Helio Health Hints – Reduce Body Fat in 12 Easy Steps!
Follow these easy steps to reduce body fat! The perfect six-pack is not a myth. In fact, you already own it – it’s just hiding under belly fat. And since you can’t spot-reduce fat in specific areas (whatever you might have heard from a dodgy PT or the Internet), the key to losing belly fat is reducing your overall body fat percentage. The magic number is 10% to put your abs centre stage, but there are myriad health benefits to lowering your body fat percentage. Firstly – and quite simply – you will live longer. The higher your body fat percentage, the lower your life...
Helio Health Hints – 5 Reasons to change your workout…NOW!
5 Reasons to change your workout now! Just in: Your workout might not be helping you as much as it could. The truth is, you cannot do the same exercise program over and over again and expect better results — it’s best to change your routine periodically to give your body the stimulus it needs to recover and grow. Thankfully, there are common signs to tell you when it’s time for a workout reboot. If you ignore them, you could plateau, get poor results or even hurt yourself. But if you pay attention to the signs, you’ll overcome previous limits and make...
Helioween Healthy Treats (no tricks here!)
Halloween is the time for trickery and mischievousness but you will find none of that at Helio. We’re an open book ready to help our members and answer any questions you may have. With that in mind we have let loose a few of our Helioween scary smoothies from our recipe book! Green-Eyed Monster Smoothie If you want to scare you friends, family and children with a spooky drink whilst still being healthy, then this is the drink for you. To prepare you will need: 1 ripe banana, sliced 75g cup pineapple A handful of baby spinach 1 tsp. ground flax seed 240 ml almond milk 75g cup...
PT Spotlight – Mark Gibson
Find out more about our PT Mark and what makes him tick....
Get Your Hands on a FREE 3 Day Gym Pass!
For a limited time only we are offering a FREE 3 day gym pass! So what are you waiting for? Come down and try out our facilities on us! Our FREE 3 day pass entitles you to use our gym for three days, across the month. You can try our classes, discuss your exercise routine with one of our PTs and utilise our cardiovascular and free weight sections. Here at Helio, we aim to help all who walk through our doors achieve their fitness goals and say Hello to Healthy. Our gyms are fully equipped with: Pulse Gym Equipment Free Weights Area ...
Calling all students in Bolton!
For a limited time only we are offering 25% off with a no minimum contract student membership! Come down to our central gym on Manchester Road, opposite Kwik Fit, where you can check out our excellent facilities and range of equipment. Located a short walk from the University of Bolton and Bolton College, it is the perfect place to unwind and destress in a healthy and productive way after a hard day studying in lectures or at the library. We have just the right equipment for you, treadmills, rowing machines and battle ropes or you could power your way through a spin...