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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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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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In the latest instalment of The PT Podcast, we talk to a Strongman enthusiast and a Powerlifting enthusiast to discuss the similarities and differences between the two disciplines. Jake Griffiths an avid strongman fan and competitor, and Jake Spottiswood a powerlifting superfan and competitor, talk candidly about their respective sports, technique and their influence on…
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Everyone can have off days. Everyone can have off weeks, fortnights, months. When you’re training/exercising all time, and have been for a long time, it’s easy to take for granted the sense of well-being that comes with it, that good feeling, that energy. And when you’re having some time out from training for whatever reason,…
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The PT Podcast   Welcome to the PT Podcast, where we discuss the topic of personal training, health and fitness, weight loss and strength and conditioning. In this week’s episode, meet Phil, who has recently lost an incredible 2 and a half stone in weight during an initial 12 week program. Phil recalls the start…
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More and more people are turning to the help of a personal trainer in an effort to increase their exercise levels. The reasons for doing so are varied, so here are my top five reasons to consider booking in with a PT to help get you moving.   A change of attitude towards exercise One-to-one…
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