Michael White Blog »

[9 Feb 2012 | No Comment | 358 views]
Guaranteed, FREE personal training, pilates or yoga sessions

You can take advantage of 2 guaranteed free personal training, pilates or yoga sessions with a member of our fantastic team of instructors. All you have to do is refer a friend or indeed anyone to us, as long as they purchase one of our money saver block packages you are guaranteed to not 1 but 2 free sessions. These take place either at your home, work or in a nearby park. Please remind individuals to mention your name and number when they make contact, or better still you phone …

Rachel's Pilates Blog »

[30 Jan 2012 | No Comment | 328 views]
What is Pilates? By Rachel Lawrence

‘If your spine is inflexibly stiff at 30, then you are old; if it is completely flexible at 60, you are young.’
(Joseph. H. Pilates, ‘Return to Life Through Contrology’ 1945)
Joseph Pilates designed his revolutionary system of exercises after years of study on his own body and that of his clients. Since he opened the very first studio in New York in 1926, Pilates has spread across the USA, with it popularity growing to the point where it is now practiced by over 10 million Americans. For that reason I …

Michael White Blog »

[20 Jan 2012 | No Comment | 244 views]
Fit to SKI

Luckily for me I am soon off skiing, just for a long weekend, but much better than nothing, with 2 young children this is potentially my last boys trip for a while. As a result I’ve been training hard to make sure I’m as fit and strong as possible so I can really make the most of the daylight (and night-time) hours. Sessions have included lots of fitball exercises to strengthen my core including some tricky but brilliantly specific ski turn simulations whilst balancing on the ball, and plenty of …

Fitness Tips »

[11 Jan 2012 | No Comment | 288 views]
Guaranteed weight loss tip

Happy new year. Detox January is well under way and as a result half the country is suddenly not drinking (alcohol that is)at all and eating mostly fruit. Unfortunately is smacks of hopes of a radical weight loss solution, but is it? For a sure fire way to guarantee losing weight we must consider our energy balance, that is the amount of energy (food and drink) we put into our body versus the amount of energy burnt off (through daily body function and exercise). Long term the most effect way …

Rachel's Pilates Blog »

[4 Jan 2012 | No Comment | 380 views]
Pilates and Weight Loss by Rachel Lawrence

It’s a New Year and tradition has it that after a Christmas of luxurious indulgence we start to think about the coming year and our fitness goals. The question I get asked most by new clients is ‘How much weight will I lose by doing Pilates?’ It’s a myth that any form of exercise on its own will help you lose weight; losing weight effectively and keeping it off comes from a combination of regular healthy eating, and exercise. Diet is a dirty word! So my advice would be …