Tag Archives: Personal Trainer Manchester

An important message to beating injury…

The other day I got asked this question by one of my more recent personal training clients.
“Can we go over some back strengthening exercises?”
The member in question has never had any serious lower back problems but her lifestyle and activity choices prior to us starting always seemed to cause her some grief in the lower [...]

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4 Step Success Plan for Goals in 2010

Just this week I’ve been around Manchester quite a bit working on a few various things and in particular in Didsbury and also doing a spot of training just outside the Virgin Active gym in Parrs Wood, East Didsbury. Along the way I’ve been approached or made approaches to people and discovered an inconvenient truth…
Some [...]

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Your Personal Trainer isn’t so S.M.A.R.T!

Last week I tore apart the significance of setting resolutions and why as a method they suck for achieving goals that you really, really desire.
If you need a reminder, have another look here
Probably the most popular method of setting goals are using the SMART method and I’ll be honest and say I’ve used them [...]

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If a Personal Trainer from Manchester is not setting any resolutions. Are you?

Wouldn’t you like to achieve more this year? More inches, more pounds, get faster, take on a challenge of any sort and succeed?

Then get rid of your resolutions because they suck and program you to fail!

We’ve all gone through the same process at the end of one year and the start of a next [...]

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Manchester Personal Trainer goes to HMV

Well guys, Christmas is nearly on us and I’ve been doing my own shopping around Manchester City Centre and The Trafford Centre. Don’t know about you but to me that’s one of the toughest physical tests you can do. All I can say is thank heavens for the Internet!
When I was in HMV there was [...]

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Are you being taken for a ride?

A couple of nights ago I was flicking through the TV channels and stopped on one of the shopping channels because the show had health or fitness in the title so I thought I would have a look. If Eastenders had a sports day theme in the storyline I would probably record it!
On show at [...]

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The difference between eating for fat loss and pasta

I am a believer that pasta is not the best food in the world when it comes to healthier living and a successful fat loss diet. In fact it is rubbish and more likely in my experiences to help you put weight on.

Let me explain this in more detail by telling a story that could [...]

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Batgirl or Batwings?

When it comes to losing weight I am a big supporter of calling it fat loss because that is what any person is trying to lose rather than just weight on the scales for the sake of it. When it comes to removing fat from the body it is normal to look at and [...]

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Achieving Your Goals Faster

One question that gets asked a lot about goal achievement and success….
“When Should I Begin?”

Believe it or not, it’s a really common question!
People are of the belief that there is some special ‘buildup’ they have to go through in order to achieve what they want or that they have to ‘prepare’ or ‘get ready’ or [...]

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Aerobics and talking metabolics?

As part of any fat loss program it is important that your protect your metabolic rate?
What’s is this?
The metabolic rate is simply defined as the rate at which your body burns calories. If you have a high MR then you are going to need more calories to preserve yourself at your current rate. A slow [...]

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