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Improve Your Fitness With These Tips

Posted: January 30, 2012 in Fitness

Improve Your Fitness With These Tips

People who do not set weight loss goals and layout a plan tend to give up after a few weeks. Here you will see some ideas that can help make exercise interesting and fun, which can lead to improved results.

Try using rock music while you work out. When you are lacking in motivation you may want to turn on your favorite music and play it loudly. You will find your body wanting to move, just by listening to the beat. Jut let go, and let your body get into it! Make it a good time. Listening to music helps you forget that you are exercising, thus allowing you to spend more time working out.

If you exercise with your friends, it will help you stay in shape. Your attention will be diverted from the effort of the exercise to the conversation at hand, and your workout will go by much quicker. Exercising with a friend is a happy experience that can bring you a lot of satisfaction.

If you feel flattered by your workout attire, you are more likely to workout. There are a ton of fun colors and styles in workout clothing that makes working out fun. Proper workout clothing will help in motivating you to go out and exercise.

If you do the same workout every day, you will soon tire of it. If you are bored with your exercise routine, then you will start trying to avoid it. That is a sure-fire path to failure. Make your workout routines exciting and dynamic, being sure to mix up the routines as much as possible. It will be easier for you to enjoy your work out and stay motivated.

Give yourself some sort of reward every time you reach a fitness goal. This is the perfect motivation to stick with things. Something as small as a bar of your favorite type of chocolate or a new pair of socks is perfect for a reward. Choose something you will joyfully anticipate, and make sure that you actually indulge yourself once you’ve earned it! It is imperative that you retain your motivation in your quest to lose weight.

Exercising can be interesting if you plan it out correctly. There are a ton of ways you can make exercising a more enjoyable activity. These tips will help you start to build a more interesting, captivating fitness routine.

GK

Enjoy Life And Lose Weight With These Great Ideas!

You are embarrassed about how you currently look and want to know what the best things are that you can do in terms of weight loss. This is beneficial to both your self esteem and your health. Read the advice in this article, and you will have all that you need to get started.

Running

If you want to start an exercise program but hate the idea of running don’t fret, you have many other great cardio options. For people with bad joints or higher age swimming is a great option for weight loss and it also helps to tone up your body. There are also dance classes which are good.

If you have added strength training into your weight loss plan, it will not only help you boost your metabolism and burn more fat throughout the day, it keeps your body running at a higher rate for nearly twenty four hours later. So, strength training is an essential part of your potential weight loss program.

An effective way to lose calories, and subsequently lose weight, is to power-walk. Power-walking is an easy way to workout for people of all ages and sizes. When taking a walk, speed up the pace. You do not have to go so fast that you are running, just walk faster than you usually do.

Try to only eat meals when you have the opportunity to sit down. If you eat while you are strolling down the street or while you are running around the office, your body does not get the same feeling of satisfaction from the food and you will be hungry again much sooner.

You know that you do not like how you look because of the extra weight you are carrying. Pick out at least a few tips from this article that you can use in your everyday life and remember that you can make changes. What are you waiting for – get up from your computer, and get started on losing that weight.

GK

Back into the swing off things

Posted: January 21, 2012 in Fitness

Hi folks

Sorry it’sbeen so long but I figured it’s about time we got on with some decent training for the new years

2new personnal training clients starting with me this week, goals are to run a half marathon in october , no sweat

Im heading overtoo the herbeton gym in Rialto today to get pushed so hard il probably get sick.. The trainer over there is terry kenny a hardcore trainer and also my father so I get no excuses! Should be fun and set me up for a good years training

GK

Great week cross training this week

Posted: August 27, 2011 in Fitness

whats your favourite form of training

my week monday 10k

Tuesday 10 x 1 min hard 1min jog runnin

Wed 3 hours of tennis

Thursday 18 mile bike ride

FRiday : weight session gym

Saturday: 5 mile mountain run

Let me know what you feels works for you the best

 

 

 

Hi Folks

After yesterdays disaster of a run i actually realize how tough it can be to get back in shape after a holiday or a long injury lay off, but trust me patience is the answer, rome was not built in a day and either is your ultimate fitness.

Im going to take a break from the running today and hit the gym for a full body weights session consisting of deadlifts squats and bodyweight excercises like push ups and pull ups, if you would like a more detailed plan hit me up with a mail.

Remember stay positive the first few weeks are always the toughest

GK

 

30 mins tonight felt like 300min, the less i say about it the better

GK

Hey everybody

Well its Monday again the start of another training week, if your still feeling the effects of the weekend why not try out my monday gym cardio session, everybody is able to do it as you can do it at your own pace, i start off by 5 mins on the bike to warm up then a quick stretch, now the fun begins the next 20 mins is performed at the highest intensity that you can, so its

5 Min Cross trainer (Hard)

5 Min Bike (Hard)

5 Min Treadmill (Hard)

5 Min Rower or AMT (Hard)

Then for the more adventourous i can give you a toning session to do after this to really make the legs woble and put that weekend well and truely behind you

GK

Hey Folks

Yesterday was my first real day back training so it was important to take it nice and easy, so i done a slow 30min run around rathcoole park, although this was slow it helped build up some strength in the legs and try calm the breathing down, although i was very tired at the end i know after a few more of these il start to feel a bit more fluid.

For your own training you should start like this but not the full half an hour try instead to see how long you can run for at your slowest pace, don’t let yourself get out of breath simply stop for two minutes and try repeat the same time,

I have picked a 10k in a month to get ready for in Blessington, you should also try pick a goal it helps you get up and out the door.

GK

Did you used to exercise regularly and now find its a such a long way back to fitness, research has shown a break in exercise can lead to mood swings and lack of motivation, If your looking to get back in shape or start new, just send me a message on your exercise background and what goals you have if any. I will start you on your way and give you the best advise to do it at your own pace.

Training starts back

Posted: August 10, 2011 in Fitness, Weight Loss

Hey everybody

Back from NYC and only got 2 runs in over there but they were pretty cool, one was aroud central park while the new york triathalon was on and one was straight down the middle off 7th avenue into time square. Feeling very slugish today as we travelled over night so i headed out for an easy 30 run just to try shake the cobwebs, Im going to be picking a race or challenge in the next few days so i have somthing to triain towards if your intrested in getting back in to shape before the summer is out get in contact and il let you know where to start. Check back in with me for your daily tips on nutrition and training

GK