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    Bodybuilding: A Story of Size

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    The sport of competitive bodybuilding is one of the strangest, yet intriguing sports to have taken hold over the last century. As broad and tall as those who compete, the sport has become a symbolised ideal of the masculine look. Bodybuilding contests display an ironic veneration of the disparity between beauty and strength. The thematic pairing of majestic, artistic (some … Read more

    The Great Fitness Swindle: Toning Exercises For Women

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    Toning exercises for women If the above title didn’t have you ROFLCOPTERing your way around the office, PhysioRoom.com needs to educate you a little! One can only imagine the evil genius who first stylised this now infamous buzz word phrase feasts only the blood of his prey – with a Chianti chaser. It’s seen everywhere from Women’s Health to Heat Magazine implying that the ... Read more

    Guide to Resistance Training For Women

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    Resistance training for women Personal trainer and fitness blogger Alexis Fletcher is back once again with more quirky insights into the world of health and fitness. Welcome to PhysioRoom.com’s guide to resistance training for women.     Many female clients come to me looking for a toned summer body look. But mention strength or resistance and they cower into the shadows ... Read more

    Strength Training for Women

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    Using strength training to aid weight loss Personal trainer and fitness blogger Alexis Fletcher is back once again with more quirky insights into the world of health and fitness. This week Alexis uses strength training to aid weight loss! “Many of my female clients complain of the usual hard to reach weight loss areas – legs, bums, ... Read more

    Training Tips for Beginners

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    Summer is officially over and the gyms are full. As every man, woman and dog hits the treadmills and weight racks, determined to look better next year, Toby Cryne talks training tips for beginners – perfect for those fresh faces! Social media has changed the perception of the health and fitness industry in recent years. Gone ... Read more

    Hangin’ from the Rafters: The Benefits of Suspensions Training

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    What are the benefits of suspension training? PhysioRoom.com investigates. Potter around the gym floor in 2017 and a whole range of odds and ends, gimmicks and fads will no doubt be overflowing out of a randomly placed blue box in the corner of the room. Gym staff try and hide it, but it’s always there ... Read more

    Is Yours a Heartfelt Workout?

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    Personal Trainer and blogger Alexis Fletcher is back and this week she’s talking us through cardio and aerobic fitness. Cardio has great benefits, especially the heart so there’s no doubt getting involved in aerobic fitness really will be a ‘heartfelt’ workout! Is Yours A Heartfelt Workout? As I touched on in a spinning post, cardiovascular fitness is good ... Read more

    Improving Grip Strength

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    “What do you grip, mate?”  How often have you come across that question? Exactly, never – grip strength isn’t exactly the most hotly disputed factor of strength. And it’s rare that people will talk about the big four exercises being; bench press, squat, deadlift and thumb squeezers. After all, one would think that in training a variety ... Read more

    Yoga for the Body, Soul and Mind

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    Personal Trainer and blogger Alexis Fletcher, gives us her latest fitness, exercise and nutrition tips. This week Alexis is giving us a lesson in yoga to reinvigorate the body,soul and mind. For more, check out her ‘flex’ blog here. I’ve always been into my fitness but alongside pounding the pavements and lifting weights I love nothing ... Read more