WATER FOR HEALTH One of, if not the, most simple way to improve you health immediately, is to drink more water! The benefits of drinking water are endless. For starters to put the importance into perspective, we can live weeks without food, whereas you can only survive as little as 3 days without water! The [...]
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Shin splints are one of the most common injuries associated with exercise. At Essential Personal Training, shin splints are without doubt the most common injury we deal with. They can be painful and very annoying! Once you have shin splints they can be difficult to shake. Many people experience shin splints and don’t know what [...]
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Probably the number 1 difference between the successful weight loss clients and non achievers is one thing…..honesty! At Essential Personal Training we always encourage 100% honesty. If you cannot be true and honest to yourself, your chances of success have been diminished. The honesty comes from within; if you’re honest you will not make excuses, [...]
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Many people hate running. Why you ask? Simple answer – because it can be hard work! However, the amount of reasons why you should run is endless! Running has the following benefits; • Boosts the immune system. • Helps prevent diabetes. • Helps prevent obesity. • Improves appearance. • Improves digestion. • Improves lung efficiency. [...]
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Superfood? A term we are hearing more and more these days, but what exactly is a super food? In basic terms, superfood is a term used to describe food with high nutritional value that may give health benefits as a result. As there is no legal definition of the term ‘superfood’, it has led to [...]
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A question I get asked regularly at Essential Personal Training (usually by blokes!)…….is what is the best beer to drink if I want to lose weight? Firstly, the best beer to drink is none at all! If you’re really serious about losing weight or being ultra healthy, alcohol will only hold you back. However for [...]
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Ahhhh Christmas, what a great time of the year! Lots of presents, time with the family, but most importantly excess alcohol and bad food! Year in, year out, people put in huge amounts of time and energy into achieving their new year’s resolutions or goals and bring it all unstuck in over the festive season. [...]
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A common problem people have when aiming for goals is setting unrealistic standards and expectations along the way that are simply unsustainable. Whilst it’s great to set goals and aim to do amazing things, it’s important to be realistic in what you aim to do. It’s not so much that you shouldn’t aim high, but [...]
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“I don’t have enough time to exercise”. How many times have we either said thought or heard this? There is no doubt that we are all as busy as ever, however we are also suffering direct consequences of not making to time to stay healthy. As a country we are as overweight as ever, and [...]
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A question I’ve been getting asked a lot lately is what do you do to keep motivated? There is no one way to do this, but there many proven ways that work. The number 1 way to start with is having a clear goal! It’s not enough to simply say for example “I want to [...]
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