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Saturday, 4th February
Monday, 22nd August
We have already gone through a lot of new shoulder/back/hip/knee stretches this morning. These are designed to get you of pain in these areas, or recognise potential problems developing into something more painful and stop real problems for you BEFORE they happen. Prevention is always better than cure.
We are trying to get through these programmes with everyone however long it takes us. We passionately believe you will be better off going through this, increase your performance and stay pain free and resolves many other problems.
Commit yourself to not only getting in shape, losing body fat, getting fitter, but get through these important movements and everything will work that much better for you and protect you in the future from many injuries.
If you have an injury, doing nothing about it is always the worst strategy. When you don’t train, you become stiffer, starting putting weight on and makes the initial problem much worse.
We are committed to offering you long term programmes and success, and getting the best out of you by using the latest science to diagnose problems and actively get you stronger and out of pain for the long term.
Tuesday, 2nd August
Once we start exercising, we all assume we can train normally forever, never have an injury, never have any aches and pains, and this type of thinking and lack of preparation causes many people to get derailed in their programme, leading to quitting your exercise plan sometimes not long after it has started.
Most people get pain every day not from well designed exercise plans, but everyday life and failure to be active.
If you are sitting around too much, then some kind of pain will eventually enter your life as your body is designed to move regularly, and not to be stationery. You need to get more active right now, in however small a way to start.
If you never stretch, then everything will feel a little tighter leading to pain and niggly injuries. Flexibility needs to be worked on and everyone is included in this.
If you don’t sleep well, then all that tossing and turning can lead to inadequate rest and you waking up already struggling, your body is not recovering properly and not fighting off fatigue properly. You will likely be irritable and pain be part of your life.
Forget about eating healthy so you can just look leaner, you should also eat healthy because your body needs to recover from exercise and everything else life throws at you, and give you the energy to be productive in your day. Healthy foods helps heal your body, and keep you out of pain.
An ever-increasing number come to us with severe back problems, these issues develop usually because you overdo things on one side and the other side becomes weak, or you may carry too much weight being a major cause, or a specific injury may have happened and you wonder how to get pain free again or your job may encourage back pain, i notice for example that hairdressers and dentists suffer in particular as they lean over people most of their day.
Most people have never heard of fascia, that cobweb like substance that’s all over our bodies protecting everything. By making sure we work on this daily, we make sure injuries heal quicker and most injuries never develop in the first place. Prevention is always better than anything else so make sure your programme is comprehensive, hits all areas of your health and looks after you both inside and outside of the gym.
Monday, 26th October
So many of you are now approaching week 4 in your programme. You have learned how to go flat out on your programme, and what’s ahead in the next four weeks will require a brand new demand on your energy systems.
You have different energy systems and we will be using all of them as we go through all sorts of different programmes.
It’s vital this week then that you give it everything, you give it your very best and find out how far you can really go in these 4 weeks.
Your food is ultra-important right now, the energy demands are vast so you need to be ready and up for it at all times. The old saying is that you can “never out-train a bad diet” being very true.
If you’re not properly hydrated (drinking enough water), then your workouts will always be a big struggle, and you are not going to recover as quick too.
If you are sleeping poorly or not getting to bed as early as you should after a tough workout, then your body will not recover as quick, and there’s no way you will be energised for your next day’s workout either.
Your workouts are vital, but the support you give them through proper nutrition and sleep are absolutely paramount so let’s prepare even more and take your performances and results to a whole new level!!!