Woodlands Fitness Centre

Hi, Here we go, the first Woodlands newsletter of 2023. First off, I'd like to start by wishing all of our members - past, present and future - a very happy, healthy and prosperous New Year. Next, let me repeat the Christmas Opening times: 23rd (Friday): 7.30am-7pm Christmas Eve (Saturday): 8am-12 noon Xmas Day (Sunday): Closed Boxing Day (Monday): Closed 27th (Tuesday): 8.30am-2pm 28th (Wednesday): 8.30am-2pm 29th (Thursday): 8.30am-2pm 30th (Friday): 8.30am-2pm New Years Eve (Saturday): 8am-12 noon New Years Day (Sunday): Closed 2nd (Monday): 8.30am-2pm 3rd (Tuesday): Back to normal. There will be a group PT session at 9.30am on each day that we're open. If anybody would like a 12.30pm Group PT session, please let me know. Right, now let's get back to more weight loss chat. Because it's January and a percentage of people will…

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Hi, First off, I'd like to start by wishing all of our members - past, present and future - a very Happy Christmas. Next, let me repeat the Christmas Opening times: 23rd (Friday): 7.30am-7pm Christmas Eve (Saturday): 8am-12 noon Xmas Day (Sunday): Closed Boxing Day (Monday): Closed 27th (Tuesday): 8.30am-2pm 28th (Wednesday): 8.30am-2pm 29th (Thursday): 8.30am-2pm 30th (Friday): 8.30am-2pm New Years Eve (Saturday): 8am-12 noon New Years Day (Sunday): Closed 2nd (Monday): 8.30am-2pm 3rd (Tuesday): Back to normal. There will be a group PT session at 9.30am on each day that we're open. If anybody would like a 12.30pm Group PT session, please let me know. Right, now let's get back to more weight loss chat. Which - considering it's Christmas Day - seems unhelpful. Perhaps read this on the 27th Dec, perhaps with a pint of…

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Hi, First off, let's start with the Christmas Opening times: 23rd (Friday): 7.30am-7pm Christmas Eve (Saturday): 8am-12 noon Xmas Day (Sunday): Closed Boxing Day (Monday): Closed 27th (Tuesday): 8.30am-2pm 28th (Wednesday): 8.30am-2pm 29th (Thursday): 8.30am-2pm 30th (Friday): 8.30am-2pm New Years Eve (Saturday): 8am-12 noon New Years Day (Sunday): Closed 2nd (Monday): 8.30am-2pm 3rd (Tuesday): Back to normal. There will be a group PT session at 9.30am on each day that we're open. Right, now let's get back to more weight loss chat. What is the missing link for long term weight loss? When choosing a nutrition program for long term weight loss, you actually need to involve nutrition. It's not just all about calories. But the missing link for long term weight loss for many people is exercise. Too many of you focus on dieting. Exercise is the…

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Hi, First off, let's start with the Christmas Opening times: 23rd (Friday): 7.30am-7pm Christmas Eve (Saturday): 8am-12 noon Xmas Day (Sunday): Closed Boxing Day (Monday): Closed 27th (Tuesday): 8.30am-2pm 28th (Wednesday): 8.30am-2pm 29th (Thursday): 8.30am-2pm 30th (Friday): 8.30am-2pm New Years Eve (Saturday): 8am-12 noon New Years Day (Sunday): Closed 2nd (Monday): 8.30am-2pm 3rd (Tuesday): Back to normal. There will be a group PT session at 9.30am on each day that we're open. Right, now let's get back to more weight loss chat. What is the missing link for long term weight loss? When choosing a nutrition program for long term weight loss, you actually need to involve nutrition. It's not just all about calories. But the missing link for long term weight loss for many people is exercise. Too many of you focus on dieting. Exercise is the…

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Hi, Diet plans that offer weight loss by drinking their product for several meals followed by a "sensible dinner;" diets that allow you to eat their special cookies for most meals along with their pre-planned menu; or diets that attempt to have you eating their bars, drink, or pre-made meals, are of the diet A variety covered in last week's newsletter. If you didn't read that particular newsletter, then Diet A is one of those diet plans that supply you with their foods, as well as their special drink or bars to eat, and they tell you exactly when to eat them. These Diet A type meal plans are easy to follow but they are destined for failure in the medium-long term.…

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Hi, Getting the weight off is not the hardest part. Keeping the weight off is the hard part! If you take a close look at the many well known fad/commercial diets out there, and you are honest with yourself, and apply my test above, you will find most of them no longer appeal to you as they once did. It also brings me to an example that adds additional clarity: If you have diet A that will cause the most weight loss in the shortest amount of time but is unbalanced and essentially impossible to follow long term vs. diet B, which will take the weight off at a slower pace, but is easier to follow, balanced, healthy, and something you…

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*BLACK FRIDAY OFFER #1: 2-4-1 GYM ONLY MEMBERSHIP Join or renew your membership with a friend or family member and enjoy a joint membership for the same price as a single membership. Gym Only: 1 month: £30 per month (£15.00 each) 3 months: £28 per month (£14 per month each) 12 months: £26 per month (£13 per month each) Minimum term applies. The free member cannot have been a member of the Woodlands Fitness Centre for at least 90 days. Non-transferable. *BLACK FRIDAY OFFER #2: 2-4-1 SMALL GROUP PT MEMBERSHIP How would you like to have personal training every single time you attend Woodlands? Well you can! Our Unlimited PT membership offers an appointment controlled personal training system where a Personal Trainer will train up to 6 members at any…

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Hi, When choosing a diet, always use the "Can I eat that way for the rest of my life?" Test. I know, it does not exactly roll off your tongue, but it gets the point across. The lesson here is: any nutritional plan you pick to lose weight must be part of a lifestyle change you will be able to follow - in one form or another - forever. That is, if it's not a way of eating you can comply with indefinitely, even after you get to your target weight, then it's worthless. Many fad diets you see out there will fail the "Can I eat that way for the rest of my life?" Test. The question is not whether the diet…

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Hi, If your goal is to lose some weight quickly, then pick a diet plan and follow it. I guarantee you will lose some weight. The number one reason diets fail is - quite simply - a lack of compliance. Research shows that adherence level rather than diet type was the primary predictor of weight loss. The diet you chose is irrelevant; what matters most is your ability to actually stick to a diet that predicted their weight loss success. But some diets must be better than others? Absolutely. Some diets are healthier then others. Some diets are better at preserving lean body mass. Some diets are better at suppressing appetite. There are many differences between diets. Most of the popular diets…

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