Weekly five: 16 December 2016

Your exercise tip – Definitions of exercise levels Continuing on from last week, defining recommended exercise levels and intensity, the next level you may see is called ‘substantial health benefit’. This means you are exercising to have a marked change in your health...

Weekly five: 09 December 2016

Your exercise tip – Definitions of exercise levels With so many recommendations out there on how we should exercise, clarification on the intensities is needed.  Over the next three weeks I will clarify the three levels, which are general health recommendations,...

Weekly five: 02 December 2016

Your exercise tip – Training and high/changing blood pressure. As we discussed last week, blood pressure can fluctuate greatly during exercise sessions.  Some people will not feel any effect, while others will struggle with lightheadedness, hot flushes and nausea. ...

Weekly five: 25 November 2016

Your exercise tip – What your blood pressure does during exercise. Our blood pressure when exercising can fluctuate quite markedly.  Some of us have no issue and don’t notice anything, whereas others can really struggle.  Ultimately this can be detrimental to our plan...

Weekly five: 18 November 2016

Your exercise tip – What is your strength to weight ratio? One of the simple tools we can use to monitor our own health, particularly our strength, is using the weight to strength ratio on the exercises you are completing at your personal training sessions.  This is...

Ray’s trainer of the month: September 2016

Rebecca Lane Each month our trainers select someone who is going above and beyond what is asked of them.  For September, Ray has selected Rebecca. Each week Bec turns up and gives her best efforts, no matter how tough the sessions are.  In the circuits, she will...