How meditation can help you through the pandemic Meditation is one of the most important and easiest things we can do to help improve our happiness in the current state of affairs. I have just returned from an extended trip to Brazil, and within a couple of days I could really notice the impact Covid is having on people here. People are stressed [...]
How to ease back to the gym: What to avoid and how to set new habits How to ease back into your gym routine August is usually a dead month for the City, with so many people travelling away for the month. But this year it’s a real ghost town. Thankfully, every week I write these articles, it gets a little busier. And now that office life is starting up again, it’s time to get back in the gym. [...]
How it felt to own a gym during lockdown and why the fitness industry will change forever How the fitness industry will change forever The last few months will stay with us for the rest of our lives. Virtually every person from every country has been affected in some way, and will continue to be affected in the years to come. It goes without saying that those hit hardest are the frontline workers and the people who have lost [...]
Fitness advice: How to get your head back in the game after being on furlough August 15, 2020 The last few months have completely changed the daily routine of just about every person in the country, especially those who have been on furlough. With gyms having been closed for four months, fitness has been a major aspect of this. There are millions of gym-bros and -bunnies desperate to get their post-workout endorphin high. [...]
How to pick a virtual personal trainer to see you through till offices reopen August 1, 2020 Gyms finally reopened last week, which was great news not just for personal trainers like me but also the thousands of people desperate to get back to training. It’s hard to believe it’s been over four months since the last person walked through the doors at No.1 Fitness, but we haven’t been sitting on our [...]
Home workout: Easy ways to stay in shape amid Covid-19 March 18, 2020 What a crazy few weeks it’s been. The City is quieter than I’ve ever seen it – it’s like a ghost town out there. Few of us have ever experienced this kind of mass uncertainty, and that makes it more important than ever to look after ourselves. Thankfully, although we might be locked inside, there [...]
Fitness advice: Why HIIT is great and why you’re probably doing it wrong February 21, 2020 HIIT has been a popular style of training for the last decade, commonly referred to as the best way to get fit quick. I was introduced to it just before it became the fitness industry’s buzzword, and was taken through a brutal workout to demonstrate the concept. Back then it was still a niche thing [...]
Fitness advice: How to avoid these five common pitfalls in your bid to lose weight February 10, 2020 Getting fit isn’t a one-size-fit-all deal. There are at least as many strategies as there are people, and what works for me might be a disaster for you. The key is pinpointing the weak links in your quest to get healthy and finding solutions. I’ve worked with thousands of clients over the years and I’ve [...]
Fitness advice: A beginner’s guide to weight training February 5, 2020 Weight training in the gym can be overwhelming at times, especially if you’re new to exercise. There are so many different machines and loads of people all doing strange, inscrutable things: grunting, posing, texting, swinging heavy stuff above their heads in ways that look painful and dangerous. Unlike running or cycling, which are pretty straightforward, [...]
Fitness advice: Why new year is the mind killer January 21, 2020 We’re into the final furlong of January and I bet most of you are already close to packing in your new year’s resolutions – especially the ones that involve eating healthily and going to the gym. It’s become a cliche, but January resolutions set us up to fail – they encourage a short-termist mindset and [...]
