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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. NEW & EXCLUSIVE: Stunning Matrix Home Fitness Products

   

   Our Latest News

   12 January 2018

   Here at Fitness Superstore, we’re ecstatic to have been appointed Matrix Fitness’s sole UK reseller of their brand-new home line of fitness kit. A simply outstanding range, we’re very excited and privileged that no other UK retailer is able to offer these first-rate products to their customers. WHY MATRIX? Having stocked their outstanding commercial lines for over 10 years, we’re well aware

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3. 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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4. 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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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. Why Does It Take Some People Longer to Lose Weight?

   

   Fitness and Training Nutrition and Recipes Tips and Advice

   2 November 2016

   You start a new regime and spend most of your time scrolling through progress pictures of what people have achieved in as little as four to eight weeks, and of course, you hope for the same results. However that is not necessarily possible. A friend or colleague might have lost ten pounds in a month, with somebody else losing fifteen

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9. 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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10. 'Healthy' Grab & Go Snacks That Are Fooling Us All

    

    Nutrition and Recipes

    19 October 2016

    It’s completely natural to grab the odd snack or drink on the go and think “it’s not unhealthy, it’s fine”. Sorry to break it to you, but many of the snacks you pick up when you’ve forgotten your lunch or are late for the school run could actually be doing you more harm than good. The NHS recommends that a

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