Helio Health Hints – Which Training Split Is Right For You?
Training splits. When it comes to weight training there’s a lot of different approaches, mainly what kind of workout split you do and what your main goal is. The amount of free time you have should decide this. Some people may only be able to get to the gym a few days each week, where as others can get there every day. If your goal is to build muscle but you can only get to the gym three times a week, it wouldn’t make sense to train one body part each session, It would make sense to do a full body session...
MEMBER OF THE MONTH – CHRIS MIDDLETON
Name: Chris Middleton. Gym Activity: Personal Trains with Martin. Unique Fact: Volunteers at the train station and drives trains. Chris is a regular gym member and trains with Martin 3 times per week ABOUT MEMBER OF THE MONTH - CHRIS How do you feel about become Member of the Month? Very happy to be given this. What is your gym goal and how are you going about achieving it? To keep fit & tone up by working hard on my sessions. What is your favourite part about Helio? The staff especially Martin & Tracy. ...
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 – 7 Worst Fitness Mistakes!
7 WORST FITNESS MISTAKES Not achieving your fitness goals? Find out 7 of the biggest fitness mistakes that could be holding back your training. There are so many ways we can undermine ourselves in the pursuit of physical perfection. When it comes to working out, we assume that a couple of long gym sessions twice or three times a week will do the trick and we will end up getting the body of our dreams. The trouble is it really doesn’t work like that. Getting fit and looking good requires time, planning and patience and without it, you could be on the...
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...
Helio Health Hints – Avoiding Night-Time Nibbles
10 WAYS TO AVOID THE NIGHT-TIME NIBBLES Night-time nibbles strike us all, but if you can’t stop eating when the sun goes down you need these 10 top tips. Although research suggests that eating at night does not slow down your metabolism or cause more weight gain than the food you eat during the day, excess eating at night time can become an obstacle between you and the body you want. Here are 10 ways to avoid eating at night...
Helio – Gym Myth Buster – Free weights are only for bodybuilders
We’ve all seen them; the men whom look as if they were carved out of mountains and whose grunts resonate throughout the gym, shaking us to our very core. You’re not alone in finding them slightly intimidating, we’re in the same boat! You may feel like the bodybuilders and the schwarzenegger-esque gym-goers seem to dominate the free weights area, don’t let that make you think free weights are just for them! Here at Helio we are completely inclusive and dedicate our free weight area to anyone who wants to use them - regardless of experience and size. Find out why free...
PT SPOTLIGHT – CHRYSTAL SWARIES
Name: Chrystal Swaries Specialism: Boxing Unique Facts: Currently play hockey for North West of England What inspired you to become a PT? And how long have you been one? After having Personal training myself it made me realise how much I really wanted to help like myself that had no idea of what to do in the gym or if what i was doing was right. So I went on to do an apprenticeship where I learnt alongside working. I studied that for 2 years and then went onto become a personal training and I have been doing that for two years now...