07.03.10 Posted in Fitness Plans, How-to by michellenewitt
here’s a few ideas on how to ramp it up a notch and get some serious results. The following 4 exercises could be performed like a circuit, repeated 10 times with no rest, adding in a warm up run around Hove park and cool down too. Total workout time 30-40 minutes!
05.12.10 Posted in How-to by michellenewitt
Measuring your resting heart rate (or pulse) when you’re at rest is a good way to assess your cardiovascular fitness because the stronger your heart is, the fewer times a minute it has to pump to send blood around your body.
04.29.10 Posted in Latest Research, News, Nutrition by michellenewitt
Myth #1: The best way to lose weight is to eat less and exercise more.
This formula intuitively sounds correct but is woefully incomplete. For the majority of people this approach fails over and over again. If it could work long-term it would have done so long ago.
04.10.10 Posted in Fitness Plans, How-to by michellenewitt
You’ll need to find a good playground for this one…
Warm up jog/ cycle for 10 minutes
Squat jumps – find a park bench, bottom of the slide, anything that requires a bit of a jump to get onto (make sure it’s stable!) and then perform 20 jumps, landing in a deep squat on the ground and a perfectly balanced squat on the object.
03.08.10 Posted in News by michellenewitt
I was really shocked when I picked up a copy of ‘Bella’ this week in a waiting room. On page 18 the article title read ‘the four-week stomach-shrinking plan’ and as I was reading it I was growing more and more annoyed at the tenuously linked, false claims about supplements you should take and foods you [...]
02.10.10 Posted in News by michellenewitt
I just tried a great new protein shake by Sci-MX called GRS-5 Protein System and out of all the shakes I’ve tried during my time as a personal trainer this has to top the list for quality, flavour and mixability.
So get yourself down to Performance Foods (opposite Hove Library on Church Road) where you can [...]
01.05.10 Posted in Classes by michellenewitt
Boxercise class at Sweaty Betty (Brighton) every Wednesday at 6:15pm
12.29.09 Posted in News, Nutrition by michellenewitt
Check out the latest top antioxidant fact!
“according to scientists, pomegranates have about three times the antioxidant levels of red wine and green tea, which are both renowned for their health benefits”
Antioxidants are the naturally occuring substances in plants that protect the body from harmful free radicals. Produced by the body when cells use oxygen, free [...]
12.10.09 Posted in Offers by michellenewitt
Stuck for a present idea? Check out my Christmas offers for 2009
12.08.09 Posted in How-to by michellenewitt
The results of this test will give you an idea about how balanced your health is at the moment.