What Are Isolation Exercises?

Isolation exercises specifically target one muscle group or one joint For example Dumbbell Flyes Muscles Trained: Chest Seated Calve Raises Muscles Trained: Calves Barbell Curl Muscles Trained: Bicep Leg Extension Muscles Trained: Quads Cable Push-Down Muscles Trained: Triceps Standing Dumbbell Lateral Raise Muscles Trained: Middle delts Hamstring-Curl Machine Muscles Trained: Hamstrings As you can see all these exercises are working …

The difference between Fat loss and Weight loss

Let’s get this straight Fat loss and weight loss are two different things Weight Loss means you want to lower your body-weight, compromising of the weight of your bones, muscles, organs and body fat Fat Loss means you want to lower your body fat percentage, the amount of fat your body carries. they both have very different meanings for example …

Five benefits of having a Personal Trainer

1.Getting to the point Cutting straight through all the myths and wrong information all over the internet, just a simple google search and you will get all sorts of information/advice saying this food is great for you that exercise is bad for you etc. It can all get very confusing very fast from whats true and whats made up to …

What are Compound Movements?

Compound movements are multi joint movements that use more than one muscle group at a time these are more effective because you recruit greater amounts of muscle fibres overall with these movements allowing more weight to be lifted. A few examples of compound exercises are: Bent over Row Lat Pull-down Pull ups Deadlifts Squats Overhead Shoulder Press Bench Press The …

What is HIIT Training?

HIIT stands for High-intensity Interval Training. It is a form of cardiovascular exercise, it is done by you doing a short burst of intense anaerobic exercise with little recovery time. For example, 30 secs of intense exercise at maximal effort, with just 30 secs rest then go again and repeat this for up to 30 minutes. Depending on your fitness …