Author: Karl Morris

Karl Morris Personal Training

Where do you get your energy from?

If I had a pound for every time I hear this, I’d be able to retire.  Ask yourself this. How are you feeling now, on a scale of 1 to 10? Now ask yourself, how this energy level is related to what you’re doing, where you are, how your sitting etc.  If 1 is just…
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Different PT’s, Different Standards

The distinction of a Personal Trainer Shopping around for a personal trainer can be a confusing business. In today’s blog, I’m going to run through a few distinctions between types of personal trainers.  Disclaimer: I’m an independent PT. I’ve also worked in national chains as a PT also. So I’ve got a good understanding of…
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Finding harmony in weight loss

Crash diets don’t work Here’s why crash diets don’t work. The body has a harmonious relationship with its environment. To put that into the context of weight loss, creating a lower than usual food intake that is: moderate (not severely low), consistent (the same every day), and nutritious, the body will help you to lose…
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A client’s view of Personal Training

In the quick interview, James a recent client at the studio talks about what brought him to hire a personal trainer, and ultimately what he took from it. Strength building. JamesGot chance to sit down with James to chat about hiring a personal trainer. James just needed that extra push to keep going, and keep…
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The gears of training: Why consistency is the key to success

What gear are you in in your training? If first gear is your first ever session. Second gear is if it’s been a week since you trained last. Third is you’ve just started training 3+ times per week consistently. Fourth is you’ve been training at this level for three weeks or more.  Physical training isn’t…
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Will I ever get a flat stomach?

Part of your job as a personal trainer is expectation management, or realignment. When clients come to you and say, my goal is x. They say, do you think x is possible. And with enough experience you will be able to give them an honest answer.  But what about an unrealistic goal, or for that…
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Help! I’m pregnant. Can I still exercise?

Help! I’m pregnant. Can I still exercise? What exercise should I do? So you’ve just found out you’re pregnant. And up until this point you’ve been a committed gym goer. But what now?  A whole host of questions are spiraling inside your head. Is it safe now to exercise? Is weight training still ok? Is…
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Share the dream: Why are personal training weight loss programs so successful, and why can’t I do it on my own?

“I’ve tried everything”.   As a coach, if you’d paid me £10 for every time I’d heard that, I wouldn’t need to coach any more.   Let me start by saying this. Every diet works. Every diet is designed with one thing in mind: weight loss. And to that goal, every diet gets there in…
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Why train together?

Personal Training can be just as effective when doing it with a friend or partner. In fact, there are many advantages to training together. It is well established that having an exercise appointment with a personal trainer will make sure you get to the gym. So if you’re lacking motivation to simply turn up, booking…
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Why do I feel faint after deadlifting?

The deadlift is to functional training what perhaps running is to endurance sports. That is to say, nothing embodies more the theory of functional training than the singular movement of picking up a stationary heavy object from the floor to waist height. By functional training I mean, to move in a way which is as…
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