The wedding season is upon us and the call are coming in for personal training sessions to make sure both brides and grooms are fit for their weddings. Nothing is more motivational than weddings to get people fit and toned. Statements like ‘I’ve been measured for my wedding dress and can’t put on any weight now, help’, ‘I must remove my beer belly by the big day’ and ‘my arms must be toned because I’ve bought a sleeveless and strapless wedding dress’. These have all been mentioned in the past …

After some important but vague ways to loseweight, below are some details for the 1st tip, increase your heart rate above 100 beats per minute for 45 minutes per day. The good thing about this goal is that you need not get all sweaty in doing so. Therefore, walking the first 30 minutes of your daily commute becomes a possibility. Then with a little walk the other end you have completed your exercise for the day without too much special effort. That is not to say that a specialist exercise …

The large four-part extensor muscle at the front of the thigh. This group of muscles at the front of the thigh that arises in the hip and pelvis and inserts as a strong tendon below the kneecap (patella). The quadriceps straightens and helps stabilize the knee. It is the great extensor muscle of the knee, forming a large fleshy mass which covers the front and sides of the femur. It is the strongest and leanest muscle in the human body. Most commonly exercised using squats.

Communication the the key to training the less able bodied. Discuss exercises types fully before attempting them, make sure you have fully considered the area in which the exercises are completed. Plan for any falls, so how you might get them from the floor back to a comfortable position for example. Be very positive, only in the most severe cases can no exercise be completed at all, its just a matter of slightly adjusting exercise to accommodate the individual. Any movement is better than none, some of it may have …

Either of the two large flat triangular muscles that run from the back of the neck and cover each shoulder. They help to move the shoulder blades and draw the head backward. The trapezius muscle has several other functions:
to move the shoulder blade in toward the spine, to rotate the shoulder blade so that the topmost part of the upper arm faces up, to move the shoulder blade up and down, to bring the head and neck in a backward direction, to rotate and side bend the neck and to …