels of Physical Activity are Second Highest Risk Factor.
We hear a lot about the risk of this disease and that disease but rarely do we get the message that we should prioritise physical activity. Over the past twenty years real inroads have been made into smoking cessation programmes that have made a real difference. However what’s been implemented with regards to increasing physical…
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