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Caponata Recipe

A picture of peppers and aubergine

We’re always saying it: Eat more veg. If you’re looking to lose weight then vegetables are an essential part of your nutrition strategy. They are low in calories, slow to digest, filling and packed with nutrients to help nourish you while you’re in calorie deficit. A lot of people eat too few vegetables because their

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Mar 21, 2019 / by Jon Bellis / No Comments

Top 5 Exercises to Improve Posture

A picture of our trainer, Samantha, performing one of the exercises to improve posture, The Plank

Having good posture is an under appreciated aspect of good health and fitness. If your posture is poor it could have numerous impacts It can make you look older than you really are. It can affect your confidence and self-esteem. Click here for an example discussion. It can affect your breathing. Inefficient breathing can have

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Mar 15, 2019 / by Jon Bellis / No Comments

Weight loss tips for a healthy new you

Weight Loss Tips; summer holiday; Northampton Personal Trainer; Muscle Maintenance

If you are not following us on Facebook, then you are missing out. But don’t worry, we put the latest posts together in this collection of weight loss tips. Gratifying Greek  Are you struggling to choose good protein sources for snacks? We love the versatility of Greek or Icelandic yoghurt. They are much higher in

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Feb 14, 2019 / by Jon Bellis / No Comments

January Open Day 2019

Northampton Personal Trainer; Weight Loss; Muscle; Open Day

Our 2019 January Open Day was on 5th January. The studio has been open now for over a year but, because we are not a gym with general membership, visiting and having a look around isn’t something you could ordinarily do on a whim (or at least without a heads up first). The event was

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Jan 14, 2019 / by Jon Bellis / No Comments

Weight Loss Results – One Year On

Weight loss; fat loss; Northampton Personal trainers

It’s a year now since we opened the doors of the studio and signed up our first weight loss clients. And what a year it’s been! We’ve had, and still have, great clients. And thanks to the weight loss they have achieved, we’re bringing in more clients all the time. The weight loss results that

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Dec 01, 2018 / by Jon Bellis / No Comments

Avoiding a weight loss plateau

Graph showing weight loss progression

Trying to lose weight can be frustrating! When you first start out on your weight loss journey, the weight can come off quite quickly, you might make great progress and feel that your target is more than achievable. But then as the weeks go by the weight loss slows and you have to stay focused

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Nov 11, 2018 / by Jon Bellis / No Comments

A round up to keep you healthy and fit

Antioxidants; healthy; Northampton Personal Trainers, weight loss, muscle gain

Not everything we write goes on the website – if you’re not following us on Facebook you’re missing out on tips to keep you healthy and fit! Here’s a round up of recent posts. James Smashes it! We’ve posted a number of times about our client James. We have been charting his deadlift progress over

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Sep 15, 2018 / by Jon Bellis / No Comments

Fantastic Results

Body composition progression

It’s time for an update on our clients’ fantastic results! Below I present some stats on our 18 weight loss clients and 5 conditioning clients. Summary stats We had 11 weight loss clients sign up in the first quarter and another 7 in the second. Overall the 18 weight loss clients have lost 368 lbs

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Jul 21, 2018 / by Jon Bellis / No Comments

Strong muscles, strong bones

Training for muscle and bone health

Did you see this article in the BBC yesterday about giving your bones a workout? It talks about the importance of working the muscles and how it contributes to strong bones and better health. It could have been written by us, it’s so similar to what we have been saying! If you missed our earlier

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Jul 04, 2018 / by Jon Bellis / No Comments

Health and fitness round up

Autophagy

If you’re not following us on Facebook then you’re missing out – we post news and hot tips on health and fitness! Here’s a round up of some recent Facebook posts.   Best exercises for body composition improvements What are the best exercises to do for body composition improvements? They are weight training exercises of

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Apr 29, 2018 / by Jon Bellis / No Comments