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gain 16 blocks of lard this winter

11/30/2014

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16 Blocks of lard...urgggghhhhh


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This year will you may be adding the average 7-8lb of fat over the festive period?​

8LB of fat is just a little less than the contents of 16 blocks of lard!!! this is what the average UK adult will be adding to their bellies over the holidays.  You certainly would’nt want to carry them back from the shops to your house, however  some of us will be doing exactly that this festive period.  

Dont be glum though because it does’nt  have to be this way:

Start your Pre Christmas fat shift today with our help.

(Be proactive this winter and lose the weight and stop the 8LB weight add during xmas, and get yourself looking great for your xmas functions)

  • Come along to Ladies at Leisure gym (shortlisted as Ladies Gym of the year 2014 at the National Fitness Awards)and we will look after everything including nutrition, training plan, motivational and advice eBooks.  No more long contracts either, just join and if it doenst float your boat you just leave and cancel your payment....simples.
  • In January the whole place will look a whole lot different with more results basis, new equipment, new classes and a whole new philosophy.  The most modern up to date results driven venue in the area, coming soon(brand new facity).


  • If the gym is just too daunting for you then maybe personal training with Glenn Hill (Personal Trainer of the year shortlisted at the National Fitness awards 2014) could be for you.  Just a bit of personal 1 on 1 coaching on the physical and mental barriers that stand in the way of your ideal body.
  • For the whole of December my Christmas present to the people of County Durham is 20% off all my coaching, training and massage for all new enquiries, Just quote this email.


Personal Training and specialist weight loss gym with a reputation for weight loss.

LET US HELP YOU THIS WINTER

Glenn (feeling festive hill) Hill

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What the F is functional training

11/20/2014

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Personal Trainer Glenn Hill talking function and Crossfit:

So beleive it or not even some so called exercise professionals dont know what functional training is, recently some fella was gobbing off saying that functional training is dancing around a gym using swiss balls and that Crossfit is dangerous.

However this is not functional training - not sure exactly what it is?
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Modern Functional Training

The modern thinking of functional training is all about getting yourself fit in order to carry out your normal life a little easier.  So lots of varied big compound exercises with heavy weight doing different stuff always.  Often using big Olympic weights to strengthen the entire body and improve core strength in order to provide a stronger spine.  

Some people specialise in one aspect of fitness and thats cool for them, but its not all round fitness.  The legend Mo Farrah is a great example of a specialist, unbelievably good runner but absolutely no strength, which was displayed at the Olympics after winning a couple of Gold medals he never had the upper body strength to pick his own daughter up.  Functional training and Crossfit style sessions work all aspects of fitness to ensure a complete approach to fitness.  

What could functional strength improve in your normal life:
  • Carrying your child to bed
  • moving boxes around the house or garage
  • bumping your car when the battery fails
  • pushing a pram up a hilll or carrying shopping home

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Crossfit is soo dangerous - people get injured


Well ofcourse it is, and people do get injured and i am afraid that’s part and parcel of training.  People who have been heavily involved in any sort of fitness or sport end up having loads of injuries, i can vouch for that.   I could also conceed that Crossfit allow too many inexperienced coaches to coach Crossfit classes and that in my opinion is a bit of an issue.

Do more people get injured doing Crossfit than doing cardio or classes?  I would hope so as slow cardio on the hamster wheel, or aerobics just doesn’t provide the results that a Crossfit workout does.  Throwing around very heavy weights and jumping onto a 20 inch box is definately more risky than slow jogging or using a stepper.

What most people dont realise is that Crossfit is very similar to conjugated training which has been has also been used for a long time to condition sports teams and individuals, just varied tough exercise.

Every class or WOD result is recorded, talk about fitness testing, most Personal Trainers do this the odd time with their clients and most gyms never fitness test.  

However a little risk is brilliant, lets not wrap ourselves in cotton wool and this is why......

There is a little scale sometimes know as the catastrophe scale or performance curve, and it goes like this: comfort zone (not learning or developing) then stretch zone (a little scared but developing fast)  and then panic zone (too scared and confidence will probably regress badly). 

Most people spend their lives in their comfort zone and dont achieve anything hard or try anything hard and therfore never fail.  These people are scared of everything and try nothing!

Its better to spend a lot of time each day in stretch where it is tough, you may feel uncomfortable, threatened but the beauty is you are always learning fast and developing as a person.  Eventually your comfort zone is huge and nothing scares you, you are a well rounded fearless MO FO.

When in Panic  your learning stops and you frighten yourself so bad your comfort zone may get smaller and you will probably never try the activity again.

We could say that slow cardio on the treadmill is living your life in your comfort zone.  We could also say that trying every hard exercise and not being scared of trying new things is living your life in your stretch zone.......BOOM AWESOME!!

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As a veteran Personal Trainer, Snowboard Coach, Ex Army Paratrooper, Ex Army Frogman, Rock climbing leader, Mountain Bike Leader, Kayak Coach, Canoe Coach and all round extreme sports fanatic i would think my comfort zone is massive.

I also think if you are getting worried about getting injured on an exercise class you might aswell sign yoiurself into the old peoples home and give up on life.

Crossfit is as dangerous as it should be!

Functional training is to help you become better at life!

Please live your life in stretch!


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Glenn Stretch Hill
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