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Are you one of the many people that wonder why they haven’t experienced the full benefits of exercise despite going to the gym regularly?

Well perhaps that’s because most exercise advice/articles/books etc. rarely take into account all FOUR aspects of exercise which in turn leaves you, the health concious individual, in the dark. The sad part about all this is that the “experts” who freely hand out this advice, for the most part, know very little about what constitutes proper exercise.

What are the four aspects of exercise?

ONE - Cardio vascular/pulmonary health. The ability of the heart and lungs to function fully and support muscular movement without ill consequence. This can be achieved in any way that increases heart rate. It could be swimming, running, weight lifting or sex - what ever turns your heart on.

TWO - Skeletal health. The density of the bones and the health of the joints. Traditional “cardio” does this the world of hurt. Joints are repeatedly pounded and ground away. Continue this self harming activity too frequently and your knees and hips will wave you goodbye - “You’ll miss them when they’re gone” (Sunscreen Song). If you enjoy running for running sake, do it, enjoy, good for you, however, no more than once or twice a week - even that is pushing it. Oh and if you insist on doing it , try POSE running; it helps relieve the impact forces shocking your joints into submission.

THREE - Muscular tone, strength and amount. Sarcopenia is a very VERY serious issue that debilitates everyone as they age (I don’t mean old people, I mean anyone that ages, if your’e over 20 then take note). Yes YOU too. It is the wasting of muscular tissue that causes you to stoop, to be weak and frail, to have difficulty getting out of your chair, out of bed or off the floor - to live. Muscular mass and strength is THE most important aspect of exercise when age creeps in. If you do one thing for your health - body build, please don’t show me the shots of you in thongs oiled up though. Seriously, body building isn’t about getting bulbous muscles or looking slimy. It is about building the parts of your body that need building for your health.

FOUR - Flexibility, the ability of a joint and muscles to work together to move pain free through a full range of motion. Not too far, not too short. Ever watch your nan try and reach for the cupboard just over should height and see the strain it is? If you don’t use it, you lose it. That doesn’t quite cover it though, if you don’t use it and keep it strong, you lose it. This means you need to work your exercise through big, full ranges of motion.

What does this mean for your exercise? It means if you only ever jog or row or swim or lift weights and rest a lot then you need to up your game people. All you traditional cardio crowd, stop it, give your heart a break (it’s a muscle and needs rest too - did you know too much cardio causes scarring of cardiac muscle, that’s bad by the way, really bad long term.) and learn how to work hard for a change :), pick up a weight and thicken up your bones, strengthen your muscles and look better for it. If all you ever do is lift weights in the traditional sense, try cutting your rest periods down to 30 seconds and work through your workout faster with bigger ranges of motion - no half baked squats or curls (you know who you are).

I have adopted and developed various techniques that allow all four of the above criteria to be met, meaning I and my clients get all the benefits of all the above and NONE of the bad side effects. If you want to learn more or jump straight in then call or mail me;

07742 952 208 / admin@hamsfitness.com

Book in with your local Epsom Personal Trainer - ME :)

I have been asked many times about what really works and what doesn’t. What is hooey and what is real. What of our teachings are blurry and watered down. What has been fluffed up and rehashed to sound complex.

The truth is this - most of what was worth while knowing about bodybuilding and strength training was discovered long ago and there really is very little that is new under the sun. It can now just be put together in non fluffy, easy to understand and follow, meaningful, factual ways for all to use. Much like the light bulb.

Body Building Facts - the truth, no fluff. Simple. It works.

Strength Training - the truth, rules of becoming strong as you can

What I have done is package all the needed information into a really simple, factual and honest list of rules that will have you at your goal as quick as nature will allow you.

There is very little that is fancy about either strength training or bodybuilding - anybody who tells you different is either lying, not sure themselves and hope something will stick, trying to sell you something or too stupid to see through their own hype - they bamboozled themselves:)

All the best and most elegant answers are simple, even if the questions are not.

I have written Bodybuilding Facts - the truths of how to get big - no fluff. Simple.

Also available is Strength Training - the truth about what it takes. Simple rules that produce what you ask for to any height of results you care to attempt for!

To access these pages you must pay. Email me at admin@hamsfitness.com

If I said I could give you a pill that would give you the strength and body you seek - how much it would it be worth to you?

I have instead something far more profound and powerful than a pill - I can give you knowledge. With that knowledge you can journey through your life experiencing what it takes to get to where you want to be - it is the journey that builds us……not the pill.

I am a Personal Trainer in Epsom, Surrey. My goal is to share my knowledge with as many people as I can across the world so they too can see their goals materialise with the help of the facts I share. Pass the word….

All of you that are looking to make a change in your life had better believe you can be an action man/woman.

Hiring a Personal Trainer for their time and knowledge is not a magical recipe that will transform you from soggy to ninja. You will also have to understand and totally accept that all the effort is on you.

Without your effort, your concentration and focus it could all be a waste of money, neither you or your Personal Trainer (especially me) wants wasted time in a Personal Training session, or outside of it for that matter.

1) Use Your Head

Make your time in the gym worth the effort, work hard and smart. A random bundling of gimmicky, fad exercises may look cool but be sure they are giving you the results you deserve. Simple and hard is usually more effective.

2) You do it Wrong Right Now

If you are overweight, you need to admit you need a change in your thought processes surrounding food. You eat too much of the wrong type of foods. The sooner you admit that to yourself the sooner you can look and feel awesome. Denying you have your wires crossed will lead you to exactly where you are now. There is no fault at work here, just simply a wrong perspective. You will be hard pushed to get fat on meat, fish, fruit, vegetables, nuts and seeds with some grain products prepared in natural and healthy ways.

3) Crash Diet - Ever Seen a Productive Crash?

A crash diet will yield messy results, you will need to reprogramme the way you think of food to look and truly feel better about being you.

4) Most People Only Burn 500 Calories Per Hour Maximum In The Gym - 1lb Fat = 3500 Calories!

Exercise as a method of calorie burning is short term and ultimately futile.

5) Find Your True Internal Motivation

Ask yourself why you really want to change your body. Is it for health reasons, vanity, self esteem or self confidence, to please another person perhaps. What ever your reason and driving force, be sure that it is important to you - if it is not important to you in a very personal way then you are unlikely to put 100% into it. Anything less than 100% is not going to be good enough. When you have really found out what it is that drives you, hold that thought in your head, remind yourself of it throughout each and every day. When you feel like taking it easy or “treating” yourself, SHOUT aloud internally to yourself why you are doing this and believe you are worth the change. YOU ARE.

6) Staying At The Top Is Easier Than Getting There

Once you have reached your goals, it will be so much easier to maintain them than it was to get there. I promise.

7) You Don’t Know Everything

Each time you think you know better or are low on motivation, remember that your way, the way you have been following up to this point has got you exactly where you don’t want to be. You want a Personal Trainer for a reason, you want a change, remember? Have faith that you are worth the effort and that you can learn and make habit a new way of thinking, a new you.

8) Just Do It, Become Action Man/Woman

Don’t blame anyone or anything for the position you are in now, take ACTION. Move on from the past, realise you are only where you are now because you didn’t have the information you needed to help you make this change. Take ACTION, take control, take responsibility for the new you.

I hope this helps you discover the whys and hows of your new direction and I look forward to seeing you soon at the Epsom Personal Training facility!

Adios for now you gorgeous people and remember -

YOU ARE WORTHY OF YOUR DESIRES

I am a Personal Trainer in Epsom, Surrey. My goal is to share my knowledge with as many people as I can across the world so they too can see their goals materialise with the help of the facts I share. Pass the word….

If you have ever thought about increasing your wellbeing, losing fat, looking better, being stronger, fitter, healthier or wanting to feel better about who you are as a person but never seem to get round to it, now is the time to build momentum.

If you find yourself saying “I will look into it” or “I want to do it but just cant seem to find the time or money” then in all liklihood you will always say that and ten years will pass and the tomorrow you thought of never arrived.

How many Personal Trainers have you spoken with, how many free consultations have you taken advantage of? You may find out that actually YOU CAN do it and that YOU DO have the time, YOU DO have the money.

Perhaps one of the Personal Trainers you spoke with surprised you with some new information you didn’t previously know about.

My point being;

If you don’t start gathering momentum, even if small amounts at a time, you will never build up enough to actually take action.

The most successful people on the planet take action, they build momentum, they gather information and then feel they are ready to see their momentum bloom into effort and results.

Be successful, gather information, take small steps and they will build into strides and then leaps and bounds.

YOU CAN MAKE A SMALL STEP - talk to someone, make the first small step.

Power to you. You deserve the health and body you want, you deserve to feel good about being you.

Afternoon All,

Body building has had a bad press over the past 20 years - images of oiled up, thong wearing narcissists pop to mind. Fair enough.

However, that is not what true body building is.

Body building in the pure and original sense is simply trying to build the best body you can to help you look better and perform better in everyday life whilst watching your diet so that you stay trim and able bodied.

So few people on the planet (relatively speaking) can actually reach huge proportions that it makes me laugh when people say they don’t want to look like a bodybuilder, I say good - because you cant!

I provide a service that allows you to achieve a muscular (read healthy and strong) and lean physique (read healthy - very few people have the genetics for a washboard magazine mid section) in less time that you might think.

A full body workout should take no longer than thirty (30) minutes to complete and can give you a great looking and functioning body in 2 sessions per week. I sell that at £160 per month (8 sessions) - £20 per session - Personal Training face to face with a Personal Trainer of my calibre does not come at a better price….anywhere.

Why do I offer this so cheap - because I want people to see and feel the benefits of old school, traditional body building. I want you then to tell your friends about it, teach them what I teach you. The more healthy and strong people we have, the better we will be for it.

Any age can body build, after all, it just means to build a better body. Young, old, thin, fat, able bodied or disabled, we can all benefit by being stronger and leaner. Take action and do something about it.

One hour per week to get a healhtier, more attractive and more useful body.

Seems like a no brainer to me…but then I am bias.

When you want to take action to change your body and life for the better, in a sensible way and put the work in - call me - 07742 952 208