How To Fuel Your Body Before Your Personal Training Session
It’s important to eat the right foods before your personal training session with your mobile personal trainer. The right diet will maximise your training and help you get the most out of your workout. Follow these three quick tips when fuelling up before a workout! Humans are machines. It requires the correct fuel, especially if […]
What Is A Ketogenic Diet?
Here’s the lowdown on Keto and why you might want to give it a try! Simply put, the ketogenic diet is a very low carb, high fat diet. When you reduce carbs significantly, it puts your body into a metabolic state called ketosis. When this happens, your body becomes incredibly efficient at burning fat for […]
Knee-Strengthening Exercise For Stronger Joints
Feeling a bit weak in the knees, and for all the wrong reasons? Here’s why your knees could be weak, with an exercise our expert biokineticists advise you do to strengthen them. When the components of the knee aren’t working properly, you can suffer from pain, and inflammation. Research shows that around 18 million people […]
Simple Changes To Your Daily Routine For Weight Loss
Incorporate these four easy changes to your daily routine to help kickstart your weight loss! Eat healthy fats Healthy fats like avocados, fatty fish, nuts and olives increase satiety and stop you from binging later in the day Make your workout a team effort When you exercise with a friend, or personal trainer, you’re likely to stay […]
What Is Jumpers Knee?
Runners will agree on the addictive feeling the freedom of running gives. But with this comes the hard truth of common running injuries. Jumper’s knee is a common knee injury that can occur. What is jumper’s knee, and how does a biokineticist spot it?Jumper’s knee is also known as patellar tendonitis. Tendons connect muscle to […]
When Is It Safe To Exercise After Birth?
How soon you’re ready to resume exercising with your personal trainer depends on many things, one being on the type of birth you had. Safe exercising after natural birth Don’t resume exercising before your six-week check-up with your doctor. You may think you’ll be itching to conquer the burpees and mountain climbers with your mobile trainer, […]
Safe Exercise In The Third Trimester
You’re almost there with just three months left to go! Here are some safe exercises you can do in your third trimester with your personal trainer. Safe workouts during your third trimester: Brisk walking Swimming and aqua aerobics Low-impact exercises like pregnancy yoga and Pilates. Bodyweight workouts, like squats, wall push-ups and modified planks. Your […]
How Bad Is Alcohol Really For Your Waistline?
Surely a few social drinks doesn’t do any harm? Well, if muscle gain and weight loss are your goals, you may need to lay off the booze to kickstart your fitness journey. Can you drink alcohol without hindering your weight loss? It’s the question that leaves many of us secretly wishing to be true. And […]
Pain In Your Ankles? Top 5 Signs Of Achilles Tendinitis
Achilles tendinitis is an overuse injury of the Achilles tendon, the band of tissue that attaches the calf muscles to the heel bone and is responsible for raising the heel off the floor. Here’s how to spot it: We use our achilles tendon when walking, climbing stairs, and during most types of sports and exercises. […]
Achilles Tendon Rupture: Symptoms And Causes
Although more common in those playing sports, achilles tendon ruptures can happen to anyone.Here’s how a biokineticist will spot and treat it… 5 signs of achilles tendon rupture A snapping sensation when the tendon tears Severe pain in the back of the ankle Swelling Inability to rise on the toes Difficulty walking How does a biokineticist treat achilles tendon rupture? […]