For years, conversations about heart health in fitness have leaned heavily towards cardio workouts. Step counts, heart rate zones, weekly mileage & aerobic capacity are all terms you will have heard when discussing the cardiovascular system. Strength training on the other hand, often sits to one side, framed as something…
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Getting people to start exercising is rarely the hardest part of the job. Getting them to keep going is where most us as fitness professionals feel the strain. Clients sign up with good intentions. They want to feel better, move better and see progress. Then life intervenes. Energy dips. Confidence…
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Choosing a career in health and fitness can be exciting and rewarding. Many people ask if personal training makes sense as a professional path. This article walks through what personal trainers do, how the industry looks in the UK, what trainers can expect to earn and where this career can…
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Changing careers used to feel like a dramatic plot twist. These days, it often looks like a normal life decision people make when their work stops being what it used to be, their priorities shift or their industry moves on without them. Some people want a role with clearer progression….
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When One Programme Produces Ten Different Outcomes Most coaches have seen this play out. Two clients start the same resistance training block on the same day, follow the same instructions, complete the same sets and reps, and still finish with noticeably different results. One seems to take off quickly. The…
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Warm-ups feel like one of those unquestioned parts of training life. Most coaches ask clients to do one, most athletes roll through one automatically, and every gym floor has its own interpretation of what “getting ready” looks like. Yet when you look closely at how people actually warm up during…
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Clients train hard, show up for sessions, try to stay consistent… and sometimes still feel flat, tired or stuck. Every PT has seen this. Programmes that once worked start losing their punch. Strength stalls. Energy drops. Mood changes. You try a few tweaks, maybe adjust some volume, but it just…
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Why Menopause Training Needs a Smarter Approach Training in midlife often feels different. Recovery seems slower, energy dips appear from nowhere and progress sometimes stalls despite doing the same workouts that once delivered results. Science is beginning to explain why and it comes down to more than motivation or age…
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The pre-exhaustion method has floated around gyms since the 1970s, originally popularised by Arthur Jones, the creator of Nautilus machines. The idea sounds clever enough: fatigue a muscle with an isolation exercise first, then hit it again immediately in a compound lift. The thinking was that the target muscle (prime…
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Training is all about finding the balance between progress and recovery. Push too hard and the body breaks down, but take it too easy and nothing changes. Athletes and gym-goers are constantly chasing the sweet spot where adaptation happens without creating unnecessary damage. A recent study has taken a close…
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