Ever wondered why we have gone to the expense of being the 1st gym in the south west with its very own cryotherapy chamber? Well in short we think it’s brilliant for inflammation, recovery, training progress / gains, reducing pain, reducing stress and providing lots of happy chemicals. I know many of you would like…
I think it’s fair to say in this day and age it’s very easy for children to come home from school and want to sit down in front of a console/computer and play games or scroll the socials. Where have the good days gone when kids would rush home, get changed and head straight outside…
This is the final article on the different zones you will hit with your my zone belt. Next week I will take you into a closer look at each energy system mentioned briefly in these blogs. Red Zone The final zone you will hit during a workout is the zone even more infamous RED ZONE.…
The Yellow Zone! This is one of two infamous zones that are so highly sought after during workouts and classes! But what does it mean and what is happening? You will get into the yellow zone once you are into 80% and 89% of your maximum heart rate. It identifies vigorous/high intensity activity. Thats why…
The Blue and Green Zones These are two zones that you won’t be too familiar with as they aren’t given too much attention to unless you feel like you aren’t working “hard enough”. Typically (obviously depending on the individual) you will see this colour if you are working within…
Over the next few weeks, I will be taking you through the MyZone zones, the colours and what they mean. Some of these blogs will be shorter than usual, but what I don’t want to do is delve into too much detail. This is because following this series of blogs I will be doing a…
Are you relaxing correctly? When we are training or at rest, there are two systems at play. We have the Sympathetic Nervous system and the Parasympathetic nervous system. For recovery, we want to activate the Parasympathetic nervous system, however, I don’t think people fully know how to optimise this to get the most out of…
We Want Everything Now We live in an age of being able to have everything within an instant. Want to know who created the paper clip? Easy, 10 seconds later you know with a simple google search. Want food delivered to your door? Easy, there’s an app to do just that. Want Sushi at 2…
There Is No Perfect Diet. You may have seen, there are now hundreds of diets contesting for the title of “the perfect diet” or “the diet you need to be on to lose weight”, or there are many ‘dietary camps’, each claiming specific benefits and superiority over the other. The range of options can also…
I just want to get stronger isn’t good enough Last week I spoke about how I don’t think you should use a photo of that perfect cover model body to motivate you. This week I will talk about what I think you should use to motivate you. Everyone is different, everyone is structurally different, everyone…
Why use Creatine? Why use our Creatine? Taking creatine, even in the short term, significantly improves maximal strength and endurance. Creatine intake also results in improved concentration, higher endurance in training and faster recovery. WHY AMSPORT CREATINE? If it doesn’t say Creapure® on the label, it’s not pure creatine. Creapure® is the safest creatine on…
Why you should know everything about N.E.A.T When people embark on their fat loss journey typically, fat loss is focussed around what you eat and what workouts you are doing. The common declaration of “right, I’m going on a diet and going to the gym”. First of all, its great you are trying to make…
5 Bedtime Stretches to help overall postural health and sleep We talk a lot here about stretches and releases, which muscles to release and stretch because they have become tight, shortened due to the way modern life is where its easier than ever to be more sedentary. With that in mind, here are 5 simple…
We obviously deal a lot with the physical side of performance here at TeamBreakthrough, in terms of your general fitness and nutrition. However, there is another side to your performance when you aren’t here working out, with everyday life and work. Your cognitive performance. For me this isn’t an aspect to be overlooked. This is…
I read a great article on herbs and spices by Lisa Fouladi on this topic and thought I would share what I read in a brief summary of her article… Studies on herbs and spices show they can have great health effects. Spices like turmeric, black pepper, cloves, and ginger, and herbs like rosemary,…
As is often the case, many of you will have made changes to your nutrition for this year, maybe related to a change in your body composition … unfortunately we can never out train poor nutrition. That is just the way it is. So if you are serious about making body composition changes this year…