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19 November 2012

Do you want to read all about what’s happening in the fitness industry? Do enjoy reading about health, fitness, nutrition and diet?  Do you like getting sent FREE stuff? Do you want a free digital issue? You should sign up for our FREE weekly FITzine…  Each Friday you’ll receive up to the minute fitness information straight to [...]

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22 November 2012

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Three of the Best – Chest Exercises

12 September 2014

Straight to the point with no fluff or stuffing, in this series of articles we’ll tell you the three best exercises to give you maximum benefits from your workouts...This week it's chest exercises.

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WoW – Thursdays workout 11/09/2014

11 September 2014

The Deck of Cards workout is one of our favourites – we hope you like it as much as we do! Duration: Against the Clock Equipment: Deck of playing cards, skipping rope, stop watch Method: Shuffle the cards, including the jokers, and place them face down. Work your way through the deck one card at [...]

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Testing Muscular Endurance…

10 September 2014

Muscular endurance describes the ability of a muscle of muscle group to continue working without fatigue. Muscular endurance is affected by the blood supply to your muscles, the amount of carbohydrate stored within your muscles-called muscle glycogen, your tolerance to lactic acid and the ratio of fast twitch to slow twitch fibers that make up [...]

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Is three days a week enough exercise?

09 September 2014

The American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) recommends exercising three times per week. Working out more often may be beneficial if you are looking to lose weight or are very serious about your training but for the majority of the population, according to the ACSM, three workouts a week will allow you achieve a good [...]

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WOW – Mondays Workout 08/09/2014

08 September 2014

This workout is all about strength and is based on the so-called "powerlifts". Roll up your sleeves, chalk up your hands and start loading some plates on the bar!

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Train Movements Not Muscles

Train Movements Not Muscles

05 September 2014

  What do you go to the gym for? This may seem like a stupid question but really it isn’t. Why do you exercise? What’s the point? You might find that quite easy to answer but there are a large percentage of gym members who will struggle. In reality there is only one answer to that question. [...]

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Three of the Best – Upper Back Exercises

05 September 2014

A broad strong upper back can really add an extra dimension to your physique. In addition, your upper back counterbalances your chest muscles so, for the function and health of your shoulders, it is important to give this out of site area as much attention as your pecs...

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WOW – Thursdays Workout 04/09/2014

04 September 2014

Today's workout is a low tech but effective workout that can be performed virtually anywhere...

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The art of Programme Design part 2

03 September 2014

In part 2 of this series we continue our look at resistance training programme design and provide you with a template to use to make sure your workouts are always balanced...

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The art of Programme Design part 1

02 September 2014

Part skill and part art, good programme design is essential for fitness training success. In this 2 part series we'll show you a sure fire way of organising your workouts!

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