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A year of fitness trainers working during a pandemic
We hope you have all been keeping safe and well during this challenging pandemic times. We are delighted to have been able to offer on-going training to our clients both online and in person outdoor training when permitted by the Government. Our top female trainers and top male trainers in London continue to do this and are very excited at the prospect of life returning to some kind of normaity.
London female personal trainer on the how and what of exercising in late pregnancy
Are you currently over 30 weeks pregnant and wondering if you should take up some personal training with expert female personal trainers who specialise in ante natal training? Look not further as Chelsea Personal Training (CPT) offers just this. It doesn't matter if you are with us for ten weeks or ten sessions, what matters is that you go away feeling confident in your body and what it is capable of. We will discuss the case of our client who was 35 weeks pregnant when she called CPT.
New Year New You with our top female personal trainers in London
New year, new me?
Are you feeling swamped by the endless talk of New Year’s resolutions? Have you set yourself the task of having a successful dry Jan? Did you embark on Veganuary with dreams of losing weight? We all get overwhelmed with the amount of pressure that changing ourselves at this time of year seems to hold. That’s why it can be helpful to seek support from a personal trainer. Change comes with time and commitment. Sure, starting at the top of the year is an ideal place to begin but don’t be disheartened if your year hasn’t begun the way you intended.
The ‘New Year, New You’ trap. Mobile personal trainer shares motivation tips for the start of the year.
It’s almost impossible at this time of year to open a newspaper, magazine or social media app without being bombarded with the annual ‘New Year, New You’ message. With this comes an overload of conflicting information on diet, exercise and psychology which can be counter productive to helping us re-focus.
For those that want to use a new year to reset exercise and fitness, here are a few of the best ways to stay motivated - for more than just the month of January.
Core strength - London personal trainers explain why it matters.
What is your core and why is it so important?
A well rounded fitness programme should always include core exercises and you will often hear fitness instructors talking about 'activating and strengthening' the core muscles - but what exactly does this mean and why is this so important?
The core muscles
A common misconception is that the outer abdominal muscles are 'the core', or even that having a six-pack means having a strong core.
In fact, the core muscles include all the inner and outer muscles of the trunk, this includes the transverse and rectus abdominus which run along your front, the lower back and outer-middle back muscles, as well as muscles in between the spine bones, the external and internal obliques which run down the sides of your trunk to your hip, the diaphragm and the pelvic floor.
And of course, the main function of the core muscles is to contain and protect vital organs.
What is a balanced diet? London based mobile personal trainers share the secret!
What is a ‘balanced diet’? – the basics
The subject of nutrition can be a confusing one, how do we know what a healthy balanced diet is? What amount of each nutrient should we be eating? How much of this depends on our sex, genetic make-up or lifestyle?
We are told that we should have a ‘healthy balanced diet’, in simple terms this means eating the right quantities of the different food groups, and not forgetting this includes drinking the right amount of water – we are meant drink between six and eight glasses a day.
There are five different food groups, these are carbohydrates, protein, fat, vitamins and minerals.
Here is an overview from our top personal trainers of why and how they make up a ‘healthy balanced diet’.
TRX suspension training with our top London Personal Trainers
TRX stands for total body resistance exercise and is a system that specialises in a form of suspension training. It is comprised of two straps with rubbers handles that attaches to a safe surface. It then uses body weight to perform what seems to be a limitless number of exercises from which maximum gains are made.
The TRX is a favourite among our London personal trainers..
Weight loss with mobile female personal trainers
Losing weight doesn’t come easily. As one of London’s top mobile personal trainers, we understand this. We believe in a holistic approach to weight loss, because we know it is not about what one eats and how much one exercises, but in fact a look at the history of why and how you have come to need to lose weight. In other words we think it is as much a consideration of the mind as it is the body. They both need to work together to make a desirable change. In the case of many of our clients, that is weight loss.
Improve your metabolism by exercising BEFORE Christmas
Christmas is fast approaching and we are all looking forward to the food and drinks during the festive season. However, it is easy to forget that our body weight creeps up at this time of year and we will all be regretting some of it by the New Year. Fear not, as our top mobile personal trainers in London are here to help you to increase your metabolism before the festivities start and to keep you from gaining the mince pie kilos. Read on to find out how we do it!
High Intensity Interval Training - London Personal Trainer advises the pros and cons
HIIT Training – is it all that jazz?
Unless you live in a cave, you will have come across HIIT - High Intensity Interval Training as a form of getting fit fast and staying fit for longer (because it is quick to do and less time consuming). So what is HIIT and is it as good as the attention it is getting? Personal trainers share their views.
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If you’ve ever wondered what the number one reason is for hiring a personal trainer, it is motivation! (This is followed closely by wishing to lose weight). People often feel that they do not have the time or the know-how how to exercise. However, these reasons fall into the motivation (or lack of) category. This is why we recommend hiring a mobile personal trainer to tackle your motivation issues and get going with an exercise routine.
Motivational quotes to get you back on track for your fitness goals.
Happy new year to you all! We at Chelsea Personal Training hope that 2018 has started well and that your new year resolutions continue to be going in the right direction. We thought a few inspirational fitness motivation quotes would be helpful for you if they are in fact spiraling towards negativity instead of rocketing sky high.
The number one reason our clients find our top London Personal Trainers is motivation to exercise! It is closely followed by the desire to lose weight. The quotes we love tackle both and we hope you love them too.
Personal trainer: difference between Pilates Vs Yoga
Our London personal trainers are often asked what the difference is between Pilates and Yoga. In this blog we will define Pilates and Yoga. We will also describe the benefits of each practice to your personal training sessions. Furthermore we will give you examples of some of the exercises involved. We hope that this will help you to discover one or the other, or perhaps both.
The importance of re-fuelling after exercise by CPT's female personal trainer, Lou.
Incorporating regular exercise into your daily routine is one of the most important parts of the day, as it relieves stress, releases the endorphins (the feel good factor) and helps to keep you in shape. However, some people underestimate the importance of re-fuelling with the right nutrients after working out. Re-fuelling your body plays the largest role in supplying your body with everything that it will need to repair, rebuild, recover and adapt to the strain you just placed on your muscles.
The initial feeling post exercise will be fantastic; you will feel full of energy and motivated in whatever tasks you may have at hand. However, directly after exercise your appetite could be lacking for a half an hour or so. Once this window has passed, ensure to feed your body with the nutrients it needs to build and repair your muscles. If you neglect your body from the fuel it requires to function efficiently the euphoric feeling will quickly diminish, as there will be nothing left in the tank, which will make you feel extremely lethargic. Think of it like a car running on no petrol – it cannot function!
London Personal Trainers: The four week kick start running plan!
We love to run, do you? It takes some getting used to but the benefits of running are numerous. One of the most popular reasons clients contact us is to motivate them because they would like to run but they do not know where and how to start.
Therefore, if it is something you have thought about starting to do, you have come to the right place to get you off the sofa and into London’s beautiful parks and outdoor spaces. Chelsea personal trainers will help you to get started on your first four week’s jogging/running with a mini plan below for the complete beginner. We will also outline the benefits of running.
London Personal Trainers share the power of assisted stretching
We hope that you enjoyed the tricep dip variations in your workouts from last week’s blog! If you did many of them, you may have felt what we like to call ‘happy muscle pain’ (HMP) in the back of your arms for a few days? Great stuff! This means you have broken down some muscles and built new ones (while burning lots calories to do so!) But, did you remember to stretch the triceps after every workout? We hope so. If not, get one of our fabulous personal trainers to do it for you!
What is assisted stretching and why is it good? Assisted stretching is using the help of another person (if your friend knows what they are doing then great, but a personal trainer who definitely knows what they are doing is the greatest) to help you to lengthen your muscles so that you can stay relaxed in the process. Assisted stretching consists of the last ten minutes or so of every workout session we do with our clients. (Needless to say, it is our clients’ favourite part of the hour!)
Personal trainers share variations of the tricep dip exercise.
We hope that January is now a distant past and that all who have fallen off, or never actually got started, on their healthy New Year’s resolutions will do so this month. This is when we personally prefer to get started on those health goals. Welcome to February!
We would like to tell you all about exercising the muscles in the back of your arms – the triceps. The reason is that there are so many variations to this lovely exercise and we wanted to make it accessible to everyone from beginners to advanced as a great way to build the muscles that help you with the pushing part of anything you do involving your arms and using only your own body weight.
London Personal Trainer, Lou shares the secret of the balancing act between exercise and nutrition
The end of January is upon us and some of our optimistic New Years resolutions may have already tailed off slightly, predominately from the last few weeks of bitter cold mornings and evenings. January is already one of the hardest months, let alone when trying to maintain a strict, structured work out and diet plan, so to anyone that has fallen off the bandwagon slightly, do not beat yourself up!!
The problem is that many of us try to go for it from the get go after Christmas which can result in maintenance being almost impossible. Depriving yourself completely from many of your favourite foods is definitely not the answer to ensuring that you keep up with your plans throughout the year. So if you have broken some of your resolutions that were going so well, and feel that you’ve failed, you are wrong, just ensure that you change your regime slightly! If you feel that you need the extra push and motivation to get you back on track, then our Chelsea personal trainers can certainly help you to achieve your goals.
The advantages of personal training for depression.
The festivities are behind us and we are all back into our normal, some may say ‘dull’ routines. December is such a magical month with so many Christmas parties that preoccupy us. All of this excitement can certainly give us a million different excuses not to get those gym sessions in and to eat and drink ourselves into a state of oblivion.
With this in mind, it is no wonder that tomorrow is known to be ‘the most depressing day of the year’. Many of us may feel as if we have over indulged with too much food and drink, accompanied by a rather sedentary December. The combination of these lifestyle changes can certainly be the main contributing factors to the January slump and feelings of melancholy.
The split squat - the ultimate exercise for strong glutes!
For our clients and those who know us well, the mention of the next exercise being the “split squat” sends heart rates soaring without actually having performed any movement! In this blog we will explain what split squats are, how to perform them and give you a few variations to make them even more exciting in your personal training programmes.
Our clients and admittedly us, Personal Trainers too, have a kind of hate/love relationship with the split squat. We know they are very hard and not always enjoyable, but simultaneously good for us and therefore we always give them as an effective exercise in our sessions (where appropriate).
