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So todays question come from Steve in Sutton Surrey. I get asked this a lot for my personal training clients, ‘Do I need creatine to help me bulk up and build muscle?’ I tell my personal training clients that creatine works well if all other aspects ...
Today I though I’d tell you how I use high intensity training in my personal training sessions. High intensity training or Hiit training is a buzz word in the fitness industry that has been around a while now. Most of my personal training clients com ...
Here is one of the usual personal training questions I get emailed in January. ‘Hi Pete, as a personal trainer what is the best thing to do in January to lose weight? I want to drop weight and get fit fast! Thanks, Clare, Epsom’ Well Clar ...
As a personal trainer I get asked bulking up questions all the time ‘What’s the best way to bulk up?’ ‘Are dumbbells better than barbells for bulking’ ‘Should I do more reps or more sets?’. Now don’t ge ...
How to Lose Weight Using a Progressive Model of Training Been doing the same old workout for months and not lost any weight? Or did you start losing a weight and then couldn’t lose any more? If you do what you have always done you get what you have a ...
When personal training clients first come to me they often ask the question ‘Are we going to be following a periodisation programme?’ More often than not the answer is no and here is why…. First let me start by explaining what perio ...
As a personal trainer I have see this a lot, people really going for it with their workouts, giving it 100% and then not getting any results. They try different workouts, new routines, scouring the internet for new techniques, but the one thing that ...
I think that nearly every female client who has done personal training to me has said “I want to tone up, but I don’t want to get big muscles”. I personally think this stops a lot of women doing any weights at all. Here are the facts and women using ...
How many times have you lost the battle to your weight instead of losing the weight? How many times have you asked why? Weight loss has a lot of faces, it has a lot of details and it needs a lot of time and attention. Simply put, losing weight is jus ...
Losing weight is a common problem for both women and men. People all around the world would like to have a body like some model or celebrity. For this, they are trying different ways of losing weight. Many of these ways are unhealthy and they are jus ...
Today I thought I’d write a body building programme for you all to use, the purpose of this programme is for aesthetics. This programme has been designed by me and I use it myself every week. You can use it to bulk up or to tone and get cut. To use i ...
Here is what I teach my personal training clients about resistance training. Ever been to the weight rack at the gym and thought “Hmm which ones should I pick up”. The answer to this question depends on your goals. Now you may have heard ...
From my experience personal training people I have found that those people who make their workouts their number one priority stand a much greater chance of achieving their goals than those who don’t. This may sound obvious, but ask yourself thi ...
A client from Epsom ask me the other day for some unusual fitness tips. Here are 5 random personal training tips that I’ve told my personal training clients over the years, I hope the help you. 1 Take care of your knees In my opinion your knee ...
Just how committed are you to your health and fitness goals? How much of a priority are they in your life? One thing that I have noticed with all my personal training clients is that the ones who are the most committed to their fitness goals are the ...
I’m sure I speak for all personal trainers out there, the number one question I get all the time from new personal training clients is ‘What’s the best way to lose my fat?’ Well I am about to tell you the number one fat loss m ...
I’ve got a few of my personal training clients signed up the the London marathon this year, I thought I’d share with you a few tips and fitness training techniques I’ve been using to get them fit and ready. Start Early! I get any pe ...
I was chatting to one of my personal training clients today and we were saying, it’s that time of year again, that time of year when everyone goes bonkers for fitness and starts eating healthy, DryJanuary has kicked off, the bars are empty and ...
Quite a lot of my female personal training clients are into weight training these days, I’m glad to see resistance training has become more popular/acceptable with the ladies as they begin to realise how effective it is at toning and sculpting ...
A list of bad habits I have seen over the years from other personal trainers. Don’t train themselves I can’t stand personal trainers who don’t train themselves. You can’t stand there giving a session as a trainer if you don ...
Go a ahead treat yourself. The ‘treat’ mentality is something you might want to think about if you are struggling with keeping you diet clean. I see this alot with my personal training clients, people feeling that if they are good or have ...
What Are the Core Muscles? Different experts include different muscles in their list, but in general the muscles of the core run the length of the trunk and torso. Your core muscles are the ones that help stabilise your body and keep your posture cor ...
The first obvious question is – what is a Kettlebell? A. A cast-iron weight (resembling a cannonball with a handle) used to perform exercises that combine cardiovascular, strength and flexibility training. By their nature, typical kettlebell ex ...
Goals Set goals and start progressing yourself towards them. Maybe you want to bench press 100kg or do 20 press ups. You set the goal yourself, make it tough enough so that you are going to have to push yourself to reach it, this way you will increas ...
Pete’s approach to his clients personal training combines a focus on hitting client fitness objectives whilst utilising a variety of practical and effective gym equipment. This brings us nicely onto the stability ball. Exercise balls are terrif ...
Baffled by the Bosu Ball? Well, don’t be! This piece of equipment can make a great addition to your fitness routine. Pete utilises the bosu ball for clients, bringing a variety of exercises to individual personal training routines. Many of my n ...
I got an email from a new client the other day, in it she said ‘……I’m not one of those people who want to pose in mirrors down the gym…..’ Tracey, Sutton. There are some good reasons why personal trainers will get you wo ...
As I personal trainer I get this question a lot, do I need protein shakes? An email I got only just yesterday… ‘Hi Pete………..I’m looking to lose some weight and tone up………………Do yo ...
I got a email through my personal training website the other day from a guy asking ‘Do I continually need to to shock my muscles with new exercises when I work out to get fitter and stronger?’ Yes you do need to ‘shock’ you mu ...
As a personal trainer I get asked a lot by my clients what role protein plays in the body, here is an explanation for you all Proteins are something which any health expert will tell you are absolutely vital to the continuing health and wellbeing of ...