Goal Setting is a vital tool to use in any personal development journey whether that is inside or outside of the gym. It is a powerful process for thinking about your ideal future, and for motivating yourself to turn your vision of this future into reality. Why Set Them? The main reason is motivation. It…
Travelling Workout Formula We have many clients here at TeamBreakthrough who travel away with business to whom this article will be appropriate but also for those when during the summer or winter holidays you are away and you hit up the gym hotel and then are a little unsure as to what to do. There…
Physical Activity, Cognitive Performance and The Outside You are probably fully aware of this, but, physical activity doesn’t always have to be completed inside and at the gym. What you may not be aware of is how performing your physical activity outside is not only fantastic physically but also cognitively! Let me explain… As I…
We here at TeamBreakthrough strongly believe in the benefits strength training. That is why you will see it heavily included in our BreakThrough Classes and involved in all our PT sessions. With the Government’s Budget having been announced on Monday we thought it would be apt to show you how we here at TeamBreakthrough our…
“Comparison Is The Thief Of Joy” Theodore Roosevelt We as humans naturally compare ourselves to others. It happens everyday, we…
What Shoes for Squatting? Choosing the right footwear is an essential part of getting the most bang for your buck when training, especially if you have the goal of improving your strength! You can really benefit from the correct footwear for the right movements! For exercise in general there are hundreds of options for you…
Last week we covered the hip joint. We showed you a screen to test our hip mobility called the Thomas test. As we mentioned in the ankle mobility post – most restrictions are due to either joint immobility or soft tissue tightness (stiff muscles and/or fascia). Today I wanted to share a few of my…
The last two weeks we have focussed on our ankles and how they affect your squat pattern. Over the next few weeks we will turn our attention to the hip; how it can be affected by a sedentary lifestyle, how it can negatively impact your squat and then how we can improve mobility in the…
There are a few different ways to improve your ankle mobility using a variety of tools. From foam rolling to band mobilisations. In todays article we will provide you with the tools and methods to get cracking on improving your ankle mobility. Foam Rolling Target Areas: Calves How? Using a foam roller, roll up…
Today’s blog post follows on from last week. Today we are giving you an easy and simple method to test your own ankle mobility at home to see if it is something you can work on in your own time to improve your squatting performance in PT sessions and classes! Ankle Mobility One of…
This Blog series will all be about the squat. It is one of the best exercises within any exercise program. It is a fundamental movement that is used throughout PT programs and classes here at TeamBreakthrough and is very easily performed poorly. Throughout this series we will take you through everything from squat technique to improvements…
If you’ve been following our previous post we compared 2 typical days, 1 of which was more sedentary than the other. Over the weekend I decided I would see how many calories I would burn doing non exercises activities on a weekend. I shall breakdown each activity and how many calories it burned based on…
I already go to the gym for an hour after work, so why bother with 10,000 steps? So, maybe you read last weeks post and looked at what activity you do during the week and thought, well I go to the gym three or four times a week, the 10,000 steps / Active 10 methods…
The Science Behind 10,000 Steps If you have ever looked into increasing your activity, to improve health and wellness then you have no doubt come across the famous benchmark of achieving 10,000 steps a day. Why this number? Today we will be taking a look into this figure, the reasons behind it and the science…
The best investment i have ever done in myself. Working with the team at Team Breakthrough in general and Simon in particular, I have got into a shape and achieved results I never thought possible. It’s been a long, sometimes hard, and more often than not a fun journey towards transformation. Since January I have…
Movement at Work Blog Three: Simple methods to move more throughout your day! We could all probably be more active throughout the work day. As we have seen in our first article of this series, the effects of sitting on your health are very negative so the more we can move the better! In this…