Woodlands Fitness Centre

Hi, If you think hitting the weights is the only thing you have to do to lose fat faster, you’re wrong. You need a solid balance of weight training, cardio, and nutrition. You need some form of cardiovascular work to burn excess body fat. The body will burn primarily carbs during the first twenty minutes of cardiovascular exercise. After 20 minutes the body shifts over and starts to burn stored body fat as the primary source of energy. You need a combination of both weight training and cardio to get fat off your body. Okay, so what kind of cardio is best, I hear you ask. A steady 30 minutes on a cross trainer, perhaps? NO! There are a number of viable…

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Over the next 25 newsletters, I will be dispensing 1 primary piece of advice each week. Week 1, hardly a surprise, but… Do intervals and high-intensity training (HIIT) You’ve heard about their benefits -and for a good reason. If you’re looking for an effective way to burn fat faster and lose pounds in the process, HIIT is a solid go-to. High-intensity interval training is more time efficient in caloric expenditure than a traditional cardio workout. Not only will your body burn more calories during HIIT workouts but you'll also continue to burn more calories and fat in the 24 hours after a HIIT workout. That doesn’t mean you need to limit yourself to only sprint interval workouts on a treadmill, though.…

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Hi, Over the last 2 newsletters I’ve included 2 instalments of an article about how to get bigger buttocks. This newsletter contains the final thrilling instalment of this article. The fundamentals of growing any muscle (aside from that one, get your head out of the gutter!) are pretty much the same so aspects of the article could be applied to other muscle groups. Thanks to many of the Instafamous gym users on Instagram who post seemingly never ending pics of their glute workouts or the product of their glute workouts (over the shoulder selfies of their posterior region!), I’ve been asked a lot of questions about the posterior region, namely the buttocks. Not everyone wants to change the appearance of their…

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These newsletters are typically around 1,800 words (this one is 1,718 words), so it’s hard to cover a broad range of subjects or cater to all members each week. Generally I use these newsletters to answer some of the questions I get asked each week, as I assume that if one person asks that question then maybe there are others with similar queries. A few clients / members have asked me about how to develop their buttocks. Not everyone wants to change the appearance of their buttocks. And that's absolutely fine! But for those who do it can be tough to know exactly how to go about it and how your diet, training, and lifestyle can support or inhibit your…

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Well let’s start by saying that I hope you all had a fantastic Christmas and wishing you all a very Happy New Year. Right, now that’s out of the way, let’s talk about something vaguely fitness related. I always try to write these newsletters to be gender neutral. As many of you will know, gender neutrality was widely discussed in 2017. For those of you who don't know, gender neutrality is the idea that policies, language, and other social institutions should avoid distinguishing roles according to people's sex or gender, in order to avoid discrimination arising from the impression that there are social roles for which one gender is more suited than another. Other than the shower rooms, the weight…

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What’s New? A lot of members are asking us about our Christmas Opening Times so here they are: Christmas Eve (Sunday): 8am–2pm Xmas Day (Monday): Closed Boxing Day (Tuesday): Closed 27th (Wednesday): 9am-2pm 28th (Thursday) : 9am–2pm 29th (Friday): 9am–2pm 30th (Saturday): 9am–2pm New Years Eve (Sunday): 9am–2pm New Years Day (Monday): Closed 2nd (Tuesday): Back to normal. We have 2 main membership options: Gym Only: Single: £25pm for 12 months, £27pm for 3 months and £29pm for 1 month. Joint/Student: £22pm for 12 months, £24pm for 3 months and £26pm for 1 month. Unlimited Personal Training membership : This membership includes: ✔ 48 sessions available every week. ✔ Share the sessions with up to 5 other people. ✔ Come to as many sessions as you like. ✔ Each session will be structured as an actual personal training session. ✔…

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What’s New? Here we are at the beginning of December. With that in mind, here are our Christmas Opening Times: Christmas Eve (Sunday): 8am–2pm Xmas Day (Monday): Closed Boxing Day (Tuesday): Closed 27th (Wednesday): 9am-2pm 28th (Thursday) : 9am–2pm 29th (Friday): 9am–2pm 30th (Saturday): 9am–2pm New Years Eve (Sunday): 9am–2pm New Years Day (Monday): Closed 2nd (Tuesday): Back to normal. All classes will run at 9:30am. We have 2 main membership options: Gym Only: Single: £25pm for 12 months, £27pm for 3 months and £29pm for 1 month. Joint/Student: £22pm for 12 months, £24pm for 3 months and £26pm for 1 month. Unlimited Personal Training membership : This membership includes: ✔ 48 sessions available every week. ✔ Share the sessions with up to 5 other people. ✔ Come to as many sessions as you like. ✔ Each session will…

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What’s New? Some of you will have seen Justice League, the latest DC movie about the adventures of Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, Aquaman et al. You’ll have to make your own decision about how good the film is. However, one thing that is good is Jason Momoa’s physique as Aquaman. Some of you will recognise him from Game of Thrones, in which he played Khal Drago. Jason Momoa used a training system called Accelerated Results 7 (AR-7) to get into such awesome shape. Later on in this newsletter I have included an article on what Accelerated Results is. Let me know if you need any further information on how to implement it into your workout. We have 2 main membership options: Gym Only: Single:…

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What’s New? Time. For some, quite a luxury. With that in mind, I’ve tried to make training sessions and workout routines as time efficient as possible. The idea is to get the maximum amount of work done in a fixed time period. One of my tools for my 1-to-1 and shared personal training sessions is my Time Limit training method. The premise is simple: you have to complete a number of reps within a fixed time period. You can use whichever rep speed you want – but I typically advocate a 1/0/1/0 tempo. This means you have 1 second to lift the weight, 0 seconds rest at the top of the movement, 1 second to lower the weight and 0…

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