19 Jul

25 Home Exercises For Legs

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25 Home Exercises For Legs

Home exercises for legs are easier to do then you realize.

 

You may think to yourself that you need to use the TRX or kettlebells to get great shaped legs but that isn’t true.

 

The only thing you will need is just your own body weight and perhaps some old tea towels that you may have lying around the house.

 

You will be able to work your quads, calfs, hamstrings, glutes and inner thighs with these 25 home exercises for legs.

 

By working your leg muscles, you will be able to change the shape of your entire body. This is because your leg muscles are the biggest in your body and burn the most calories.

 

As I mentioned before these exercises will give your legs great shape, but they will also give your legs great strength.

 

Lets not foget that you need strong legs for every day life so that you can climb stairs, walk around pick things up of the floor.

 

The leg exercises I will be showing you will not be complicated and you wont require a gym membership if you don’t want one.

 

Another good thing about using body weight exercises is that it allows you to learn correct form before you add weight to the exercise.

 

For example, an exercise like squats require you to use a large portion of your body. When you start to add weight to the exercise you burn even more calories.

 

However, once you add weight to the exercise it becomes more of an advanced exercise, and can be dangerous if done wrong.

 

You will be able to learn the correct technique for this exercise so that you can progress it some stage.

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18 Jul

Find A Personal Trainer London

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Find a personal trainer London

 

There are many ways to find a personal trainer in London. There are key search terms that you can use to find a London personal trainer in Google.

 

There are also dedicated personal trainer directories that list personal trainers. Lastly there are review sites that show you how a personal trainers services have been rated.

 

We will look at all 3 sources and show you how to get the most out of each one.

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04 Jul

Don’t Waste Time with These Ab Exercises

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Don’t Waste Time with These Ab Exercises

Ab exercises are great. If your body fat is already low then ab exercises can give that finishing touch to your six pack and make you look fantastic.

There are a plethora of different exercises available to work your lower abdominals, obliques and upper abdominals. However, which ones are the best?

In fact, which ones are safe for you to do? There can be situations when a abdominal exercise can be counterproductive.

For example, if you have lower back pain there are definitely some exercises that you try to stay away from, because they can make lower back worse.

There are also some abdominal exercises that can be bad for posture…..

Going back to what I said at the start of the article, if your body fat is low ab exercises can make a difference…….

However, before I reveal the worst 5 abdominal exercises and why they are bad, lets discuss some facts about abdominal exercises.

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23 Jun

How Much Are London Personal Trainers | Personal Trainer London

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How Much Are London Personal Trainers | Personal Trainer London

It is possible that at some point, you have considered hiring a personal trainer to guide you in your training. If you have thought of this, surely it was because you have reached a point where training for yourself is not giving you the result you expect, or simply because you need a professional to show you how to train to achieve a particular goal. At this point, the next thing that comes to mind is, “what is the price of a personal trainer”, and like any personalised service, the prices that should be paid can vary depending on who is consulted.

In the free market economy there are no established prices when hiring a service. It is difficult to point out how much a personal trainer costs in London and in general,  since the price of the personal trainer depends on many factors.

To elaborate more, let’s look at an example of what is being charged for a discipline that is very fashionable now, crossfit . Many users and eager to be, complain that the prices to register in a gym are very high. However, crossfit is usually an activity that is done in small groups if we compare it to spinning or aerobics classes, you are practically paying for a semi-personal service, and that is why the coaches look to make their classes very profitable.

Factors that determine the price of a personal trainer include:

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17 Jun

One Simple Weight Loss Tip YOU Can Apply

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Weight loss tipsOne Simple Weight Loss Tip YOU Can Apply

A lot of people don’t realise that there is a link between sleep and weight loss. We spend one third of our life sleeping so it has to be extremely important.
During sleep we release hormones to physically repair and recharge us, but we also release hormones to psychologically restore our cognitive function and your neural function.
When we don’t get enough sleep or the quality of our sleep is poor there are risks to our health. One of those risks are weight gain.

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05 Jun

Top 3 Weight Loss Motivation Tips

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Top 3 weight loss motivation tips

When it comes to getting motivation to lose weight it comes down to one thing. How much pain does it cause you to be overweight?

I am not talking about physical pain, but the psychological pain it causes you. For example, if you’re a guy and you put on a shirt and all you can think about is how big it makes your stomach look.

Perhaps you’re a woman and every time you put on something that looks nice you wonder if people are looking at you funny. Is this dress too short, are my legs to fat?

Weight loss motivation tip 1: Understand why you need to lose weight

You see its this pain that is going to get you to take action on your goals, and its only by getting clear with the pain that you feel that you will find the motivation to take action.

Napolean Hill wrote a book called think and grow rich that most people have probably read. In his book he says that to achieve riches it starts with a burning desire.

In fact, the desire burns so brightly that it almost becomes an obsession. You think about it daily, it almost consumes your every thought.

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02 Jun

TRX Abs Workout: 5 TRX Abs Exercises For A Killer Core

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trx abs exercisesTRX Abs Workout: 5 TRX Abs Exercises For A Killer Core

Some of you may prefer to work abs the old fashioned way, which is to do ab exercises with no fitness equipment.

There is nothing wrong with doing ab exercises with no equipment, but you may be missing out on different ways to hit the core.

There have been many different pieces of fitness equipment introduced to gyms for working the abdominal muscles. Some of them are good.

For example, kettlebells, battle ropes, the core momentum trainer to name but a few. Others have been really poor. The trx is one of the best ways you can train your core.

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01 Jun

Best public places to work out in Central London

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Best public places to work out in Central London

If you’ve been in an air-conditioned office all day than perhaps the last thing you want to do is go to the gym. Particularly if you work in central London.

It seems that all the gyms in central London are underground, and have no natural light coming in. Also, you have to deal with the congestion, queuing for equipment, etc.

Therefore, it is great to just go outside and be one with nature. You’ve spent enough time indoors at work so get outside.

I am going to share my top 3 locations in central London for outdoor training. You won’t need to bring any equipment to train in these places.

All you will need is just some suitable clothing for the following activities:

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31 May

Cheap Personal Trainer: Is A Cheap Personal Trainer Worth It?

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Cheap personal trainerIs a cheap personal trainer worth it?

A Cheap personal trainer may be all you can afford, but is it worth it?

When trying to find a personal trainer people often opt for a cheap personal trainer as they

may see it as an “economic” option, but is that really the best choice for you?

This write up serves to enlighten people who need a personal trainer on what some of the best options are on a limited budget.

It will also help to explain some of the pros and cons you face when your budget is limited.

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