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Nov 28th

2016

By Benjamin Hodson
Category: Fitness
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Make it functional – choosing the right kit for you! Part 4 – TRX

If it’s calorie crunching, fat burning, total body toning you want, look no further than incorporating these functional training gems into your locker! Over the next five blogs, I’ll be selecting one of the top five functional training tools in the industry which are transforming the way we train our clients as trainers, achieving results […]

Nov 7th

2016

By Benjamin Hodson
Category: Fitness
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Make it functional – choosing the right kit for you! Part 3 – Bulgarian Bag

If it’s calorie crunching, fat burning, total body toning you want, look no further than incorporating these functional training gems into your locker! Over the next five blogs, I’ll be selecting one of the top five functional training tools in the industry which are transforming the way we train our clients as trainers and achieving […]

Sep 26th

2016

By Benjamin Hodson
Category: Fitness
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Functional Training – choosing the right kit for you! Part 2 – ViPR

If it’s calorie crunching, fat burning, total body toning you want, look no further than incorporating these functional training gems into your locker! Over the next five blogs, I’ll be selecting one of the top five functional training tools in the industry which are transforming the way we train our clients as trainers and achieving […]

Sep 12th

2016

By Benjamin Hodson
Category: Fitness
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Functional Training – choosing the right kit!

If it’s calorie crunching, fat burning, total body toning you want, look no further than incorporating these functional training gems into your locker! Over the next five blogs, I’ll be selecting one of the top five functional training tools in the industry which are transforming the way we train our clients as trainers and achieving […]

Aug 22nd

2016

By Benjamin Hodson
Category: Fitness
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The ‘Ben Ten’ Ultimate Fitness Test

There are many ways of testing your cardiovascular fitness. The bleep test, the Cooper treadmill test and 1 mile run test are all reliable determinants of aerobic fitness. However there has been no single test to measure overall fitness including aerobic fitness, anaerobic fitness and strength endurance………until now! I give you the ‘Ben-Ten’ test. I […]

Aug 8th

2016

By Benjamin Hodson
Category: Diet
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The DNA Revolution

DNA screening is the future. No matter what you think about the phenomenon, genetic testing has become the ‘must have’ service for personal trainers not to mention olympic athletes, premiership footballers and elite coaches realising the benefits to performance and unlocking the guesswork surrounding diet and exercise prescription. After all, every one of us is made […]

Jul 25th

2016

By Benjamin Hodson
Category: Fitness
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The best exercise for a slimmer waist

I couldn’t tell you how many times I’ve been asked this question and although plank variations are highly effective at strengthening the inner and outer core if executed correctly, this exercise works all core musculature in one movement with astounding results. The action itself mimics the hula hoop motion of yesteryear, maximising hip rotation through […]

Jul 11th

2016

By Benjamin Hodson
Category: Fitness
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Lactic Acid – Dispelling the myth about the ‘burn’!

We’ve all had it. That muscle burn during high intensity workouts that stops us in our tracks we associate with lactic acid. But is it lactic acid or some other process going on? Research suggests that ‘lactic acid’ cannot exist in the human body. The term has been thrown around sports science since the 1920’s […]

Jun 27th

2016

By Benjamin Hodson
Category: Running
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Run smart!

Running is the original primal movement. Contrary to many viewpoints, we, as human beings, are designed to run and if trained in a progressive manner, is the best way of burning calories and keeping lean. But be smart. Considering the multi-directional movements involved in locomotion together with almost three times your body weight crashing through […]

Jun 13th

2016

By Benjamin Hodson
Category: Diet
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Men are from Mars, women are from Venus

There’s a great deal of truth in this iconic book by John Gray particularly when we are talking about the weight loss dynamics of the genders. It’s probably no surprise to you but men find it easier to lose weight than women. Fact. So why? Apart from the obvious that men are bigger, they naturally […]