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Sticking with it
How to make exercise part of your life. Doing an exercise is easy – doing it regularly is not.How many times have you heard someone say “ I would love to exercise but I just don’t have the time” This is the excuse most people use but what they do...
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Now at Fitness Options
One the most important pieces of fitness equipment that should always be tried and tested before you buy is a multi gym. Multi gyms vary considerably in size, feel and ergonomics. You need to be comfortable; the gym should be smooth and have enough adjustments to fit most body shapes. Because there are so...
Setting up a Home Gym
Buying the right fitness equipment and building your own home gym involves many difficult decisions. So we are going to outline how to set up a home gym and how to decide on the right fitness equipment, fitness equipment that will still provide you with the specific fitness benefits you are seeking. Space allotment...
Fitness equipment for kids
You only need to look in any school playground today and you will see too many overweight kids. Study after study has reported on the inactivity and lack of exercise our kids undertake today and how its leading to record levels of childhood obesity. You may therefore be thinking of...
Tips for keeping your knees fit & healthy
Whatever you do never jump into a rigid exercise regimen without the proper build-up. Not if you want to avoid knee trouble. 400,000 knee replacement procedures are preformed each year in the U.S.A. alone. If at all possible, you will want to avoid this by learning to take better care...
Exercise After 50 – More important to health than ever
This article will not be talking about exercise in your 20’s, 30’s or 40’s because the betting is if you are reading this you are already staring at 50 something. You go through life thinking you are invincible then suddenly, often out of the blue, your body starts to let...
Winter – the perfect time for a treadmill
The nights are drawing in and cold wet days are just around the corner. Crack of dawn runs as the sun burns through the morning mist and those long strolls on a still barmy evening will soon be nothing more than a memory. This is when we get tempted to...
You don’t have to knock yourself out to keep yourself healthy
Unfortunately, there is an epidemic of physical inactivity in the U.K. today. If this continues there will be a time bomb of ill health just waiting to go off. If it explodes it could devastate the economy and destroy the NHS. Once a person gets out of the habit of...
Is it possible to rush a workout and still benefit?
As is always the case, there are never enough hours in the day and so when it comes to your workout do you skip it or rush it. Skipping it is not a good idea but could you save time by skimping on the rest periods between sets? Or do...
How to interval train
Interval Training Lack of time is the number one reason people give for not exercising. And lack of results once they do start exercising isn’t far behind. Interval training is a great solution for both of these common problems. Interval training involves alternating short bursts of intense activity with what...
How muscles grow
The human body is extremely complex and quite difficult for a non-scientist to understand. Yet a basic understanding of how the body functions will help you achieve your goal quicker and easier than training haphazardly. If you are in training, your muscles are probably most important thing to you. The...
Looking after your treadmill
TREADMILL MAINTENANCEWe hope you find this advice helpful, however always refer to your treadmill owner manual for a definitive explanation. If your manual is a little less comprehensive than others then this guide will come in useful. It is based on experience and we hope there are things in it...
Weights or cardio – which should come first?
If you are doing a cardio workout and a weight workout in the same session, do you know which one you should do first? Common practice and generally a good idea is to do a brief warm up on a treadmill or rowing machine before working out with weights. However there is a strong...
How to help stop your employees from getting fatter
Obesity is a big problem in the U.K, which is affecting the British worker in a number of ways. Workers with strenuous jobs are finding harder to carry out their work efficiently. Disabilities and illness such as inflamed joints, diabetes and heart disease is on the increase. The problem is...
VO2 Max & Lance Armstrong
Most people today exercise to lose weight but by improving your VO2 Max you will improve your overall health and increase your capacity to lose weight. So what is VO2 Max? VO2 Max is defined as the highest rate at which oxygen can be taken in and used during high...
Moving fat from the stomach
It’s called many things, beer belly, paunch, love handles to name a few but belly fat is an embarrassment for many people of both sexes. The stomach is a primary storage area for fat and is one of the last places the body will give up it fat stores and...
Heart Basics – What everyone should know
This article is designed to give a very simple description on the heart, how it works and how to look after it. It is intended for those who have very little knowledge of the human body but realise that it is in their interest to know how important and incredible...
Super slow weight training
Something that is gathering momentum in the fitness world is a method of weight training called Super Slow Weight Training. This is not a new idea. The fitness equipment manufacturer Nautilus touted this method of training over 30 years ago. It was particularly effective on their machines as they developed a cam...
20 tips for getting out of a training rut
When you start out on an exercise routine one of the hardest things to do is keep motivated and enthusiastic. So if you have reached a plateau or you are struggling with your workout try introducing one of these motivational tips into you programme. 1. Monitor Your Progress. There is...