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Give Sugar the Elbow: How to Reduce Sugar in your Everyday Diet
Other than not being good for your waistline, what’s the harm with sugar anyway? Well, along with being a catalyst for weight gain, sugar also fuels insulin resistance, which can cause Type 2 diabetes and creates a breeding ground for cancer cells. It can increase cravings, food binges and encourage a host of heart diseases. That does sound like a -
Guest Blog: How the Max Trainer Changed My Life
As you may know, we're currently exhibiting at the Ideal Home Show at Olympia London, and on the opening day we had a visitor to the stand who had a little something to say about his experience with the renowned Bowflex Max Trainer M5. Meet Philip Herlihy! We took this opportunity to find out a bit more about Philip's story, -
3 Signs Your Workout Needs an Upgrade
Just like anything in life, doing the same thing for too long can become boring. And what happens when something becomes boring? You quit and move on. Sooner or later, this will happen with your training! So, how do you know when it’s time to turn things up a notch? YOU DON’T WANT TO WORKOUT Fitness should always be a challenge, but -
Guest Blog: My 30 Day Vegan Challenge
Just a few weeks ago we featured Emma’s fitness success story, all about her 3 stone weight loss and lifestyle transformation. Having relished conquering her battles with health and fitness, she was ready for her next challenge. So what happened when Emma decided to go vegan for a month? Why did you decide to try veganism? I love a challenge. Having taken -
Fitness Superstore at the Ideal Home Show 2017
The Ideal Home Show is returning to Olympia London next week, and once again, Fitness Superstore will be exhibiting! We’re extremely excited to show off our incredible home fitness equipment, bringing along everything from state of the art cardio machines to bestselling strength training machines. The show gets underway on Friday 24th March and runs until Sunday 9th April, so if you’re -
The Importance of a Sustainable Diet
Embarking on a fitness journey with a diet that isn’t something you can see yourself doing for more than a few weeks, let alone perhaps a few months, strongly suggests it is not a sustainable diet. Of course it’s all about trial and error, but if you don’t like the concept of it before you’ve even started it, what will -
6 Reasons Why You’re Not Seeing Progress
It’s frustrating to spend months grafting to not see any changes, right? Whether you've hit a wall with your routine or simply aren't getting the most from it anymore, the process can begin to slow, and it can be difficult having to kick-start it again. That said, there are a few very simple tricks which you can try in order -
Too Busy to Eat Well? Try These 10 Tips
In today’s world, pretty much every one of us feels like there aren’t enough hours in the day. Our waking hours are bursting with all sorts of deadlines and a host of time-consuming obligations. Everything from meetings, school runs and conference calls, to long commutes and daily chores that demand early wake up calls and late nights. And when we -
How Often Should You Train?
Unless you have a trainer, knowing how often to train and how long to train for can be confusing, and it's easy to over-do it. PT and Media Fitness Expert, Carly Yue, explains the ideal balance to ensure you see optimum success in your training… Whether you want to cut down and get lean, train for size, build strength, or just -
3 Ways to Keep Your Pancakes Healthy
So you might be all for your usual lemon and sugar or Nutella classics, who isn’t? But if you’re trying to keep things a little healthy as that summer holiday approaches, you might want to keep your pancakes as guilt-free as possible – without sacrificing the deliciousness of those fluffy beauties. Ditch the processed sugars Sorry hazelnut spread of dreams, you’re