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HI All,
Just a quick one, we have put togather a number of training guides for some great events coming up in 2011.
These are:-
Manchester Shine Training Guide
These are part of a growing number of guides availabe on the Foresight Personal Training Website.
If you have any ideas of training guides you would like to see, please do let us know!
TOM
Hi All,
I just thought that I would put up a quick post to wish you all a Happy Christmas!
Me and the whole team here at Foresight Personal Training wish you very Happy CHristmas Day!
TOM
Manchester shine is a night walk event held annually in Manchester in aid of Cancer Research UK. This event has got bigger and bigger over the years and now has many dedicated followers. It is an awesome event and is totally different to anything you have ever done before! The event this year will be on Sunday 1st May 2011 at 19:30.
The great thing about Shine is that is open to all, so get your walking shoes on and join in. You can choose to do the full on 26 mile walk or the 13 mile walk in and around Manchester city centre, and take in some of the amazing sights Manchester has to offer. If you would like to see the full route have a look at this map.
For more information have a look at yourshine.org
All you need to do is fill in the form below and click the link in the first e-mail to get your FREE Manchester Shine 2011 Training Guide.
To enter and support this great event all you need to do is click here.
This is a great, fun, but challenging event. Why not join in and help Cancer Research UK raise some much needed cash!
TOM
Hi All,
Over the past few weeks I have been delivering a course to new personal trainers in Manchester. It has really been a great experiance, the guys and girls on the curse have learnt a wide range of skills that will help them to work within the fitness industry. We have been looking at a range of subjects that lead to them reciving a qualification via Active IQ and recognised by the Register of Exercise Professionals.
These courses qualify them to work as a personal trainer (Level 3), the guys and girls are raring to go and can’t wait to get out there and start working with clients to help them achieve their wellbeing goals.
Over the past few years I have started sharing some of my knowledge base and practical experiance with those looking to enter the active leisure industry. This amongst my main job as a <A HREF=”http://www.foresight-fitness.co.uk/personal-training-in-didsbury/”>Personal Trainer in Didsbury</A>.
I am still available for personal training in Manchester, so if you are looking to hit your new year running and get the RESULTS you want give us a call!
TOM
Hi All,
I was recently reading a piece of research from a leading cancer research charity, Cancer Research UK.
It suggested that you can massively reduce your cancer risk and add 14 happy healthy years to your life by doing four simple things. So I am sure that you are interested in what they are:-
1. Don’t Smoke – No surprises there then?
2. Drink Sensibly – current reccommendations are that you avoid binge drinking and stick to 2-3 units a day for a female and 3-4 units a day for a male.
3. Eat 5-a-day – this is really a minimum, here in the UK we use the 5 a day as a target when we should be looking to have a intake of closer to 9 portions per day! So eat as much as you can.
4. Engage in regular physical activity – as little as 30 minutes of moderate intensity physical activity 5 tmes per week can have a massive health effect not only in reducing cancer risk but also heart disease risk and type 2 diabetes risk.
All you need to do is avoid toxins, eat well and move! All the things that your body is designed to do.
Until next time,
Tom
Hi All,
As more and more of us move to using smart phones, and especially I Phones. Many of my personal training clients across Manchester have asked, knowing I am a big I Phone fan for my top fitness I Phone apps.
I Map my Run - This is a great little tool to map the runs/jogs that you do.
Sprint GPS - This is a more comprehensive activity log, you can track run/jogs and bike rides. The app allows you to map the route you have taken, it will work out some vital stats such as distance covered, average speed, and calories burnt. One of the best things about this app is that you can control your music from within it.
I Fitness - This app is more of those of you who work out in a gym. This app allows you to deign and track your resistance based workouts. It has a library of exercises that is always being updated, this can really help to keep your workouts fresh.
The above fitness I Phone apps are great tools to help motivate you and make the all important recording keeping easier.
If you have any further suggestions of apps that you think other readers of the blog might fid useful, please do post them as a comment.
TOM
Hi All,
JUst a very quick post today, just thought I would put out into cyber space my very basic Top 10 Healthy Eating Tips. This is a very common question I get asked by my Personal Training clients, so here they are:-
1. Always eat breakfast
2. Get your 5 a day!
3. Snack on fruits and not on processed foods
4. Eat more fish
5. Eliminate bad fats from your diet
6. Avoid processed sugar
7. Eat less salt.
8. Drink water and teas. Avoid all soda.
9. Never skip meals, eat regularly
10. Avoid all fast foods and non foods
TOM
Hi All,
A bit of a rant warning!
During my many years working as a personal trainer in Manchester, I have worked out in many of the citys parks and outdoor spaces (also a load in Stockport an Cheshire).
Many of the parks I have conducted personal training sessions in have been at a very high standard, but unfortunately a few have been very poor. Covered with broken glass, litter and dog dirt. Unfirtunately I have found some siringes and various forms of bio hazard over this period of time too.
I think that we forget how important outdoor space is to the community it is a place to socialise, relax and exercise. As the spaces we live in are getting smaller and more cramped, the impitance of these green spaces will become more and more important to us. These spaces can offer a range of great benefits not just to persona trining clients but to a wide range of people. These include relaxation, a place to socialise, to reflect, and to exercise.
As a community I feel it is vital that we take a bit more ownership of these areas and most importantly use them. If we ensure that these places get great use, we take pride in our space and keep them clean, tidy and great places to be. I am sure that we will see the overall standads sky rocket.
Please do not get me wrong I have found many parks and open spaces that are great places to be, especially in Manchester, many of the local parks are getting Grren Flags indicating ther quality. I have decided to publish a top ten list of the very best parks and outdoor spaces to train in across Greater Manchester. Look out for that comming in the next few weeks.
In terms of improving the communities levels of health and Wellbeing these spaces play a vital role. I have seen a steady increase in the number of people who are using the parks for health based activities. They have for a long time been used for football, but we now see grandmothers out walking, mums and dads on a jog, kids playing in play areas, even the odd personal trainer or two!
Sorry if you find this rant a bit off topic but I just feel that we should all look after the open spaces that we have and protect them form misuse!
TOM
Hi All,
As some of you may be aware, especially some of my personal traoning clients, I have become very interetsed in the work of Reed Davies (sparked by Sean, ofcourse). Reed has developed a system called Functional DIagnostic Nutrition, a course that i am litterally gagging to do!
I thought I would outline some of the key points of how Functional Diagnostic Nutriton works, what it can do for you and the many health benefits it can offer.
FDN does not however deal with, treating illnesses, treating symptoms and diagnosing diseases.
FDN is all about establishing health from the foundation, normalising bodily systems and strengthening the four pillars of health. This is all done by a practitioner who is experianced in looking at the hormonal, immune, digestive and detoxification systems of the body. The unique factor about the functional diagnostic nutrition approach is that it uses a great deal of detective work to get to the root causes of a condition. This is done through the taking of an extensive client history and also the use of laboratory testing. This is a key element to allow the FDN practitioner to find the underlying causes of a variety of diseases.
FDN can help with a number of conditions but some of the key ones are detailsed below:-
Part of the FDN system is to look at the bodies stress hormones and how the body reponds andreacts to those, these hormones play a crutial role in some of the conditions listed above. Overuse can also lead to Adrenal Fatigue SYndrome. Look out for a blog post on this over the comming weeks!
Functional Diagnostic Nutrition is an amazing system and can help a wide variety of people, to find out more have a look at the site or our interview with founder Reed Davies.
Foresight Persona Training Will be offering a range of FDN services across Manchester, Sockport and Cheshire in the next 12 months so if you would like to go on our already established waiting list please fill in the form below.
TOM
Hi All,
One of my clients, Kay Bishton has set herself the amazing goal of running the London Marathon in 2011. She will be part of the breakthrough breast cancer team.
I would just like to say what a great cause we think this is, and if you do too follow the link belwo to Kay’s just giving page. From all of us here at Foresight Personal Training, we wish you the very best of luck!
In Kay’s own words:-
‘I suppose I should explain what I’m doing and why I need your support!
In July my grandma Betty was diagnosed with Breast Cancer. When I found out I felt useless for not being able to do anything – yet another woman I love has been affected by this evil disease. She has now received treatment and has had successful surgery and is well on the road to recovery. If this had been 20 years ago it would be a different story. This fight against Cancer is getting stronger, research is working and detection is getting picked up sooner because of fundraising but it’s not enough, we need to keep going until we find the cure to beat it!
So, after much consideration (and wine) I decided that I wanted to do something in order to help raise more money for Breakthrough Breast Cancer. So what’s on the cards you’re wondering – something drastic, something that I know would be the last thing anyone would expect of a rather curvaceous, unfit, binge drinking 30 year old. I’ve decided to raise money for what I believe is one of the most important charities out there – Yes, I have a place on the Breakthrough Breast Cancer London Marathon 2011 team! Yes, next year’s London Marathon – not a 5k, 10k or a half marathon – no I’ve gone right in for the big one, 26 whole miles through London. (Actually seeing that written down has just made me feel a little bit sick) So my rather ambitious challenge has begun! There’s no turning back – my name is printed on the vest!
In the next 8 months, whilst pounding the streets of Stockport and getting super-duper fit, I’ll be arranging loads of events in order to have a bit of fun and raise much needed funds for this amazing charity. This is where you come in – I need you to pledge your support in any way possible. Attend my events, hold your own or simply dig deep and donate now – a penny or a pound it all adds up! I’ve started a Facebook group “Run Fat Girl Run” so follow the link and join in.
I’ll be doing weekly blogs and uploading rather unflattering Lycra clad photos along the way! I want to do this, I know I can do this – for my brave grandma Betty, her much missed friend Val, for my godmother Joanne, for Shirley and for my friend Cheryl, not forgetting the other women that I know that may face this in the future or who have faced, fought or lost their battle with Cancer.
Kay x’
http://www.justgiving.com/runfatgirlrun2011
