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Keep your fitness training fresh

Alan — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 20:55:42 +0000

As the old saying goes, familiarity breeds contempt. In training it also leads to boredom, lack of results, lack of motivation and in worst cases, injury. This article outlines ways of training that you perhaps hadn’t thought of, or were unsure about. The details are limited on purpose, as they are all massive individual topics [...]

Keep your fitness training fresh

How to Motivate Yourself to Exercise

Alan — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 11:06:30 +0000

One of the common reasons I hear for why people don’t dedicate time to exercise and looking after themselves is the poor excuse of “I can’t be bothered”, or “I’m too busy” Personally, I believe these are weak excuses – I work 6-7 days most weeks, often over 12 hours and still find time to [...]

How to Motivate Yourself to Exercise

The Benefits of Personal Training

Alan — Sun, 14 Nov 2010 11:22:58 +0000

I am currently learning to play golf. To do this, I have been taking lessons from a golf coach. I believe in allowing a professional to do a job they are trained to do. When I wanted to learn to drive, I went to a driving instructor. I could have been taught by family members, [...]

The Benefits of Personal Training

Fundamentals of programme design

Alan — Thu, 06 May 2010 16:58:32 +0000

Training is in constant evolution. The search for bigger, faster, stronger, leaner and healthier never ends and constantly throws up a new approach. Ironically, many of these approaches are merely variations on a centuries-old theme. Rather than look snootily down on these re-inventions of old methods, we should look more at what we have learnt [...]

Fundamentals of programme design

Train with Hoyles Fitness

Alan — Tue, 12 May 2009 21:07:20 +0000

This section is to show you how I train, giving you the opportunity to tag along and give your feedback on how you have found the training, leave comments or ask questions. My training approach is all-round. I am not training to improve one area of my fitness at the detriment of others. I want my [...]

Train with Hoyles Fitness