While I was trying to decide what to write about this week, I came across the question: how many times a week should I train? I felt myself chuckle, thinking that there’s no perfect answer to this question. That’s because it depends on so many factors; your training goals, how much time you have to… Read more

Are you familiar with the term ‘functional fitness’? It’s only within the past few years that I became acquainted with this kind of training. Perhaps you’re more advanced than I, but despite being quite an intuitive concept, I don’t think functional fitness is discussed often enough. For this reason, I wanted to take the time… Read more

As you may or may not know, exercise broadly falls into two main categories: cardiovascular training (what we colloquially call cardio,) and strength training, also known as resistance training. Cardiovascular exercise elevates your heart rate and breathing rate and typically involves sustained periods of activity using large muscle groups and/or many muscle groups. Examples include… Read more

If you aren’t new to the exercise and fitness space, then you’ll undoubtedly have heard of high-intensity interval training, conveniently abbreviated to HIIT. But what does it consist of exactly, and should you consider including it in your exercise regimen? What is HIIT? When we talk about HIIT, we’re generally referring to a 30-minute-or-so session… Read more

I recently uploaded an article on the basics of resistance training, which you can find here, and in my previous post, I gave you a beginner’s gym programme which you might find useful. Today I thought I’d adapt a basic resistance gym programme for at-home use. If you’re just starting out, you might not feel… Read more

In my previous post which you can find here, I discussed the basics of resistance training. Following on from that, today I’d like to explain how you can get started. Please feel free to read that post before you jump back to this one. The aim here is to give you a sample plan, by… Read more

I’ve recently been told that I recommend resistance training in quite a few of my blog posts, but don’t really explain what it is how to incorporate it into your workout sessions. I guess I assume that anyone reading my articles would know what I mean by resistance training and would know how to do… Read more