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1. New Year’s Resolution Flailing? This may be why…

   

   Fitness and Training Tips and Advice

   26 January 2018

   As we near the start of February, talk of New Year’s resolutions is often waning, or perhaps even forgotten. At the beginning of January, many of us are full of gusto, eager to achieve our fitness goals. It’s a new year, which means a new you. You can do anything! Right? So why is it that come mid-January, so many

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2. Success Story – Ian Runs 153 miles in under 30 Hours in Epic Spartathlon Ultra-Marathon

   

   Fitness and Training Guest Blogs Success Stories

   24 October 2017

   In the latest of our success stories, we talk to Ian Hammett, Fire Service fitness advisor and passionate runner, who recently took on one of the most iconic and demanding races in the world, the Spartathlon Ultra-Marathon in September 2017. Ever heard of the Spartathlon Ultra-Marathon? This epic test of endurance is one of the most iconic ultra-marathon races in the

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3. How to Stay Fit this Autumn and Winter

   

   Fitness and Training Tips and Advice

   15 September 2017

   It seems like someone’s flicked a switch and that’s it - summer’s over. Now the nights are drawing in, and you’re no longer being woken by the sun at 6am, it’s pretty easy to start getting into hibernation mode. Unfortunately, while one part (possibly a very big part) of you fancies the idea of a Netflix binge and comfort food

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4. Are You Guilty of These Workout Fails?

   

   Fitness and Training Tips and Advice

   8 August 2017

   You might be new to exercise, or you could be an experienced fitness fanatic with your own home gym, two half-marathons and a Tough Mudder under your belt. Either way, we can all fall victim to some bad habits when it comes to our exercise programme. Whether you’ve been given some bad advice, or have become complacent, there are many

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5. How to Enjoy Christmas without the Guilt

   

   Christmas Fitness and Training Nutrition and Recipes Tips and Advice

   20 December 2016

     Christmas for many is the time to eat, drink and snooze your way into a festive, happy daze, surrounded by party games, yet more food, and loved ones. For those of us who typically like to enjoy the festivities with a glass of bubbly in hand and a bowl of nibbles nearby, sticking to your healthy eating regime seems impossible.

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6. 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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7. 5 Steps to Conquer the Winter Workout

   

   Fitness and Training Nutrition and Recipes Tips and Advice

   16 November 2016

   If working out during winter is something you dread year after year, now is the optimum time to switch up your training plan to accommodate the dropping temperatures and darker days. How? Here are our five top tips for conquering fitness this winter... Get yourself organised Waking up and assessing whether or not today is a training day or a rest day

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8. Everything You Need to Know About Bulking & Cutting

   

   Carly Yue Fitness and Training Guest Blogs Nutrition and Recipes Tips and Advice

   27 October 2016

   Are you keen to hop on the bodybuilding bang wagon? PT and Media Fitness Expert, Carly Yue, explains the process with both the highs and lows included… When you begin bodybuilding there are two main options available to you, bulking and cutting. Contrary to common belief you cannot just eat whatever you like and call it “bulking” or start eating salads

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9. Fitness Superstore at Grand Designs Live Birmingham

   

   Events Fitness and Training Our Latest News

   15 October 2016

   Grand Designs Live returns to the Birmingham NEC from the 19th October – 23rd October 2016. Packed with over 500 exhibitors, the show offers visitors a unique opportunity to see all the latest trends for the home as well as many products never seen before, and we're excited to announce that we will be exhibiting there at stand L42! Grand Designs

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10. Why Autumn/Winter is the Best Time to Train

    

    Fitness and Training Nutrition and Recipes Tips and Advice

    22 September 2016

    Darker evenings, dropping temperatures, and if like us you’re UK based, no doubt endless rain. It doesn’t bode well for that post-summer workout motivation, which is no doubt already wilting, does it? We get the struggle, honestly, but hear us out. The autumn/winter months are actually the best time to hit the gym with a bang and meal prep until

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