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Personal Training makes you look good and feel great. My role is to provide you with the tools for you to achieve this. If you are committed and have the desire, try your best, think outside of the box and have a bit of fun you can achieve your health and fitness goals. Live life in the active lane. Little active steps taken today, lead to giant progress strides tomorrow.

Matt

"Together we'll achieve your goals"

  • Posted on: 2 Jan 2013 - 16:41
    Make 2013 the year that you achieve your health and fitness goals. The first step to achieving your goals is knowing what you want to achieve. If you don't know what you actually want to achieve, how will you ever know if you have achieved it. So actually take some time to think about them and write down your goals for 2013. Be honest and be open about what you want to achieve with regard to your health and fitness. Once you have confirmed what your goals are, you can then go about achieving them. Knowing what you want to achieve is great. However, once you do its vital to then make your goals Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic and Time focused (SMART). People often say to me "I want to lose a bit of weight" or "run faster" or "...
  • Posted on: 1 Jan 2013 - 20:09
    The following are the most 'valuable' and 'beneficial' articles that I have shared with my clients and my followers on Twitter this past week (in no particular order). Please click on the blue link to read: How to rev up and boost your metabolism. Sculpt your core in four moves. 10 most filling foods to help with fat loss and building lean muscle. Nutritious meals to help you drop pounds. 48 foods that you should be including in your nutrition programme. 10 simple ways to help burn body fat and get a six pack. 4 weeks to better abs. Best superfoods for weight loss. Weight loss Wok-out. Seven Six-Pack rules. How to get rid of love handles. First for thirst. 5 tips for sticking to your new year's resolutions. Please keep looking at my...
  • Posted on: 29 Dec 2012 - 08:59
    What have you achieved in 2012? Have you achieved what you wanted to achieve? Could you have done more? What went well? What did not go well etc? Take some time to review the past 12 months and to analyse how you have got on with achieving your health and fitness goals. This is a great way to actually see if you achieved what you set out to achieve. When I speak to people about their goals and aims, they are quick to say what they wanted to achieve but when I ask them have they reviewed their success, the answer is often “no”. As part of the review process, write down what your goals were at the start of the year and then next to it write down the actual outcome. Also, make a note of what you did to achieve your goal or what you could have...
  • Posted on: 27 Dec 2012 - 07:56
    The following are the most 'valuable' and 'beneficial' articles that I have shared with my clients and my followers on Twitter this past week (in no particular order). Please click on the blue link to read: Foods to eat to help build lean muscle. 3 pieces of exercise equipment to try. 7 foods that help to fight body fat. Little ways to lose big pounds. Optimise your body to burn fat. Get in shape for party season. Feed your abdominals with these fat burning, muscle building meals. Ways to ward off winter weight gain Nutitional supplements to complement your diet and training Please keep looking at my website for future blogs on the best articles that I have read and shared. There will be a mixture of nutrition, training and general...
  • Posted on: 26 Dec 2012 - 08:35
    From my experience training and working with clients, I have observed and analysed what I feel are the personal characteristics that will go some way to helping you achieve your goals. These ‘characteristics’ are not a list of what you should possess, but are merely the traits that my most successful clients (and by this I mean those that have achieved their individual goals) have. They are the attributes that I have seen displayed consistently and on a regular basis by my clients. Achieving your health and fitness goals is not just about training regularly and eating healthy (which is vital); you also have to show certain skills and qualities that will keep you on your journey. At times the going will be tough and it will be a challenge,...
  • Posted on: 22 Dec 2012 - 13:53
    The following are the most 'valuable' and 'beneficial' articles that I have shared with my clients and my followers on Twitter this past week (in no particular order). Please click on the blue link to read: High Intensity Workouts to burn fat and increase fitness. Gym mistakes. Training mistakes by rookies. 10 gym-free workouts to try. Carb out a six-pack. Develop strength and agility. Foods for weight loss. Healthy eating facts. Walk off 350 calories in 45 minutes. 7 ways to kick start your metabolism. 7 best fat burners. How to get your metabolism moving. Please keep looking at my website for future blogs on the best articles that I have read and shared. There will be a mixture of nutrition, training and general lifestyle articles. You...
  • Posted on: 16 Dec 2012 - 14:27
    The following are the most 'valuable' and 'beneficial' articles that I have shared with my clients and my followers on Twitter this past week (in no particular order). Please click on the blue link to read: High Intensity Workouts to burn fat and increase fitness. Nutrition ambition. Training mistakes by rookies. Knockout body toning exercises. Healthy Mince Pies. Train like an elite athletes. Plank variations. Exercises to scuplt your abs. Fend off food cravings. Maintaining a healthy weight. How to lose weight and get active? Myths about metabolism. How to tell if your a healthy weight? Please keep looking at my website for future blogs on the best articles that I have read and shared. There will be a mixture of nutrition, training and...
  • Posted on: 13 Dec 2012 - 21:17
    The Press Up is a fantastic exercise for building up your upper body strength, provide a great core workout and challenge your Cardiovascular System. Press ups don't require any equipment, you don't need much room and they can be performed anywhere and varied in so many ways. This blog will look at doing the press up with jumping the legs out and in. Please see my previous blog on 'Give it a Go - Basic Press Up' before attempting this version of the press up. Jumping the legs out and in whilst doing the press up is a great way to challenge your core muscles and to give you a brilliant upper body and abdominal workout. It is also a fantastic way to add variety and progress to the press up. Are you up for the challenge? Poor press-up...
  • Posted on: 9 Dec 2012 - 20:17
    This blog will look at doing the Pull Up Hold with a Knee Raise. Please see my previous blog on 'Give it a Go - Pull Up' before attempting this version of the Pull Up. Pull Up Hold Knee Raises will provide you with a great core and upper body workout and will challenge your Cardiovascular System. Being able to pull up your own body weight off the floor, hold it there and then perform knee raises correctly under control is a great test of your strength and something many people struggle with. It will challenge a wide range of muscles and joints and is therefore a brilliant compound exercise. Pull Up Hold Knee Raises don't require much equipment - if you don't have a pull up bar you can use a tree branch, climbing frame etc. You don't need...
  • Posted on: 9 Dec 2012 - 17:27
    The following are the most 'valuable' and 'beneficial' articles that I have shared with my clients and my followers on Twitter this past week (in no particular order). Please click on the blue link to read: Foods for weight loss. Plank variations. Master weight loss motivation. Exercises to sculpt your abs. Upper arm exercises. Healthy lunch ideas. Quick Healthy meals. Six-pack shopping list. How to lose weight and get active? The ultimate outdoor workout. Myths about metabolism. Get a six-pack at home. 7 gym sins. Six-pack workouts. How to tell if your a healthy weight? Please keep looking at my website for future blogs on the best articles that I have read and shared. There will be a mixture of nutrition, training and general lifestyle...

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