A Little Thought With A Few Facts On Stress

A Little Thought With A few Facts On Stress.

Over The Last 2 weeks, I have changed my training, Increased My Food Intake, Now Added A daily cardio session in to my training regime.

Results = More Energy, Better Concentration And a mind full of new ideas. Overall awesome result as of date.

So Today I thought I would talk a little about stress, What triggered this thought well 45 minutes of me time on the X trainer sweating like a big old o...af, How very Attractive.

Why Do We Let Stress Take Over our Minds?

When we think about it,
Whatever situation we are in right now, Will It Really matter to us in 2years/ 10 Years time. My Guess Is No.

We all Experience Stress in our life and a little stress is healthy, But To Much Not so great.

So Next Time Stress arises in your daily Life, Think about asking the above question Maybe.

To Much Stress On The Body Has the below side effects, Did you Know this?

•Impaired cognitive performance

•Suppressed thyroid function

•Blood sugar imbalances such as hyperglycemia

•Decreased bone density

•Decrease in muscle tissue

•Chronic digestive and intestinal issues

•Repeat muscle spasms (lock of the muscles) in the neck and back

•Serious weight gain or loss

•Higher blood pressure

•Lowered immunity and inflammatory responses in the body, slowed wound healing, and other health consequences

Increased abdominal fat, which can in turn result in higher cholesterol, heart attacks, and strokes

Balance is what is needed. The Word Moderation which I use a lot is Key Guys And Girls.

Fitness
Good Relationship with food, And if there are bad food issues why is this?
Sleep
Water
Family Time
Work
Social / Fun Time

Have a great Day Guys.

Mel GM-Fitness x

To Truely Push Yourself, What is it We Need? By GM-Fitness Cardiff

Good Morning Guys And Girls.


Mel Here From GM-Fitness Cardiff. I must say I am feeling pretty dam on fire today. Myself and Team GM-Fitness are joining the crowd and celebrating 100 days of Happy Thoughts. We now go in to day 7.


Today I want to Talk about How hard do you really Train?


This article is inspired by my client Dave Jones who Brought me in on Monday an article by a guy Tony Parsons, Headed To Be First You Need A Good Second.


Fantastic Read.


He starts By Saying You Wont reach your peak with solo workouts, If You Want to get in shape- really inshape-pair up with A good Personal Trainer.


This Was music to my ears, Straight way that's me switched on.  Mel Is now awake alert alert....


Which is true guys. Im Often at the gym, And I often watch people training alone doing the same workout they did do just last week. And Boom No Change.


People guys like comfort and Not many people push them selves out of that comfort zone alone.


Can you get Fit Alone? seriously Fit now?


As Tony States Its Scary Pushing yourself to your limits alone. And you convince yourself that the steady 15 minute jog you just did was awesome, And you truly did work your ass off right?


Ask yourself this when training alone, Do you really step out of your comfort zone?


I am a Trainer Myself, And I twice aweek I Have a Personal Training session With Trainer Gareth From GM-Fitness to really push me to my limits, Its Human Nature when it hurts to hold back and say enough enough. But with your Trainer by your side that support and encouragement really does make all the difference.


You are probably reading this and saying A personal Trainer Cost Money.


Sure it does But you are investing Time, Money in to your health just like you invest money in to your salon treatments, Dentists appointments, Nail and Feet painting.


Why Not Invest money in to looking good, Feeling Great.
Exercise Is a great way to De Stress,


And as Tony Parsons states. When you make room in your dairy weekly you are less likely to cancel appointments. Having a personal trainer demands you find time for Fitness. Because those regular sessions in your diary are always going to be in your diary. And breaking it will be a big deal.


How many times have you woke up in the morning and thought right I am off to the gym this evening, Then 5pm comes along and you say not tonight I am far to tired. How often has that happened?




Or You have injured your leg and say I must Rest I must Recover.  When working Along side a Trainer the great thing is we will work around your strengths and weakness. So surely One small injury should not put you off your workout.. Right?


Next Time you Go To cancel a session ask yourself Do I really need to miss that workout?


Fad And Fad Diets are Bull shxt. Not thing compares to a good clean Healthy lifestyle.


Interested in what you have read Above..


Then do feel free to contact Us we are Team GM-Fitness Cardiff.


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Why Lifting Weights Will Not Make Females Big And Bulky By M From GM-Fitness Cardiff

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Good Afternoon All.






Its The M here From GM-Fitness Personal Training Cardiff.


How are you all doing?


Today Dear Friends My Aim is to Discuss 1 thing and 1 thing only.
This is one thing that really does annoy me, And truth be told Very few things do this.


Why Women Think Lifting weights will Make them Big And bulky.


Ask yourself Ladies in your every day life how often do you see a muscle bound female?


Well?


Im right here waiting for the answers.


I bet the answer is never.. Am I Right?


I lift 5-6 Days a week, And I lift Heavy. People Who know me am I big And Bulky?




3 Myths I want you to read.








Myth One

Weight Lifting Makes A Women Big And Bulky.


It’s no surprise that this is still the most common female strength training myth. Frequent, progressive, heavy weight lifting with basic compound exercises does not make women big ‘n bulky. 


The true culprit that gives a woman a bulky appearance is excess body fat. Period.


Women do not have the amount of testosterone necessary to build large muscles; men do. The average man has approximately 20 times MORE testosterone than you. Testosterone is the reason why men can build large muscles.










Myth Two
To Loose Weight I should Stay Away From Weight Lifting And just Do Cardio.


Absolutely wrong
Weight Training not only Increases your lean Mass but Also Increases your metabolism.
Giving you a shapely Tight Figure.
I Often See Women attend the gym And just Do Cardio And it Pains me to think of the benefits they could be reaping from lifting weights.








Myth Three
Weight Training Takes To Much Time.


No, it doesn’t. You can perform an effective workout in as little as 30 minutes a few times per week. As long as you are performing compound exercises and challenging yourself (using enough weight!), and you improve your performance, you don’t need a lot of time.
In fact, you can get in a much more effective, productive strength training workout in 20 minutes than you could with 45+ minutes of traditional cardio. Doing squats, push-ups, and pullups for 20 minutes will do much more for your physique than plodding along aimlessly on a cardio machine for 45 minutes.




So Check Out Just A small List I have just put together of the Benefits of weight Training.





Benefits Of Weight Training Ladies


You Will Torch Fat
Build Confidents
You Will Look More Defined
You Will help  Fight off Osteoporosis
You Will Burn More Calories
You Will help Prevent Injury
Loose Belly Fat
Lower Your Blood pressure
Help With Anxiety
Help With Stress
Clear Your Mind
Build A Shapely Figure




Contact Team GM-Fitness Cardiff for More Information.


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A brief chat about Fat with The M From GM-Fitness Cardiff.

Good Afternoon All.

GM-Fitness Cardiff here, Its The M chatting away today.

I want you to Have a little think. Then ask yourself the following..

When you think of healthy eating do you naturally think “uh I hate dieting” or conger up images of salads and rye bread? If the answer is yes then you are probably some one who has tried a variety of yo yo diets that are neither sensible nor a permanent solution to weight loss. Correct?

If you are one of the thousands of people who have tried some  form of fad diets such as Atkins or weight watcher, then you would have seen fast results, that are short lived and restrictive.

Again Correct?

Have you ever wondered why when you stop dieting the pounds seem to come back with vengeance,

Well  your body is a fine tuned machine that has evolved through millions of years and during this period we have developed a wonderful way of preserving and converting carbohydrates into fuel in times of food shortage or thiamine, this energy source know as adipose or to you and I “FAT”! 


Fat Facts

 Did You Know?

Fat is a necessary component in the human body, without it we would soon die,

Did you also know you have two forms of body fat –  White and Brown

A small amount of this is used to protect vital organs and to help maintain insulation in the from of heat.

Fat also plays a vital roll in the formation of hormones and in the formation of cholesterol – Good HDL and Bad LDL,

I Often Hear, Well on A daily basis I hear the words I am not loosing Fat/ Weight.

You have to ask yourself the following questions

Is My Diet Balanced?

Do I control My portion sizes?

When Eating do You think of the now and not the future?

Are you aware there are 24 hours in a day! How much of that time are you active for?

Sleep Do you get enough good quality sleep?  This recovery time is really important for growth, change and repair.

Stress Levels / Do you keep this under control?

There could be several Different reasons you may not be loosing fat/ Adipose tissue.

The answers here must come from within, Or speak to team GM-Fitness Cardiff for more advice.




I personally like to use a visual approach towards fat loss/ physical change. Or from time to time waist to hip measurements, Again taking this every 4-8 weeks.
The scales can be your worst enemy and who actually gives a toss to what you actually weigh. I currently guys and girls weigh in at 10 stone this is my heaviest weight ever, And to be honest this is the best I have personally looked as of date. So banish the bloody scales and start using the visual approach, Even taking monthly selfies is a great way to monitor physical change.


Lets leave the scales to your weigh in days with GM-Fitness Cardiff.


One last thing before I leave it there.


Fact Of the day

 Next time you reach for that tasty treat there are 3,500kcls in one pound of fat! That’s around an hour of intense cardio everyday for a week.


Speak again soon.


Stay Fit Stay Focused..


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Change Must Come from Within.

Control Or Destiny

Afternoon All. We are back that's right, A very Big Hello from Us at GM-Fitness Cardiff.
Right Lets Discuss the following, And along the way don't forget to question yourself on what is being written.

Society is driven by followers leaders and those who sit on the fence.

What makes a leader a leader and a follower follow, is it written within our D.N.A or are we a product of our own making.

We are exposed to images and ideas that shape our thoughts and beliefs, one persons perception of beautify, morality or ethics maybe entirely different from yours.

Culture, lifestyle and the media , play a key role in moulding our lives, influencing  us on a conscious and subconscious level.

The food we eat to the drinks we choose, we as a species follow trend and habitual patterns.

The same is true when it comes to our relationships with food and life style, emotional eaters use food as a comfort system , this is a taught behaviour and usually not something that has suddenly manifested in  a short period of time, however as it is a learnt behaviour it can be unlearned.

 

 

Parents who show love by rewarding their children with unhealthy snacks and treats are leading the way to an un-healthy association with foods that taste great but have little nutritional value and an addictive nature that may lead to problems in adult hood. 

 

Stress, boredom or emotional trauma can also bring out the desire to binge.  

 

Trying to break a lifelong habit regardless of what that may be, can be as challenging as quitting any addiction, it's a comfort blanket that has suddenly been snatched away from you.

In order to succeed you must first try to analyse the what , why and the how.
What are my triggers, why do I choose what I do, and how does it make me feel before and after.

 

Once you have the answer to these questions you can set yourself small challenges, mini achievable goals, think about how you are going to achieve your goals, perhaps enlist a friend or partner to help support you during the first few weeks to help support each other in achieving success.

 

The most common story we as personal trainers hear is that people do not like healthy food, that they do not have time, that they are  a fussy eater e.c.t.

 

Statements of an unwillingness to change their thought patterns  regarding food choices , this is usually linked to the negative relationship with the "reward system" or association they have with less healthy food.

 

 

The truth is that no food can be completely categorised as good or bad if moderation and self control are observed.

 

The belief that healthy food is somehow redundant in flavour taste or texture is the first stumbling block for the comfort eaters, the endorphin rush and feel good factor from having their fix is as addictive as any drug and as we are bombarded with ever increasing food and drink adverts triggers can often be hard to avoid.

 

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Self Doubt Wont Do You Any Favours.

Good Morning From GM-Fitness Personal Training Cardiff.


Lets Talk Self Doubt Shell we.


Why Does it exist?


Of all things to have happen when you start anything new, Self doubt can be your number one enemy.


Take a clean eating lifestyle this often enough is thought of as total dread! Why is that you may wonder.


Well firstly  it is all about stepping out of your comfort zone that everyone lives in. And saying/ shouting out from the top of your voice I am ready to start something new.


Bad eating habits have often started from a very young age, what you need to do is ask yourself why this has happened, What triggered this in my life? Why if I do, do I turn to food if  I am feeling emotional.


The Advice I can offer to you is start to write a diary, Of the way you feel, for over a period of time this maybe 1 month or  possibly  it may take you up to a year to work out why self doubt is your worst enemy.


Because exercise my friends does work, We and lots of others are living proof that eating Right and keeping active daily has a fantastic outcome along the way.


As you all know, If you do know me personally I do not promote Fad diets I am totally all for eating everything in moderation and learning what works for you.


It is No good just GM-Fitness Cardiff having belief in you. If you do not believe in yourself!


I my friends can give as much positive encouragement to you, Till I am truly blue in the face, Banging my head against the wall screaming at the top of my voice come on you can do this.


But truth be told all this energy is totally wasted if you do not believe in yourself or want to believe that eating right works.  


There maybe obstacles along the way, actually hell of course there will be obstacles along the way. But this is life guys and it isn't going to be an easy ride, But I tell you one thing GM-Fitness Cardiff will offer you support encouragement and god dam some bad ass training advice.


So today. Answer the above questions and figure out what is holding you back.


GM-Fitness Cardiff Fitness Love. Peace all.