Saturday 30 October 2010

Get up and get busy

Over 90 percent of people who exercise on a regular basis, workout in the morning.
Exercising in the morning revs up your metabolism early, and helps you burn calories all day long.
Research has shown that exercise increases your mental clarity, so you will be productive at work without the need for that 1st coffee.

Wednesday 27 October 2010

Health facts

- A study in 2008 showed that dieters who keep a food diary of what they eat lose twice as much weight as those who do not.
- Your toungue is germ free only if its pink. If its white there is a thin film of bacteria on it.
- 25% of your bones are located in your feet.
- A person will burn 7% more calories if they walk on hard dirt compared to pavement.
- Deep breathing gives you health benefits similar to aerobics.
- Gardening is said to be one of the best exercises for maintaining healthy bones.
- Memory may be improved by memory exercises, healthy eating, physical activity and stress reduction.

Saturday 23 October 2010

Fitness Health Calculator

We have installed a 'Fitness Health Calculator' on our website which can help you benchmark your current health and track the changes accomplished by your new diet or training regime.

http://www.toughenup.co.uk/personal_trainer_consult.html


Friday 22 October 2010

Women only exercise classes

I am pleased to announce that Toughen Up now have women only classes on:
Saturday at 11am and Tuesday at 7pm.
Now you can punch your way to a perfect physique twice a week, for even quicker results.
Still only £5 per session and discount pre-pay vouchers are valid for both classes.
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Tuesday 19 October 2010

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Women only classes


You wanted it, well now you have it.
There will shortly be a mid-week 'Women-only' class.

Times and days will be announced soon.


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Monday 18 October 2010

Health and Fitness inspirational quotes

Fitness - If it came in a bottle, everybody would have a great body.
- Cher

A man's health can be judged by which he takes two at a time - pills or stairs.
- Joan Welsh

Just because your not sick doesn't mean your healthy.
- Unknown

He who takes medicine and neglects diet wastes the skills of his doctors.
- Chinese proverb

Saturday 16 October 2010

10 Minute fat blaster

We have all experienced the very busy day where we missed our meals and snacked on 'junk' food and got home late, missing our usual training session. Well rather than writing off the whole day why not do a 10 minute fat blaster workout?

Get your body ready by performing some body mobilisation movements prior to starting the workout. Remember to do some light stretching after your workout to aid recovery and reduce stiffness.

Jumping Jacks x 20
Start with your feet hip width apart and arms at your sides. At the same time raise your arms above your head and jump so you spread your feet shoulder width apart. Then jump again as you lower your arms back to your sides and bring your feet together.

'Y' Squats x 12
Stand with your feet double shoulder width apart and your arms straight up above your head. Sit back as though about to sit in a chair making sure to keep your back straight. Once your thighs are parallel to the floor squeeze your glutes and return to the starting position.

Push Ups x 12
Lay on the floor supporting your body on your feet and hands Keep your hands beneath your shoulders. Keeping your abs braced and your body rigid lower your body until your chest is about 2 inches from the floor. Push back up until your arms are extended.

Crunches x 15
Lay on the floor with your knees bent at 90 degrees and your arms bent at 45 degrees, with your hands by the side of your head. Clench your stomach muscles and curl up towards your knees. Make sure your lower back stays in contact with the floor and keep staring straight up to prevent straining your neck. When your back is about halfway between your knees and the floor return to your starting position and repeat.

Forward Lunges x 12
Take a large step forward with one leg and drop the knee of the rear leg towards the floor. When your front thigh is parallel to the floor and the rear knee is just off the floor hold for 1 second and return to the starting position. Repeat with the other leg. Perform 12 reps with each leg.

Repeat 3 times

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Women-Only fitness classes


If you want to increase your overall fitness levels, shift those stubborn fatty areas so you look great on the beach or just get into shape whilst having fun, meeting new friends and learning a useable self-defense system, then Toughen Up Boxercise classes are ideal.

Toughen Up Boxercise classes are based on the techniques and moves from boxing and Thai boxing. This mixture of skills creates a total body workout that will improve your cardiovascular fitness levels, tone all your muscles and reduce your body fat weight.

There is no physical contact during these classes so you can perform the workout without the bruises and other more serious injuries associated with boxing and other contact sports.

The classes are varied and there is a mix of solo, partner and group activities using shadow boxing, pad work and circuit training.

This is not a box-aerobics class and you will be shown the actual techniques and skills of a martial artist rather than just bouncing around to music whilst throwing punches.

There is no registration or membership charges and pre-booking your attendance is not required.
So just turn up and join in or feel free to watch a session.

Classes are every Saturday in:
Kingsmead School, Southbury Road, Enfield, EN1 1YQ
for more info call 07702 743 169 or view www.toughenup.co.uk/women_boxercise.html

Due to the nagging pestering of our current ladies we are in the process of securing another mid-week class just for women, so keep checking for further updates.

Mixed Martial Arts fitness classes


MMA Fitness is our new fun and dynamic training course that will help you broaden your skills and vastly improve your fitness. This course will increase your knowledge of mixed martial arts (MMA) drills, the usual bag and pad work as well as the more exotic such as slosh tubes.

MMA Fitness classes will allow you to perform mixed-martial arts (MMA) drills to develop fitness in a non-combative environment. You will also learn the correct techniques for a variety of punches, kicks and other strikes and how to link these up into combinations.

For a complete body fitness and toning regime that also equips you with functional self defense give our MMA fitness classes a try.

Our MMA Fitness classes will begin in January 2011
So there will be no excuses for not keeping those New Year resolutions.

Check our websites for more updates www.toughenup.co.uk