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What is BMI?
In this post, we'll be telling you what BMI is, how you can calculate yours, and what the different values can mean for you and your fitness routine. What is BMI? BMI stands for 'Body Mass Index'. I…
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What is Heart Rate Zone?
What are Heart Rate Zones? You most likely already have a good understanding of what your heart rate is, and you’ve possibly already used it to measure your workout intensity, but just to recap: your…
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What is Spinning?
What is spinning? Unlike stationary bikes, indoor cycling workouts like Spin are designed to mimic the feel of a real-life bike ride. You can adjust your own resistance, which means that in an instan…
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What is Bodypump?
What is a typical Bodypump workout? Bodypump involves a mixture of aerobic and weight training, all based around 'The Rep Effect'. The theory is that light weightlifting, with a lot of repetitions, w…
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What is Pilates?
What does a Pilates session involve? The movements in Pilates are usually done one after the other, with no repetitions. They have names, like ‘The 100,’ ‘Criss-Cross,’ the ‘Elephant,’ and the ‘Swan’…
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What is continuous training?
Continuous training is basically the opposite of interval training. This might sound daunting if you’re a beginner, but the workout itself is actually quite adaptable. You can vary your intensity depe…
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What is circuit training?
What is circuit training? As the name suggests, circuit training involves doing several different exercises at different ‘stations’, one after the other, with little to no period of rest in between.…
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What is flexibility training?
However, flexibility is about more than just being able to touch your toes. If you want to really see how flexible someone is, you’ll be looking at their range of motion – basically, how much a joint…
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What is plyometric training?
How does plyometric training work? The key to plyometric training is stretch and contraction. Your ability to move your muscles quickly from one state to the other is known as ‘explosive power’ – an…
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What is interval training?
How does interval training work? The length and content of your intervals can be varied, meaning you can achieve a variety of goals within your interval training session. Interval training is all to…
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What is Fartlek training?
How does Fartlek training work? Unlike other workouts, Fartlek isn’t based on timed exercises. You can choose to speed up or slow down whenever you want – which makes it great for beginners. Fartlek…
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What is Tabata training?
What is Tabata training? Named for its creator, Japanese doctor Izumi Tabata, Tabata training involves between 6 and 8 high-intensity intervals. Each of these involves 20 seconds of work followed by…