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1. How to build muscle every day

   

   Carly Yue Fitness and Training Nutrition and Recipes Tips and Advice

   23 November 2016

   With strength training being such a crucial part of anyone's fitness progression, PT and Media Fitness Expert, Carly Yue, explains how you can build muscle both with equipment and simply your body weight alone... What are strength exercises? A strength exercise is any activity that makes your muscles work harder than usual, which in turn increases their strength, size, power and endurance.

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2. Myth Buster Part 2: Spot Reducing & Diet

   

   Carly Yue Fitness and Training Guest Blogs Nutrition and Recipes

   30 September 2016

   Following on from our Myth Buster Part One post, PT Carly Yue continues on the topic of diet and exercise for women, this time focusing on spot reducing, calorie consumption and finding the right plan… YOU CAN'T SPOT REDUCE FAT Put simply, your body cannot reduce fat in specific locations. If for example you have what you'd describe as ‘bingo wings’

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3. Myth Buster Part 1: Strength Training for Women

   

   Carly Yue Fitness and Training Guest Blogs Tips and Advice

   8 September 2016

   PT Carly Tierney reveals four of her top myth busters when it comes to both cardio and strength training… YOU WILL NOT GET BULKY FROM PICKING UP HEAVY THINGS Almost all fitness marketing that is geared at women is nonsense. If marketers were telling the truth, they’d be saying things like: “Want to tone, tuck, and tighten those abs? Don’t waste your

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4. How to Overcome an Exercise Plateau

   

   Carly Yue Fitness and Training Nutrition and Recipes Tips and Advice

   22 July 2016

   As PT Carly Yue explained in our last blog post, an exercise routine that becomes boring or less challening can lead to an exercise plateau. If you feel as though you've hit a wall with your workouts, Carly's 13 top tips will help you to overcome the phase you're in and give your routine that much needed boost... Invest in a personal trainer This

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5. How to Tell If You’re In an Exercise Plateau

   

   Carly Yue Fitness and Training Nutrition and Recipes Tips and Advice

   15 July 2016

   Exercise plateaus are incredibly common. In fact, most people are in one without even realising! So, how can you tell if you’re in a plateau? PT Carly Yue gives us the lowdown… You don't look any different If you haven't made any muscle gains or lost weight, whichever is your goal, it’s a sign that you ought to change up either your

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6. Recognising Dehydration (Plus Tips for Avoiding It!)

   

   Carly Yue Guest Blogs Nutrition and Recipes Tips and Advice

   3 June 2016

   Staying hydrated is a crucial part of not only our health, but also our fitness progression. Carly Yue reveals her top tips for recognising dehydration, as well as advice for how to beat it once and for all... Dehydration can not only affect your performance at the gym or during sport, but it can also lead to a loss of strength

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7. Upping Your Energy Levels

   

   Carly Yue Guest Blogs Tips and Advice

   30 March 2016

   Are you constantly tired? Has reaching for a cuppa become your default? If you feel as though you're relying on coffee and energy drinks for a pick me up, read on to find out what Carly Yue has to say on natural alternatives and practical advice about prevention… Caffeine is the most widely ingested psychoactive drug in the world, primarily used

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8. Emotional Eating

   

   Carly Yue Guest Blogs Nutrition and Recipes Tips and Advice

   16 February 2016

   Ever wondered why you eat more when experiencing particular emotions? Carly Yue gives us the low-down as to why this happens… Emotional hunger comes on suddenly. Physical hunger comes on gradually. Emotional hunger feels like it needs to be satisfied instantly. Physical hunger can wait. Emotional hunger craves specific comfort foods. Physical hunger is open to options. Emotional hunger isn't satisfied with a full stomach. Physical hunger stops

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9. Staying Fit All Year, Every Year

   

   Carly Yue Fitness and Training Guest Blogs Tips and Advice

   2 December 2015

   Learning to love your body is key, as Carly Yue reveals... [caption id="attachment_984" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Carly's Clients at the Girls Who Lift Workshop[/caption] [caption id="attachment_982" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Carly's Clients at the Girls Who Lift Workshop[/caption] [caption id="attachment_983" align="aligncenter" width="600"] One of Carly's Clients[/caption] Often I am asked by clients, potential clients and even strangers “how do you stay so lean? How does your weight

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10. From the PT's Mouth: It's Time to Concentrate on You

    

    Carly Yue Fitness and Training Guest Blogs Tips and Advice

    8 May 2015

    [caption id="attachment_641" align="alignleft" width="132"] Carly Yue[/caption] “But I've got so much to do! I just don't have the time to exercise.” Hands up if this sounds like you? We may argue that we don’t have the time to follow a continued fitness plan. We’re simply too busy looking after the kids, our careers, or just have too many things on the agenda

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