Laura Nicholson PT

23/01/2021

Hello, welcome to my page. I have been in the Army for over 20 years and qualified as a Personal Trainer a few years ago. Fitness has been my passion for a long time, but this wasn't always the case. I struggled with my fitness and weight in my 20s but then discovered that I wasn't training effectively. Once I learned how to do that, my fitness improved in leaps and bounds and the weight loss followed. I am now fitter and stronger in my 40s than I was in my 20s. As I have suffered various injuries from rugby and horse riding, I was particularly keen to learn how to reduce the chance of further injury and to make myself stronger. I now understand the importance of incorporating stability and stretching exercises into my weekly routine, as well as the usual cardio and strength training. With my military background I have worked with many different types of people and know how to motivate individuals to get their desired results; your goal becomes my goal. If you would like help reaching your fitness and weight goals, get in touch and let's do this!

13/08/2020

10/06/2020

This will be of interest for those of you trying to lose weight and using a tracker. So I have been using a Fitbit for a number of years but have recently purchased a Garmin. I decided to wear both to compare stats. Now, Fitbit does it’s own calorie counting and tracking whereas Garmin is linked to MyFitnessPal.

Now both of mine are set to have a goal of 2lbs weight loss a week. This should mean a calorie deficit of 1000 calories a day.

Now you will see that the Fitbit is accurate in calculating this. I have burned 2350 according to its data and have 190 left to eat which should give me a total of 1350. A deficit of 1000.

MyFitnessPal however is saying that I still have 692 calories to eat which would give me a total of 1810 and as my Garmin calorie burn for the day was 2301 this only gives me a deficit of about 490. Interestingly the Garmin app says I still have 734 so hasn’t quite synced with MFP and would only leave me with a deficit of 449.

So the lesson is if you are using MFP check carefully what it is telling you. The golden rule:
Deficit of 500 calories per day = 1lb weight loss per week.
750 = 1.5lb
1000 = 2lb
So, if you burn off 2000 calories in a day and eat 1500 calories and do this for 7 days, you will lose 1lb in weight.
(You can do the maths for the rest)!!

27/05/2020

28/05/2019

I recently bought some great stuff at Huel and they gave me a special offer to share with my friends. I'm treating you to an exclusive £10 off your first order over £40.

26/04/2019

Really pleased that Salisbury Life Magazine ran a fitness article and included our Rugby Team within the feature. Go Salisbury Women RFC 👊👊

27/11/2018

Rugby Warriors 👊🏻

10/07/2018

24/06/2018

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