Myth Buster

Myth Buster: Does resistance training cause high blood pressure? No! In fact strength training has been proven to help lower blood pressure. Blood pressure is a measure of the force that your heart uses to pump blood around your body. Systolic pressure (the first number) – is the pressure on your artery walls when your […]

Myth Buster: Is a warm up really necessary? Yes! If you are committed to a fitness regime but miss out the warmup, then you will be doing yourself a disservice as you are not going to get the results you deserve.    A good warm up will raise your heart rate, increase your core temperate, improve

Are low fat foods healthy? Not necessarily. It can be tempting when trying to lose weight to be lured in by the marketing strategies on the front of “low fat” foods however, these foods tend to be much higher in sugar and salt to make them taste nicer. It’s actually better to have the unaltered

Is it possible to target fat loss to specific body parts?  No  You can’t lose weight in certain areas or spot-reduce. Fatiguing small muscles will not burn fat in that area.   The fat in your cells is found in the form of triglycerides, which are stored fats that the body can use for energy. 

Should I stretch before my workout? NO!  Warming up is a must but, static stretching (where you hold the stretch) is a no. A warm up gets your body warm and your breathing and heart rate up. Static stretching does not.   Imagine your muscle is plasticine. When you take the plasticine out of the

No pain no gain. If you’re not sore after a workout it wasn’t a good work out. Not the case! DOMS (delayed onset muscle soreness) can happen when you embark on a new exercise regime / change your exercises / or vary the duration or intensity of your workout. If you don’t ache whereas you

Will ab exercises give me a flat stomach? No. Ab exercises cannot burn tummy fat so will not give you a flat stomach. There is no nice way of saying this, so I’ll just say it as it is. You could go and do thousands of crunches every day for the rest of your life,

Is running bad for your knees? NO! Studies have shown that runners actually have lower rates of knee osteoarthritis than sedentary people. The impact that running provides helps to stimulate bone building which is why if you are at peri/menopause age/having cancer treatment which may reduce bone density or if you have osteopenia, then you

Does muscle weigh more than fat? The short answer is NO! 1Ib of fat weighs the same as 1Ib of muscle. The difference is the density. Here’s an example – 1Ib of marshmallows is going to take up way more space than 1Ib of steel. The same can be said about fat and muscle. 1Ib of