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Brighton Fitness Closure

Dear Members It is with sincere regret I must inform you that the end of an era is close approaching. After 20 years of Brighton Fitness serving the local community with its health and wellness needs, the doors will wind up operating the business on 28th July 2017....

THREE WAYS TO GET YOUR KIDS TO EAT HEALTHY

Nutrition

It happens almost every meal time. The struggle to get my young boys to the table, and keep them there, causes such intense drama someone should be filming it for a reality TV series. We could make millions. And then, once they’ve been cajoled into sitting down, and a...

TAKE A SEAT AND BRACE YOURSELF FOR RADICAL RESULTS

Fitness, LES MILLS

When it comes to getting the remarkable fitness fueling benefits of high-intensity interval training, a combo of intensive burpees, lunges, squats and the like is no longer the only way to go. New research by Professor Jinger Gottschall at Penn State University has...

Healthy Food…just tastes better!

Nutrition

We all start the year with the best of intentions, a renewed focus, energy and extensive list of New Year’s resolutions. Do you remember yours? How are they going six months in? University of Scranton research shows that just 8% of people actually achieve their New...

RPM V SPRINT

Group Fitness, Strength

RPM is an indoor cycling program influenced by the sport of cycling. Its an outdoor experience brought indoors. We ride in a pack, a peloton, on flats, up hills and up Mountains. We visualise the climb, the attack and we feel the speed as the white lines on the road...

All about (the not so evil) Carbohydrates

Nutrition

The number one nutrition topic I hear among group fitness instructors, PTs and participants is that of carbohydrates. It seems everyone has an opinion about how much or how little needs to be consumed to maintain optimal nutrition. Discussions about carbohydrates...

Burn Baby Burn

Fitness, Nutrition

So…you wanna lose weight the easy way? I think every Personal Trainer and Health Care professional in the world loves it when largely overweight people who have spent years indulging themselves on every kind of food you could think of, no exercise, and sitting down...

Ten Reasons Why Runners Should Include Weight Training

Fitness, Strength

If you like to run and have been struggling to increase your distance pace or need a boost in short sprint speed for the final kick, strength training is the answer. Athletes in endurance sports such as swimming, cycling, rowing, or skiing cross-country will also...

Quesadilla Love

Nutrition

For some reason or another we are drawn to bad foods. Is it the fact that they’re bad? Like when your parents say don’t eat sweets before tea because it’s bad so while they’re not looking we try and shove as many cookies in our mouths as we can. Well…maybe you didn’t...

A Favourite Cheap Meal

Nutrition

Okay. So I’ve told you my favourite cheat meal and you may be wondering why I started with that? The reason is I believe in all bad things in moderation! I have been hearing too much lately as always about how bad carbs are for you. So now we’re all walking around...