Riverside Personal Training

29/08/2013

Blog Post 7: Negatives; a positive thing?

Stuck on a particular weight on a lift or just can’t do a full pull up without support, then negative (or eccentric) lifting may well be just the thing you need. Put simply a negative lift is when you ignore the lifting phase of a lift and just train the lowering element of it, which allows you to…

27/08/2013

Exercise of the week - some would say the only exercise you ever need - the squat!
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19/08/2013

Blog Post 6: Should you stretch before exercise?

Like me you have no doubt had it drilled into you that you should always stretch before exercise and quite possibly you still do the same stretching routine that you were first taught. However the majority of research now agrees that static or ballistic stretching is actually worse than nothing at…

19/08/2013

After a some online study and a day mostly spent in the saddle I am now Indoor Cycling qualified. Will be spending the next couple of weeks studying cycling training methodologies.

13/08/2013

New exercise of the week up on the website - Saxon Side Bends. With thanks to Harry Bond.

One-to-one training, designed specifically for your requirements, provides maximum results in the shortest time. Perfect for lunch breaks, early mornings or an hour away from your work.

12/08/2013

Blog Post 5: What is OBLA

OBLA is short for the “Onset of Blood Lactate Accumulation” and is the result of training at sufficient intensity that the body can no longer disperse or remove the acid accumulating in your bloodstream. More commonly this is called reaching your anaerobic threshold. The anaerobic threshold repres...

06/08/2013

Exercise of the week - the Abdominal Crunch.

05/08/2013

Blog Post 4: Fartlek Training

The word Fartlek is Swedish and best translates to mean “speed play”. This style of training evolved from outdoor running, where athletes would naturally vary their pace according to the terrain and how they felt. Many styles of Fartlek exist and it can be applied to almost all forms of CV trainin...

02/08/2013

EPOC is short for Excess Post-exercise Oxygen Consumption, which refers to the time after exercise has finished when the metabolism is still raised above normal resting levels and is therefore still burning calories at a higher than normal level. It is more commonly referred to as the “after burn e...

30/07/2013