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Sleep your way to a better body!

2016-04-08T12:59:05Z

Most people don’t get enough sleep per night or have good quality sleep.

Not getting enough sleep dulls brain activity in the frontal lobe, causing you to make bad decisions such as eating bad foods. It also means that you look for “quick energy”/sugar filled foods to give you a boost.

A bad night’s sleep messes with our hormones and our metabolism.

5 tips on How you can improve your sleep.

Aim to go to bed before 10pm (the more hours before midnight the better)
Take magnesium as it helps the body to get a better nights rest
Write notes and jot things down before going to sleep (if you’re an “over-thinker” like I am, writing down things you need to do or that are on your mind help you to let them go, making way for a more restful night.)
Read a book instead of watching TV or using your phone. Technology activates the brain it making it very hard to get to sleep afterwards.
Sleep in a dark room; if the room we are sleeping in isn’t completely dark the light coming from your phone, TV or other source can interfere with the body’s production of melatonin which is the hormone that helps to regulate your sleep and wake cycle. Having a lamp on or being exposed to light during sleep can suppress melatonin levels by more than 50% which will greatly impact our ability to get a good nights sleep.

Let us know how you go following these tips and contact us for info on upcoming challenges so you can achieve a healthy body to match you new well rested one!

Happy Sleeping Everyone!

It’s Time to Regroup: The Benefits of Group Training

2016-04-08T13:00:47Z

Why you should reap the benefits of group training

Whether it’s Boot Camp, Classes or simply having a workout buddy the rewards of training in a group are endless.

You have someone to be accountable to that can push you when you can’t push yourself and be there to make sure your attending sessions. You have people to share your journey with and people that you can laugh with, sweat with and feel the pain with!

Support is a really important factor when it comes to exercise; you need the support of those around you to help you succeed. Having that encouragement from the trainer as well as other group members will really help your confidence and help you to stay on track. Research also tells us that those involved in group training are more likely to stick with the program as opposed to other means of training.

Accountability aside everything becomes better when you can make it fun, working out with a group of people with similar interests and goals makes you feel more at ease, more excited and more motivated to come to sessions, as well as the opportunity to make some great friends along the way.

Another great plus is how quickly the time will pass when your in a group, sometimes in a one on one personal training session all you want to do is keep checking that clock to see if its over yet! But in a group the environment and your workout buddies make the time pass super quick and before you know if you’ve finished your work out and your ready to face the day.

Group Training can be the difference between you getting up in the morning and hitting the snooze button!

Having fun and getting fit, how can you say no?

For more info on how you can join one of our group sessions, contact us

Sarah Our New Trainer!

2016-04-08T12:48:48Z

Sarah training Graham, getting her hours up for her personal trainers course!! She will make a FANTASTIC PT!!! Her enthusiasm and positive energy has been extremely motivating to the elevate team over the last few weeks!!