I Bet You Don't Do this

If you’re like most people when you book a holiday you know exactly where, when and how you’re going to get there.

• Christmas is probably the same, most people plan where they’ll have their lunch and the presents they’ll buy.

• What about your job, you no doubt do what you should be doing, regularly and finished on time.

• What about family if you have any. I’m sure they are all organised clean clothes, homework done assignments finished on time etc, etc...

But what about your own health?

When was the last time you sat down and planned what activities you were going to do, or even less likely what goals you’d like to achieve to make yourself fitter, healthier, thinner or any other targets you have in mind?

When did you last sit down at the beginning of the week and plan the meals and snacks you would have that were both healthy and nutritious?

If you’re reading this now and it sounds like you, then take action and do something about it. Put your own health higher up your priority list.

It never ceases to amaze me as a personal trainer in Halifax how many successful and wealthy clients we are privileged to work with that don’t take care of their health and well being.

For them the cost of success is their health.

The good news is that it’s never too late to start. The sooner you begin, the longer you’ll live.

Leave me your comments below if you get chance.

To your health and fitness - Jago

Personal Training in Halifax, Helpfull weight Loss Tips

5 Simple Ways to Claim Back Your Body in the New Year

Round about this time of year your best laid plans about eating healthily and exercising regularly (if you made these Pledges) will be starting to fade and this is why many people turn to personal training in Halifax. But stop; hold on a moment, the reasons why you made these promises won’t have changed. Don’t give up on your new years resolutions just yet.

Instead try my 5 simple ways to get in to shape in 2009. I'll keep it brief and simple, that's what works best.

#1 Find healthy alternatives to your top 5 foods and beverages, for example if your favourite food is a meat feast pizza, then you can make a healthier choice by ordering a vegetarian or seafood pizza. Or by asking for less cheese.

If your favourite drink is tea, try drinking fruit or herbal teas instead. You get the idea.

#2 Structure extra activity in to everyday life. For example if you are able to, try parking 10 minutes further away from work every day. This should increase the calories you burn each day by quite a bit.

#3 Get a group of friends or work colleagues together and form your own exercise buddy group to provide motivation and support for each other.

#4 Design the 'IDEAL YOU'. Be realistic, if 2 years ago you weighed 2 stone lighter then this is an achievable aim. If you are quite broad framed and have never been anything below a dress size 14, then expecting to be a dress size 10 within the next 4 weeks is probably unlikely to happen.

#5 If you are looking for personal training in Halifax, then consider employing the services of a personal trainer to get you to the shape you want to be. We get superb results with the clients we work with and can help to provide support, encouragement and motivation.

BEWARE - there are a lot of unscrupulous weight loss companies out there at the moment, some doing amazing business by promising that you will lose weight by surviving
on a very low amount of calories each day. This approach will always have a long term downside...much more extra weight gain.

Don't give up on your long term health for the sake of a short term weight loss fix...it doesn't work.

To your health and fitness - Jago

Personal Training in Halifax

One of the great things I like about personal training in Halifax is the wonderful clients we get to work with. We get clients from from all walks of life but they all have one thing in common, they are a pleasure to train.

Why, because they work with us because they want to get results, which means they DO get results, see rapid changes and start to feel instantly better. Its an incredibly rewarding job for us to do.

Today's post has very little to do with our one to one training however, no this is about an internet weight loss programme I have designed for new mums. Read Emma's story to find out more: -

“After giving birth to a premature baby in June and my baby having to spend 2 months in hospital, the last thing I had been thinking about was losing my baby weight and claiming my body back.

Take aways and snacks on the go were becoming more of a routine. Once my baby was home, it was time for me to face the truth. I didn't like looking at myself, and the prospect of buying clothes for myself filled me with dread.

I knew I needed to do something but was unsure how I was going to combine healthy eating, exercise and 2 children.

After seeing the programme, I felt confident that the eating and exercise plan would help me lose weight, but also support and help my body recover from the pregnancy.

The eating plan was very easy to follow. All meals were simple and easy to prepare, which of course is essential when you are on the go with a baby. Some meals can be prepared in advance, such as the homemade soups, which have been really tasty. Non of the foods on the plan, were expensive 'diet' products. It was just simple, but tasty healthy eating.

The exercise plan was really easy. I thoroughly enjoyed going for a walk everyday with my baby. It even gave me the confidence to rejoin the gym. I also saw my fitness levels increase, which made me feel so much better about myself.

I would recommend the programme to any new mum, its realistic and more of a way of life now rather than a programme - Emma, Halifax

Emma lost 17lbs, 12cm off her waist and 11cm off her hips in just under 8 weeks.

If you would like to discuss personal training in Halifax visit my website by clicking here for more details

Weight Loss in Halifax

Weight Loss In Halifax

Just got back from ice skating today with Megan my daughter, we had a great time, but my god, do the top of my legs ache now, just shows if you don't use muscles on a regular basis how tired they can quickly get.

Anyway just wanted to post my observations today about the problems surrounding the issues of weight loss in Halifax. I came across 2 distinct types of people today. One group were the fit and healthy type, the ones that were at least fit enough to take their children ice skating.

Then in the coffee shop afterwards I saw the second type -

Overweight and inactive, in fact most people in there seemed to struggle to move around from the counter to their seats.

I had hoped to get a soup there as my snack, but this particular place doesn't sell that type of food, just cakes, pastries and buns. (by the way its a national company)

No surprise then this place was totally full of overweight and inactive people.

Generally speaking there is a desperate need for weight loss in Halifax. But we need to change our attitudes to both diet and exercise. Our diet needs to be consistently good with the odd treat and we need to exercise more regularly, doing things that we enjoy.

Oh I forgot to mention I couldn't have soup so I had to have some carrot cake instead, well it was my weekend treat and will burn it off this week!!

Weight Training in Halifax, How Much Weight Should I Use

How Much Weight Should I Use If I am A Beginner

If you would like to start weight training in Halifax there are plenty of great gyms you can use, but ideally you should start off by really getting to know how to do the exercises.

Beginners should select a weight that you can perform 12 - 20 repetitions. This is a very light weight for strength or muscle building work. If you are new to weight training your tendons and ligaments as well as smaller supportive muscles will need to get stronger and will not be able to cope safely with large amounts of weight.

Another reason to use weights that aren't too challenging at first is to be able to learn the exercises correctly. Once you have mastered this then you can move on to more substantial weights.

I suggest at least 4 weeks on lighter weights or approximately 12 workouts before increasing your weights and decreasing the repetitions you use.

If you would like to start weight training in Halifax then get in touch, I should be able to point you in the right direction.

Walking in Halifax

Walking in Halifax

Thanks to those who came on Sundays first walking session. We had a great walk, walking in Halifax at its best.

The walk took us about one and a quarter hours to complete and we started from Clay house in West Vale. We followed the pathways through the woods and up to the back of Greetland, through some lovely tracks and back roads.

The weather was amazingly good, cold although we didn't feel it when we were walking, but the whole of the hillside was covered in a wonderful frost, just as though someone had dusted the fields with icing sugar.

The walk concluded at Clay house as well, so we did a circular route.

If anyone would like to join us then you should check out the site www.jagoholmes.com where you can complete a contact us form and send to me. I will then let you know about any more of the routes that I plan for walking in Halifax or its surrounding areas.

Jago

Personal Training in Halifax

Personal Training in Halifax

I have been training clients on a one to basis for a few years now and it never ceases to amaze me the lack of understanding some people have about exercise and healthy eating. There are no quick answers to the problem of being overweight or unfit.

What it takes is a commitment to making changes over a period of time and being patient and constantly taking action towards your goals. Simply expecting something to happen without any real effort won't bring about any results, it doesn't in life and it won't in your health.

In a nutshell, and it is a much more complicated process than this but you must:-

• Improve the quality of foods you are eating AND reduce the amount of calories you are consuming.
• Take regular and progressive exercise, this can be anything just as long as you regularly make it a little bit harder for yourself.
• Become more active, forget the 'no pain, no gain' philosophy here anything will do, but preferably something that you enjoy doing.
• Be patient, don't set a completion date, but plan small goals along the way that take you towards your ultimate goal. Write these things down and keep in view, to give you constant reminders of why you want to take action.
• Enlist the support of others who want you to succeed, be careful who you choose, not everyone will want you to reach your goals!

If you need help and support that is why we are here at www.jagoholmes.com