The link between exercise and mental health is fascinating me more and more lately. When I think about the happiest times of my life they often involve physical activity. Particularly when shared with others. Country walks with my Samantha 🥰 Kayaking, hiking and climbing trees with my son Jayden 🤟 Dad dancing my girls Lyra […]
Jon Bond, founder and fitness director of Storm Fitness Academy Ltd shares his fit for forty challenge results and what he has learnt form his 12 week journey.
Being busy has become a bit of badge of honour lately. People often brag to one another about how busy they are. I know I can be very guilty of this. Trying to please everyone So why are we all so busy? Well, I think this is for a number of reasons but a big […]
If you are not sure whether you are active enough or you are thinking about increasing your physical activity and not sure what to aim for then our table below will give you some guidance, and a possible target to aim for. How many steps per day should I aim for? What are the health […]
In a previous article I discussed how we can use RPE to monitor the intensity of cardiovascular training. This article explains how we can also apply a similar RPE scale to resistance training. Behold the RPE scale for Resistance Training! As you can see the numbers on the left and the emoji’s are the same […]
Now that my 12-week challenge is over I can finally say goodbye to my obsession with fat loss and move over to a new goal. Don’t get me wrong dropping some bodyfat has been just what the doctor ordered. I feel healthier, more athletic, and as with the achievement of any goal, I feel a […]
When we are exercising we aren’t always sure how hard we should be working or even how to gauge it. A very simple tool you can use is the RPE scale ‘Rate of Perceived Exertion’. Rate of Perceived Exertion (RPE) RPE also known as the Borg scale, named after Dr Gunnar Borg who designed the […]
Three weeks into my membership at MVMT42 and still loving it. I’m particularly pleased this week as I managed to PB my power clean (80kg for 3 reps). That was a relatively new lift for me so my progress was pretty quick once I learnt the technique. I have also managed to complete a few […]
I have completed two weeks of my MVM42 membership and have learnt so much already and certainly feel more athletic. Becoming more athletic From what I can tell so far the Crossfit programming is based on regularly trying to improve your personal best (PB) or if your from the US personal record (PR) 😉. I […]
If you want different results then you have to do something different to what are already doing. I want to be in the best shape of my life so I can’t just keep using the same methods I have always used in the past. I need to force my body to adapt by subjecting it […]
