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Karl Morris Personal Training

Conventional vs Sumo – Should you switch?

When it comes to the deadlift – there are two (main) ways athletes go about executing the movement. These are the sumo deadlift and the conventional deadlift. The difference between the two – in its rawest and most simple of forms – is that in the sumo deadlift, the athlete places their hands between their…
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Diets and decision trees

Him: Can I make you a bacon sandwich? Her: No thanks. I’ve already had breakfast. Him: Yea but it’s a bacon sandwich! I’m making.  Her: I’ve got to be good now. I didn’t have the best week last week.  Him: One bacon sandwich won’t hurt, surely? Her: I want to be stricter this week.   …
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New clients welcome

WE’RE OPENING THE DIARY UP TO NEW CLIENTS FROM NEXT WEEK After reopening after lockdown, we’ve been focused – laser focused – on our existing/returning clients, getting them back into training, and giving them the free reign of the diary to suit them. And giving them as much time as they needed to settle back…
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Why do women have more fat than men?

Have you ever noticed, especially if you’re a couple, how men can lose more weight on a diet than women can? And more often than not, the amount of weight men lose can be double that of women. Infuriating right? Let’s take a look at the reasons why. Women are just typically fatter than men.…
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Libby’s Story

Over a year ago, Libby was due to go on holiday with her family when she found that most of her clothes that she was packing didn’t fit her any more. How many people can relate to this? At this point she was faced with two choices. Either buy more clothes at a larger size,…
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Ellie’s Story

Ellie has made some life changing progress in the last few months. What’s her secret? Watch her interview to find out… Ellie's storyLooking back over Ellie's fitness journey, we look at some of the things that have led to her success. Sometimes it's the small things that keep you motivated. www.theptroom.co.ukPosted by The PT Room…
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Be in the truth business

As a personal trainer there’s a certain amount of pressure to give the client what they think they want. People expect that training at extreme intensities gets them results. They think that the aim of each training session is to leave jelly-legged, and soaked in sweat, and breathing like an asthmatic. And for some trainers,…
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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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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 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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