How to Lose Weight - Our Top Tips
A common question asked by clients to Personal Trainers is how can I lose weight? Whilst this is a popular question there is a lot of variables involved in losing weight safely and effectively. We ...
A Guide to Suspension Training
Suspension trainers have become common in gyms and homes worldwide. They are highly convenient and known as an entire gym in a bag meaning you can take your workout anywhere you go, thereby elimina...
The Best Glute Workouts for Women
We caught up with Millie Powles, Healthy Lifestyle Advisor for Barnsley Premier Leisure to give us her quick guide to glute workouts and their importance for women’s fitness.
Muscular Endurance for Sports
For athletes and those engaging in sports, muscular endurance can be an important factor to consider when looking to improve your performance. We caught up with Fitness Educators, James Luscombe an...
A Guide to Interval Running
Running can be a great form of exercise and mixing up the type of runs you do can be to your advantage. One of the ways to do this is to incorporate interval running into your fitness routine. We ...
Functional Strength Training
We use our bodies every day in a myriad of ways, such as lifting and carrying, bending, sitting, and stretching. But how often do we think about those muscles and how we might better support them? ...
Royal Arms Physical Training Corps Visit
Our Senior Assessor and Trainer Chris was invited to attend the Royal Army Physical Training Corps (RAPTC). The Corps design and train the Physical training Instructors (PTI) for the c.72,000+ Brit...
How to Improve Your Deadlift
Not an exercise for everyone, but for many, the deadlift is a favourite and challenging part of a workout routine. The deadlift is a complex move, so it is important to work on your technique and b...
Post Workout Stretches: The Best Stretches After a Workout
Have you ever been tempted to skip those post workout stretches? Wondering which stretches are best for each area of your body after a workout? We spoke to Study Active Assessor and Personal Traine...
Core Stability Exercises
We asked Personal Trainer and Study Active Assessor Rebecca Ireland to talk us through the importance and benefits of core stability exercises, how to start off as a beginner and how to build a cor...
Resistance Training Exercises
Resistance training is a popular form of exercise, providing a number of benefits as well as increasing muscular strength and endurance. We spoke to Personal Trainer and Study Active Assessor Heath...
Study Active tutor Heather Walker promotes inclusivity in fitness for Deaf Awareness week
According to the Royal National Institute for Deaf People (RNID) there are 12 million adults in the UK with hearing loss greater than 25 dB HL, and there are at least 50,000 deaf children in the UK...