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1. Find Your Motivation

   

   Fitness and Training Tips and Advice

   10 March 2016

   Perhaps you’ve been working towards the same goal for a while now, or you’ve simply already become bored of your relatively new routine. Whatever it is that’s sucking the motivation out of your workouts and healthy eating, it is crucial to find a way past it in order to reach that final hurdle, and here's how... Change what you’re doing It sounds

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2. The Importance of Leg Day

   

   Carly Yue Fitness and Training Guest Blogs Tips and Advice

   4 March 2016

   Do you often skip leg day? According to PT Carly Yue, you might want to give that one a re-think… Leg day is tough, no doubt because your legs are your biggest and strongest muscle group, but if it's an all over lean look that you're after, leg day is the workout you cannot afford to miss. It can be easy for both

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3. 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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4. 3 Ways to Make Fitness More Enjoyable

   

   Fitness and Training Tips and Advice

   6 October 2015

   [caption id="attachment_888" align="alignnone" width="600"] Photo Credit: www.katiejanecollins.co.uk[/caption] Exercise is one of those things that you either love or hate, similar to the Marmite theory. At school you had half of the physical education class who would spend each lesson bouncing off the walls competing against one another, and then you had the other half who sat glumly on the benches avoiding

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5. The Workout Mind-Set: Bringing Your Fitness Goals to Life

   

   Fitness and Training Tips and Advice

   25 September 2015

   Do you enjoy working out as it’s a bit of escapism? A time when you can focus on your body, and give your brain a break? Although a true enough statement for many of us, the mind most certainly still plays a role. During these sessions, the brain is motivating us to keep on going and inspiring us towards our

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6. Feeling Hot? How to Work Out in the Heat Wave

   

   Fitness and Training Tips and Advice

   1 July 2015

   Everyone’s talking about the heat wave that’s swept the country this week. With temperatures reaching a scorching 40 degrees on centre court at Wimbledon on Tuesday, the rather unexpected weather is quite the hot topic at the moment. Wednesday is set to not only be the hottest day of the year, but also the hottest day in ten years. Phew! OK,

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7. 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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8. Tips & Tricks: How to be a Winter Workout Warrior

   

   Carly Yue Fitness and Training Guest Blogs Tips and Advice

   30 January 2015

   It may be freezing outside, but that's no reason to give exercise the cold shoulder. Although the lower temperatures and lack of sunshine may make us want to curl up on the sofa and load up on the carbs, putting off exercise in the winter months won’t do you any favours. So how do you stay on track? Here are

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9. Master Your Fitness in 2015 – Our Top 10 Tips

   

   Fitness and Training Tips and Advice

   9 January 2015

   “New Year, New You” – how many times have you seen that tagline so far this year? Just like every January, it’s that time when many of us make a pledge to start a new fitness programme. But how can you make sure you don’t abandon yours before Valentine’s Day? Here are our top 10 tips for long term success... 1. Create a

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10. Music Motivation: Our Top 10 Running Tracks Revealed

    

    Tips and Advice

    25 April 2014

    If you’re anything like us here at FS HQ, there’s nothing quite like a decent beat to help keep you going, either out on the open road or on a treadmill. We decided to have a bit of fun here at Fitness Superstore and asked everyone to vote for their ultimate running track. The results were interesting. Some likely, classic entrants

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