Dan’s Top 10 Weight Loss & Lifestyle Tips
Weight loss is actually very simple and is normally just a matter of making adjustments…
Weight loss is actually very simple and is normally just a matter of making adjustments…
Quite simply, your peak flow is the maximum flow rate during a forced expiration, this gives an indication of the size and power of your lungs. Commonly used for the diagnosis and treatment of asthma. It can also be useful in understanding a person’s lung function ability and progression. Having a good level of physical activity helps to increase your lung function. It is impaired by smoking, if you have a cold or various pulmonary disorders, or as mentioned, Asthma.
Your Peak Flow reading is taken and recorded as part of the Kiss Fitness Health MOT, part of the personal training consultation.
This is just one method for testing your body composition, it is, however a very convenient and portable way of performing a body composition assessment to determine body fat percentage, total body water and fat-free mass.
In this method you are either connected to electrodes on your hands and feet or use a cheaper alternative in the form of scales or hand held devices, a small current (about 0.4-0.8 amps) is passed though the body, it’s OK, you won’t feel anything. Whichever devioce is used, they all achieve the same things with varying accuracy and likewise range in price from affordable to very expensive. The electrodes measure resistance as it passes through the body, it works on the principle that the resistance is inversely related to fat-free mass contained within the body, a body fat percentage can then be calculated.
Remember going to the doctors and having the blood pressure cuff put on your arm, makes you feel a little nervous and sometimes increases your blood pressure just thinking about it, that cuff and the machine or hand pump it’s connected to measures your blood pressure. Blood pressure is the pressure of blood in your arteries, the transport system that takes your blood from your heart to your brain and the rest of your body.
Your Blood Pressure readings are taken and recorded as part of the Kiss Fitness Health MOT, part of the personal training consultation.
While body mass index (BMI) is a good way to tell if you’re a healthy weight. This does not however tell us much about where the fat is stored which can be a greater concern to our health. We store spare body fat under the skin, and also around the vital organs in our abdomen. We now know that this fat around the abdomen causes more health problems than, say, fat carried around the bottom or on the thighs. Having a large amount of tummy fat (when compared to having fat around the bottom or thighs) makes you more likely to develop type 2 diabetes and heart problems. If you carry excess weight around your abdomen, that means you’re an “apple” shape. Those who carry excess fat around the bottom and thighs are “pear” shaped.
Body Mass Index is essentially a basic calculation between your height and weight that determines…
The Stability Disc is a functional piece of fitness equipment that can enhance and increase the intensity of many exercises while being the sole training platform for training core muscles and strengthening ankle and knee joints. Also commonly known as a Stability Pod or Balance Pod, these simple air filled plastic discs are excellent for training all aspects of balance and coordination.
Stability Discs are light and extremely portable, ideal for our Mobile Personal Trainers. Using the Stability Discs enables our trainers to add variety, increase intensity and expand exercise possibilities with one simple piece of kit.
Resistance bands and tubes are one of the most basic and simple exercise tools on the market, they are extremely effective and can be used with a wide variety of exercises, they range in resistance and type making them adaptable to clients needs.
It’s a no brianer that our trainers love bands and tubes, super light making them highly portable yet highly effective.
The personal training consultation is start of your journey with a priospective cllient, it is…
Punch pads are excellent for releasing tension and getting a fantastic aerobic and functional workout…