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Cardio – Why it’s not the be all and end all   Now before anyone thinks I’m totally anti-cardio let me stress, I’m not. I incorporate it into my training, with teaching numerous different cardio-based classes and doing quite

    If I had €1 for every time someone came up to me in the gym and said that they wanted to lose fat from their tummy and arms and nowhere else id be rich! No, it’s not impossible as some trainers will make you believe, you can target

    For the last while I’ve been writing articles on specific things. Lose bodyfat, gain muscle, importance of sleep, the dangers of parabens, gluten etc. This time I’m simplifying it, taking it back to the beginning. Not everyone

  In the first of a 2 part series, our Heath Club Manager Louise looks at the myths and truth surrounding the Cardio vs Weights debate, and how both play a role in achieving your fitness goals. Cardio vs Weights, which is best and why? This is an

  In part 2 of our series, Health Club manager Louise looks into the benefits of weight-lifting and how it plays such an important role in improving your health and fitness.  Weights – ah, my holy grail, the reason that I exist. Now that

Strength AND conditioning, can you do both?   Everyone these days in the industry calls themselves a strength and conditioning coach but in reality, we are much better at getting you strong than we are at getting you conditioned.   You can't

Testosterone – what you need to know Ladies, before you ignore this article thinking it’s not for you, stop and think again. Yes, testosterone is primarily a male hormone but it benefits us as well to have it in our systems. It won’t make

Olympic lifting is all the rage in training these days. It makes you quick, strong and lean, why wouldn’t you do it. You’ve seen the brightly coloured rubber bumper plates in the gym but not sure what they’re for. Read below and see the benefits

Creatine The dangerous stuff that makes you partake in roid rage.The supplement that they are piling into young rugby players to get them to train through injury and fatigue.The supplement that should be banned because you can overdose on it. These are some

I’ve been asked time and time again by people what the most complete exercise it is when weight training and although the dead-lift, chin and press are all fantastic exercises, for me it has to be the back squat. It uses more of the bodies musculature