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How to Relieve Sore Muscle Pain After Working Out

You went for a workout at your local Ribble Valley gym the other day, but now your muscles are sore and you’re tired. This is normal. It’s called delayed onset muscle soreness (DOMS, for short) and it occurs around 48 hours after you’ve worked your muscles hard. Sometimes, you’ll feel it quite strongly (and experience…

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When is The Best Time To Workout?

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When is the best time for you to workout? Is it the morning, the evening or in the middle of the afternoon? In the video I talk through a number of different scenarios and I look at how you should be thinking when it comes to going to the gym and working out. As…

The Benefits of Using MyFitnessPal

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If you’ve been looking for some of the latest tech to help you with your fitness journey then you’ve probably come across MyFitnessPal. It helps you by tracking what your macro-nutrient intake (carbs, fats, proteins and vitamins and minerals) from the food that you eat. One of the better things that it does is analyse…

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Late night eating: does it matter when I eat close to bed time?

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I often get asked a number of questions when it comes to eating and eating late at night: Is it bad for me? Should I do it? Are there any negatives? Well, let’s start of with one key answer. Late night eating isn’t bad for you at all. It isn’t going to make…

Power Napping and Improving Fitness Levels

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You might be familiar with power napping or you might not. Clearly we all know how good it feels to have a good night’s sleep. Today, I had quite a busy day and had a little bit of a gap. I was super tired, so I had a power nap. This helped me to…

Is Cardio Effective for Fat Loss?

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If you’ve taken part in any type of fitness, whether that’s going to your local gym in the Ribble Valley or heading with your friends to do some fitness classes, you’ve no doubt done some cardio. Lots of people believe (and have done for years) that cardio is one of the best forms of exercises…

Why Happiness is Important For Motivation

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A lot of the recent videos and blogs that myself and the rest of the team at Masters Personal Training have done are centred around the aspect of motivation and fitness. And there’s the reason why: your level of motivation can hugely affect the speed at which you lose weight or build muscle, and get…

Why Eating a Healthy Breakfast is Important

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Knowing what you should eat for a healthy breakfast interesting topic. I’ve covered how to eat a breakfast that will help you lose weight before, but this post goes into more depth around other aspects of understanding your nutrition and why a healthy breakfast is important. In the video I speak about why a solid…

Why De-cluttering Will Give You More Energy

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Do you have a lot of clutter around your home, work or in your car? In this video (and post) I’ll be covering why it’s important to understand whether you have a cluttered life and why it’s important to de-clutter the space around you to give yourself more energy. Life is all about energy.…

Benefits of Getting Enough Sleep

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Sleep is super important for everyone. As humans, we need it to recharge and repair our bodies. It’s a vital time when the body doesn’t “sleep” but prepares the body for the next day’s activities by repairing muscles and transporting nutrients to ensure they’re in the right place for daytime. Sleep is also important for…