Tag: Personal Trainer

Steeple Chase the Obstacle Race | Norfolk (Oct)

  5km and 10km off-road runs over 30 horse jumps including a 150m river section. This course works every muscle in your body! Jumping, scrambling and hurdling over and under 30 different horse jumps will test your endurance. Set in 160 acres of grassland, the course also includes a series of water obstacles, 150 meter […]

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Brooks HellRunner: Hell Up North | Cheshire (Nov)

10-12miles of some of the toughest off-road running The Brooks HellRunner is over multi-terrain and varying underfoot conditions. There will be everything from running tracks and trails to water-filled areas and plenty of steep hills. Expect to get very wet! It will be nature at its toughest. The course will be marked but do not […]

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Tough Mudder | Cheshire (Nov)

  This is a hardcore 10-12mile obstacle course designed by Special Forces personnel. Tough Mudder events are hardcore 10-12 mile obstacle courses designed by the Special Forces to test your all around strength, stamina, mental grit, and camaraderie. As the leading company in the booming obstacle course industry, Tough Mudder has already challenged half a […]

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Train for Your First 100mile Cycle Race

So you’ve taken up cycling and entered a 100mile race…  You need to set a training programme with the aim to finish the race, but also to cycle confidently and comfortably.  You need to look at 3 to 4 sessions per week, in the 10week programme below I have set a 4 session per week […]

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FOUR PILLARS HOTEL | Cotswold Water Park

Find new, innovative ways to enhance and energise your body and mind. Whether you want to improve your fitness, shape-up or unwind, our Spa and Leisure Club boasts all the latest facilities in a contemporary setting. Spa 6 follows the true philosophy of a spa, offering an extensive heat and water therapy suite in addition […]

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Yakitori Chicken

1kg Chicken Breast fillets ¼cup (60ml) mirin (a sweet rice wine) ½cup (125ml) light soy sauce 2cm piece of fresh ginger (10g) grated finely 2 cloves of garlic (crushed) ¼tsp of ground black pepper 1tblsp sugar Cut chicken into 2cm pieces. Combine chicken with remaining ingredients into a large bowl and stand for 10mins. Drain chicken over […]

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The Power Chicken Salad

A supermarket ready-made salad can consist of a staggering 600calories. This salad contains vitamin B3, B6 & B12 to help release energy from food to power your workout.  From the Chicken comes protein which is essential for amino acids to help repair your muscles. 1xChicken Breast ½ a bag of Watercress ½ an Avocado (sliced) […]

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40-30-30 | The Ultimate Eating Plan to Lose Weight & Get in Shape

This is no gimmick! This is no Diet! This is the way the human body was designed to fuel itself and the only way multiple world record breaking endurance athlete Mike Buss eats and is the only healthy eating plan endorsed by Mike which he also sets his clients. With a record breaking pedigree and […]

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Peanut Butter and Banana Pancakes

This recipe has been provided by Charlie Shotton-Gale (Personal Trainer & International Power Lifter). Ingredients 1 egg 1 tablespoon of Peanut butter half a large banana 50ml Milk Method Put all ingrediants in a food blender (or a bowl if you only have a handheld blender) Mix them together for 1-2 minutes.  Take care about […]

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Is a CALORIE a calorie?

It is obvious from the research presented that what we have been doing is not working…  And its not working spectacularly!  Congratulations – We are getting fatter! Faster! So what’s going on? The following research highlights the need for the correct macronutrient balance.  Four groups of people were taken aside and all were fed 1000calories […]

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