Personal trainers, is self employed the way forward?

This is a big decision and very much depends on a number of factors, timing, experience, personality and more.

I firmly believe it is good to start off employed, by working in a team of personal trainers you will gain a lot of experience and confidence. It is also good fun and you can make some great contacts in the industry. Continue reading

Monark LC7 cycle ergometer at the Medica show

At the Medica show in Dusseldorf, Monark exercise showed off a range of their bikes including the new LC7 bike, which is designed for its flexibility; both in the physical characteristics of shape but also in the open source software interface with USB connection. It connects directly to its own bolted on touch screen tablet PC or you can wire it up directly to your own laptop/pc.

Monark LC7 at Medica expo

It will come with its own Monark software, which controls the bike and stores the data for realtiem display and download.

Link to You Tube video – LC7 Show around at Medica

Healthy eating on a Budget

Here is a guide to getting your 5 a day on a budget.

  1. When snacking throughout the dayalways opt for fresh or dried fruit. These can be half the price of a bar of chocolate & much better for you!
  2. Add a handful of chopped fruit to your cereal – it will make your breakfast much tastier & it will count as one of your 5 per day!
  3. Buy fruit and veg that are in season as they will be cheaper, as well as taking up the buy 1 get 1 free offers! Continue reading

Anna Richardson’s Body Blitz Diet: Five Rules for a Brand New You

It sis the simple solutions that often work the best becasue they are easy to follow.

This book looks like a simple book for the mass market – it is, but it is easy to read and provides five basic rules that are based on good nutitional advice.

By writting in a easy to understand way rules like – no alcohol which may appear difficult to swallow, are obvious and put in a real down to earth way.

Stretch Zone – Banner

The Stretch Zone banner stand with YOUR Logo, is a great branding tool and an asset to your Stretch Zone.

No fixing to the wall easy to move around, yet a high quality banner stand.

No hassle at just from £150.00, all we need is your logo and order, well reviewed at the LIW show where we showed the idea.