Virgin Marathon Appeal

The London Marathon is drawing nearer and there are so many worthy causes to choose from.

To help you in your decision process. One of our regular Boxercisees will be participating again this year and would like to raise even more money than he did last year.

Herbie Williams donation

If you would like to help Herbie run that little bit faster click on the link above and give a little bit of love.

Good Luck Herbie.

Are 'cheat' meals ok?

You can look great and still have some forbidden foods
occasionally. It’s not all or nothing. Just make sure
your regular meals are healthy and then plan your
cheat meals so you can really enjoy them and have a
food you really like.

You can look forward to having some pizza or some ice
cream once in a while. Keep your cheat meals in check
and they can actually be helpful.

Having an occasional cheat meal can help in many ways:

Boost metabolism

Satisfy cravings

Refresh you mentally

and gives you something to look forward to.

Your number of cheat meals has to do with how serious you
are and what your goals are. You can get good results
and still have one maybe two cheat meals a week. But it
depends on what you consider a cheat meal. A cheat meal of
one slice of pizza along with other healthy foods is not
the same as binging on a whole pizza and cake and
ice cream, etc.

I personally feel that cheat meals should not automatically
be on a certain day of the week. If you have made no progress
towards your goal it is not time to have a cheat meal just
because it's Friday night.

Make a realistic goal that when you reach it you will reward
yourself, and if you haven't made that goal by your usual
cheat day, then give it another day or longer, until you
have reached that goal and then enjoy your well deserved
reward.

To make a cheat meal work it is important that you plan
in advance exactly what and how much you are going to eat.

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Treadmill benefits

"according to recent studies..."

Men who excercised for 30 minutes on a treadmill boosted their levels of phenylactic acid (a natural anti-depressant) by 77%

Running for an hour or more per week reduces your chance of coronary heart disease by 42%

Running on a treadmill instead of on the road reduces your chances of a stress fracture by at least 48%
- running on a treadmill also reduces your chances of being chased by a rabid dog and/ or knocked down by a car

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Hows your News Years resolution....?

Are your New Year's resolutions a distant memory?

Are you managing to keep to the targets you set?

If you need a little jolt or a major push our price reductions may help.

During January & February 2011 when you pay for 10 lessons in advance you can make great savings:

- Alexs' Personal Fitness tuition reduced from £250.00 to £150.00

just £15.00 per hour

- Unisex Boxercise classes reduced from £50.00 to £30.00

just £3.00 per hour

- Women-only Boxercise classes reduced from £50.00 to £30.00

just £3.00 per hour

During January Body Composition analysis reduced from £6.00 to £4.00

Electronic cigarettes do they help or hinder?

Spain joined on Sunday the ranks of countries that have outlawed smoking in enclosed public space after a wave of similar legislation across Europe. For the makers of electronic cigarettes, which simulate the sensation of a cigarette and can contain nicotine, the traditionally heavy smoking nation marks a potentially lucrative market for their much-criticised product.

"We have seen sales grow by 30 percent each year since 2007 when we launched our product," said a spokesman for EdSylver, one of the leading manufacturers of the product invented in China in 2004.

Manufacturers such as EdSylver say the plastic cigarette is not harmful for the smoker or people around them, but this claim is rejected by health experts.

At a World Health Organisation conference in Uruguay in November, one of its leading anti-tobacco experts Eduardo Bianco said electronic cigarettes "sabotaged smoking prevention efforts", which were designed to encourage people to quit.

The plastic cigarettes function as mini aerosols, releasing artificial smoke with or without nicotine.

The French national office for smoking prevention said the purpose of the electronic cigarette was "ambiguous", and condemned its sale in pharmacies.

The office said the products were presented by manufacturers both as "an aid to quitting and a product which would allow smoking in enclosed spaces."

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Happy & Healthy New Year 2011

 

A big THANK YOU to all our clients of 2010

Hope to see you all in 2011

Party hard later.....

but remember the work continues:

4th January - Personal fitness tuition re-starts

4th January - Body composition analysis

4th January - Women-only fitness sessions

5th January - Unisex Boxercise

Wishing you all a healthy and prosperous 2011

New Year's Resolution

Its almost that time again where we make a commitment to a new project or the reforming of a habit, often adopting a healthier lifestyle.

The usual...

1. Improve health: lose weight, exercise more, eat better, drink less alcohol, quit smoking
2. Improve finances: get out of debt, save money
3. Improve career: get a better job
4. Improve education: improve grades, get a better education, learn something new 
5. Improve self: become more organized, reduce stress, be less grumpy, manage time, be more independent, travel

Success rate

Research shows that while 52% of participants in a resolution study were confident of success with their goals, only 12% actually achieved their goals. Men achieved their goal 22% more often when they engaged in goal setting, (a system where small measurable goals are being set, such as, a pound a week, instead of saying "lose weight"), while women succeeded 10% more when they made their goals public and got support from their friends.

This year be more realistic, don't try and set lots of goals, pick one or two important ones and set future dates to check on your progress in attaining your goal.

1) Not to be having the same resolution next year!

- take little steps,
the progress is slow but manageable and you WILL get there)