Pregnancy and Nutrition
So as many of you know at the gym I’m pregnant! I have reached 20 weeks (the half way point). During my last pregnancy I put on a total of…
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Amy’s blog – part3 – Protein for breakfast
Hi peeps, this week i have focused on more protein for breakfast as i was getting to 4pm and feeling hungry and wanting to grab sweet snacks…
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Women and Weight Training
Lifting heavy weights wont make you look bulky or manly. If you want to get that toned look as a female then you will need to lift heavier weights…
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12 Tips on how to increase your metabolic rate
New research shows you can trick your body into burning calories more efficiently, especially if you hit the gym…
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NEAT Non Exercise Physical Activity
NEAT Non Exercise Physical Activity It’s Not Your Metabolism, It’s Your “NEAT” That’s Stopping Your Fat Loss The Problem! How many times have you or someone you know, when discussing diet, weight loss, and exercise, groaned and complained about a slow metabolism? The phrase “I can just look at food and gain weight!” is something…
DetailsAmys blog Part 2 training and home training
So with my bloating down, last week i focused on getting my training back to the standard of before christmas. So i trained (PT) with Mike 3 times and did 2 home sessions. This is pretty standard for me. My training is broken down into a sessions of strength and conditioning with aspects of rehab.…
DetailsPregnancy and Nutrition
So as many of you know at the gym I’m pregnant! I have reached 20 weeks ( the half way point ). During my last pregnancy I put on a total of two stone which in medical terms is classed as ‘normal’. I have always eaten a well balanced a diet but during both pregnancies…
DetailsAmy’s lifestyle blog
Hi everyone, so the purpose of my blog is to demonstrate how making small changes in your lifestyle can allow you have guilt free fun. This blog isn’t about me ‘telling’ you what to do or about me ‘bragging’ about how I do things. Simply take the information that suits you and leave the stuff…
DetailsThe importance of Rest, Restoring Energy and Rebuilding Muscle and how to help manage this
If you are someone that is struggling to meet your goals, are not getting enough sleep, consistently feeling tired, unmotivated and seem to have a never ending list of injuries. Your body maybe trying to tell you that you need to make recovery a priority in your training regime. When thinking about recovery all you…
DetailsHow to eat like a sumo wrestler, bad habits to avoid!
Sumo wrestlers are fit and strong. They spend many hours per day training, yet still manage to carry a lot of excess weight. By analysing how they achieve this, we can learn how to avoid becoming a sumo wrestler ourselves. Let’s take a look at the sumo diet and lifestyle… Skipping Meals Sumo wrestlers only…
DetailsKeep changing for continual results
Hi guys here as promised is a follow-up on my pervious posts. If you read it, it explains the first steps I took following my holiday. Like I said the results came fast when I made the change but naturally started to slow down. This happens because after a few weeks the changes you make…
DetailsPost partum Anaemia
So there is a lot covered about iron deficiency during pregnancy. I wasn’t personally aware that this can continue after pregnancy. From my own personal experience all iron levels were normal during pregnancy but I lost a lot of blood during delivery. I was recommended an iron supplement to take for three months and presumed…
DetailsI want my body back
Sorry if you were expecting to hear of some miracle quick fix…… there is no magic. Your body took 10 months (yes 10) to transition while making your baby so it’s not going to spring back, it takes time. How pregnancy affects the ‘core’. When you think of your core, you probably think of your…
DetailsGetting back into training
I came back from Aus at the end of feb and as you can see from my last post I was a little fleshy. I wanted to get straight back into training and in the past the temptation is to start really hard. Along side this I wanted to go really low on carbs immediately.…
DetailsProgress so far
Hello all. Just want to show you my progress from April to now, Well the latest picture was taken mid August so nearly now. February this year my grandfather in Australia had a stroke, He is 90 and I hadn’t seen him for 10 years. When the news reached me I had many I felt I had…
DetailsFood hangover
This is going to be a short post guys but thought of it just this morning and thought id put it up while its fresh on my mind. Since the end of February I’ve been on a mission to lose body fat. Its gone really well I’m over a stone lighter (not that that’s…
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