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Strength training for beginners

Sep

9

2013

What is strength training? Strength training is about building a stronger body by making the muscles, ligaments and tendons stronger so they can move heavier loads. It is different to bodybuilding which is about hypertrophy – making the muscles bigger. A side effect of strength training can be bigger muscles but this depends on your ...

What counts as water?

Aug

12

2013

It’s a question I often see on forums as we’re always told to drink more water especially if we’re trying to lose weight. The problem is that some people don’t like water but don’t want to add cordial (aka sugar… or poison to some) and it’s not particularly a pleasant experience drinking a glass of ...

How to lose weight and keep it off!

Jul

16

2013

Over the years, I have seen a lot of people lose weight and attempt to lose weight. The key reason why they fail is down to the on diet/off diet mentality. What they should be doing is focusing on changing their lifestyle, rather than “losing weight” or “getting fitter”. When you focus on changing your lifestyle, ...

How to create your own fat-burning workout

Jul

8

2013

As you’ve probably noticed, there are hundreds of great exercise DVDs out there that can all provide you with hours of fat-burning motivation. The problem comes when you end the 30 day challenge that a specific DVD is designed for. Where do you go from there? You could repeat the DVD from the start but ...

Tips for motivation to get fit

Jul

3

2013

When you start out with an exercise plan, you’re often highly motivated to start training but after a week or two, you may find you’re making excuses to avoid starting the session. With these simple tips, you’ll stay on course and more likely achieve your goals. Depending on the exercise, you could read a book or ...

The healthy snowball

Jun

29

2013

You’ve done it before, maybe several times – you’ve cut out everything, gone on a mad healthy lifestyle craze doing lots of exercise and eating lots of healthy food, and seen the results after a few weeks of hard work, then you go on one sudden binge or something time-consuming comes up and you skip ...

Guide to detoxing

Jun

12

2013

Detoxing is the process of eliminating harmful toxins to cleanse and repair your body. The detoxification process can be done for various reasons, for example, detoxing for weight loss can be done by nourishing your body with healthy treatments and therapies. It is essential that you do not deprive your body of any key nutrients ...

How to burn fat effectively with a gym bike

May

28

2013

As explained in my previous article, “A simple, effective fat-burning exercise routine for beginners” (http://eserv.co.uk/irl2/simple-fat-burning-exercise-routine-for-beginners/), High Intensity Interval Training is the most effective and efficient way of burning fat. In the following video, I will demonstrate how you can use exercise machines (in this case an exercise bicycle) to perform HIIT and make the most ...

A simple, effective fat-burning exercise routine for beginners

Oct

6

2012

Introduction The following routine incorporates High Intensity Interval Training which is the best way I have found of smashing through plateaus when losing weight. It also saves time – it is said that 15 minutes of HIIT is equivalent to a 45 minute run! What is High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT)? The principle idea of ...