A slightly different take on our approach to fitness today after receiving an invited from GiffGaff to their Thrifty Living event held at The Principal Hotel, Manchester to celebrate the launch of their new product, GiffGaff Gameplan and to cover all things fitness in a financial sense. How healthy are our spending habits? How strong is …
Welcome to the second in the series of The Training Diary. How has your week of training been? I’ve actually really enjoyed this week of training, although I did want to get a couple more sessions in. Definitely felt like I had the energy too. Workout 1: Sprints / shoulders What a combination, I know. …
Welcome to week one of The Training Diary. A new series where I will be reviewing my week of training. Ta Daaa. I decided to start this series for two reasons; the first being to help me stay on track by adding a further element of accountability; and secondly, to show you it’s not always …
As a vegetarian and fussy eater, meal times are basically a pain in the ass for me and tracking my macro intake is borderline depressive. Taking on an adequate amount of protein is a genuine struggle of mine and it is definitely hindering my progress towards competing. I know it is possible though and I …
It’s January, one of the busiest times of year for the fitness industry. With so many new years resolutions to get fit or to loose weight, there is a major influx of gym sign ups. Whilst many get annoyed with the fuller, busier gyms; I salute the gym newbs. You have successfully taken your first …
Look good, feel good, do good. Once upon a time, getting ready for the gym required no more effort than throwing on a pair of joggers and a baggy t-shirt and it was not a pre-requisite that said joggers and t-shirt had to match. These days however, it has become a lot more prevalent to …
‘Workout of the week‘ has been a segment I’ve wanted to introduce for a while now so what better time than during Blogmas?! MERRY CHRISTMAS from me to you! As this is the first one and it is December, the month of relaxation and indulgence, we will take it nice and slow to ease ourselves …
Achieving full range of motion, lengthening the muscles & being able to bend without breaking are all charactetised definitions of flexibility. If you can already walk & pick things up off the floor with ease, these definitions are hardly enticing enough to make you want to work on your flexibility levels. I mean, by those …
The time has come to reveal all. After giving so many sneak peaks on social media it is finally time to let you all in on our secret little (MASSIVE) project. Are you ready?… *Drumroll please*… WE ARE OPENING A GYM! Guys, a dream that has been in the pipe lines for the …
Sign up for the gym and never go to the gym – a concept we are all too familiar with and one that I have never really understood. Until recently that is because it actually happened to me. My passion for the gym began to die off a bit recently, I let it get …
