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So I thought I would write a few words about what im getting up to and what I have planned this year I have been so busy with the personal training that I haven’t had chance to blog on my … Continue reading
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The Top 5 Athletic Training Tips For Fat Loss Training for fat loss can often be a rather slow process. You want to lose the excess bodyfat as fast as possible, but your progress seems SLOW, much SLOWER than you … Continue reading
We have all been read the story about the tortoise and the hare . Well changing your body appearance is exactly the same as this story. I often deal with people who are overweight or out of shape and they … Continue reading
So This weekend the Mrs put the Dancing pole up in the kitchen . She had been doing classes for a while now and said they were quite tough. When she said tough I obviously thought as in “girl” tough not man tough . So she showed me a few moves and I thought I have to give that ago and see how hard it actually is . 10 mins later I had a bit of a sweat on ,but was surprised how hard it actually is . The fact I lift weight and Can handle my bodyweight with ease helped ,but still it was tough and a good workout yet still fun .
I would defiantly recommend getting one of these pole’s and investing in some lesson’s . alongside weight training this is defiantly a good and different way to exercise whilst being enjoyable and Tough .
If your are interested in doing Pole dancing lessons them contact me via email or phone for more information.
Things You can do to prevent Hypertension (High Blood Pressure)
I was in the ABS Personal Training Studio in Dublin the other day and a client told me they had Hypertension. They then asked me advice on how they could prevent High Blood pressure.
Luckily for me I recently finished an ISSA course In exercise therapy, this gave me the idea to write a post about Hypertension.
Here are a list of steps that can help prevent and treat High Blood pressure.
Overweight people are more than twice as likely to suffer from high blood pressure.Small decreases in body fat levels can help with lowering blood pressure.
Guess what too much alcohol raises blood pressure. Good news is that this works both ways .
Smoking restricts blood vessels and raises blood pressure, it also increases the risk of heart disease.
Apparently minerals such as Calcium,Magnesium and potassium can help with hypertension sufferers.
I like to save the best untill last. Exercising regularly can help with heart disease, Blood pressure,maintaining a healthy bodyweight and Strengthening of your cardiovascular system . So get of your backsides and start exercising.
Jay Farrant Personal Trainer Dublin Specialist in Exercise Therapy
The ABS Gym Personal Training Studio Dublin .
I was in the Personal Training Studio today when one of the other Personal trainers showed me this add and I thought I have to write a blog post on it … as It simply annoyed me !!.
Firmer, more toned bottom and thighs in 4 to 8 weeks. Just 30 minutes of use 5 times a week will show an improvement in your bottom and thighs. 4 toning programmes with 99 intensity levels for deep, effective muscle contractions. Medical grade pads for comfort and convenience. Patented Electronic Muscle Stimulation technology from Bio-Medical Research. Easy to use – no messy gels. Smart training system with automatic advancement between programmes 1 to 4. Helpful LCD display to track your progress. Fits sizes 10 to 16. Includes replacement Slendertone BT pads, manual, quick start guide. Requires 3 x AAA batteries (included).
Sounds good doesnt it ….
Well Lets look at this add a little further shall we .
4-8 weeks for a more “toned” bottom and thighs. So firstly what is toned ? Well you can’t tone a muscle . A muscle wont become a different shape by “tonning” it . It either gets bigger or smaller from using a resistance of some kind (Dumbbells,Bodyweight etc) . Now if you muscle gets bigger and your body fat gets lower than bingo you will look toned , lean, ripped whatever you want to call it .
So for two months you must wear this belt for 2 and a half hours a week . That’s a lot of time when you think about it just to train two portions of your body supposedly . Personally I would rather spend 45 mins of Actually real training 3 times a week performing some resistance or hitt training and train my “full body” Whilst getting fitter,stronger and burning some extra calories . Lets be real hear you’re not exactly going to exert yourself and expand energy (calories) by wearing a belt for 30 mins a day whilst it sends electronic pulses through your body . Remember to get toned you have to drop body fat to do this you need to create a calorie deficiency . IE expand more calories than you use . Whats going to expand more calories ? a belt around your arse electrocuting you or Hard work in the gym ??? I’ll let you decide .
“4 toning programmes with 99 intensity levels for deep, effective muscle contractions”
Talk about making Things complicated . 99 intensity levels WOW…
Ok thanks for that …. There should be only one Intensity in my eyes and that’s High …. Fast Training = Fast results .
Then there is that magic word once again toning programmes …. Remember you can’t tone a muscle . It’s a combination of diet and training.
Next ….
“ A deep effective muscle contraction “ honesty where do they get this claim from . When a muscle contracts it contracts that’s it , it doesn’t think to its self im going to contract deeper this time . It’s either all or nothing ,there is not in between when it comes to muscle contraction .
Now what I will say is muscle fibres are different. Certain training will use different types of muscle fibers. example low intensity training will use slow twitch muscle fibers whilst high intensity training will use fast twitch muscle fibres . In simple terms .
Now For the grand finale ….
“Medical grade pads for comfort and convenience. Patented Electronic Muscle Stimulation technology from Bio-Medical Research”.
This line is basically a load of words strung together to make this product have some sort of creditability . There is actually nothing in this line that says it has been proven to work !!!!!! Just makes it sound good really
Example . Jay Farrant qualified Fat loss Transformation Professional with a patented training Programme using the latest technology from the latest medical reasearch who can achieve the most effective up to date muscle stimulation for toning .
SOUNDS GOOD OR WHAT ….
At the end of the day people, You must start realising that there is NO magic answer to getting in shape .
I do have my answer though and it goes something like this .
Train hard often and right , Eat clean often and right and your body will end up hard, Lean and right .It might not happen overnight but did the way you have ended up looking now happen overnight its taken years to get the way you are now . So be patient and stick to real training and it will happen for you .
If it doesn’t then come and see me and get some Personal Training
Jay Farrant CPT,SET – Personal Trainer Dublin
The ABS Personal Training Studio Dublin.
As a Personal Trainer I am often asked the question is cardio best for fat loss . I thought I would write and article on this and clear the whole thing up So we all know that High Interval and conditioning training … Continue reading
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Mincing: It bugs the shit out of me when I see people mincing in the gym talking and arse clowning around instead of training. 1-2 minutes is more than enough rest for most people depending on what you are training … Continue reading