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The Importance of Intensity

The Importance of Intensity

When it comes to maximising your health benefits from exercise, intensity is one of the MOST important factors. The quality of exercise over quantity, intensity not duration are all things we need to be aware of, but however which way you want to say it, the time has...
Do You Feel Like You’re Starting From Scratch?

Do You Feel Like You’re Starting From Scratch?

You may have had a break from training, been on holidays or haven’t been able to make it to the gym and you feel as though all that hard work has gone down the gurgler? Well let’s look at the facts when it comes to strength and cardio respiratory...
5 Steps to Keep You on Track When You Eat Out

5 Steps to Keep You on Track When You Eat Out

How to eat out and not feel guilty… here’s 5 simple steps  Where you can keep tracking  Sometimes it can really be that easy. If the food you’re going to eat is easily trackable, do it. Make room in your calories –  If you know you’re heading out for a meal or...
What is RPE?

What is RPE?

You may have heard the terms RPE and RIR. What do they mean and how do we apply them to our training RPE is Rate of Perceived Effort – this is a scale we use to emotively describe how easy or hard an exercise was. For example during a set of back squats for 10 reps,...
No Carbs at Night?

No Carbs at Night?

This something we are asked regularly, is it ok to have carbohydrates at night? The short answer is yes. There can be many benefits from eating carbohydrates in the evening. A lot of us train after work and deplete our muscles of glycogen so a good carb meal here...