Recovery, Nutrition and Fitness Advice for Athletes
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The Surprising Benefits of Exercising Outdoors
With the current lockdown situation, we must savour our time outside more than ever, particularly if you don't have a garden or private space to move in at home. The 1hr we are permitted outside is a precious time for your body and mind. Whether you are out running, doing...
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Peanut Butter Cup Energy Bites
This is another one of our quick and easy, tasty snacks that you are going to love. All you need is a food blender, there is no cooking involved, so why not get the children involved in making these Peanut Butter Cup Energy Bites. Preparation time: 15 minutes Makes 20...
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Overcoming obstacles and setbacks.
Setting goals is very easy… actually achieving them is where most of us stumble and fall. We don’t tend to fail because the goal was too hard, we tend to fail because we get derailed by unexpected obstacles and setbacks that get in our way.Basically there are three types of...
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Muscle building calories.
The basics of building lean muscle are quite simple. We need to ensure that we are eating a small calorie surplus daily, we are getting enough bioavailable protein to assist in protein synthesis and that we are placing enough stimulus on our body to create a progressive overload. Other important...
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The Secrets of Enjoying Exercise
If you are like most people, the mere thought of exercising is enough to have your mind making up all sorts of excuses why you should not, could not, and potentially will not exercise. However, with the lockdown we are currently experiencing, many of us are embracing the one hour...
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Get on Ur Bike
With the warm Spring weather and Government directive including cycling as one of the recommended forms of exercise during ‘lockdown’, we thought it would be helpful to share some ideas on how to stay safe and get the most out of your rides. Why get on Ur bike? Cycling is...
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Great foods to eat after exercise.
We put a lot of time and hard work into our workouts, pushing harder than before, constantly developing, and trying to perform better each time to reach our goal. But how many of us use nutrition to improve our performance, post-workout?Consuming the right nutrients after exercise is an important part...
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How often should you workout?
We all know that staying active has so many health benefits. Yet in a recent survey 41% of British adults, between the ages of 41-60, fail to walk for more than 10 minutes a day. We could all do with becoming more active, but it’s often hard to work out...
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Learning to be kind to yourself.
Learning to be kind to ourselves is a concept born from Buddhist psychology, which teaches the art of self-compassion. ie treating ourselves with the same care and kindness, that we would a family member or a dear friend.We are all able to feel compassion for others, we empathise with their...
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The importance of water.
We have all heard it time and time again, you’ve got to drink water as it is essential for your health and wellbeing. But why is it so important?Here are 7 ways that water helps you improve your health and wellbeing that you may not have considered before:1. It prevents...
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