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    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

    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

    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

    Spinnin’ Around: The Benefits of Spinning

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    Personal Trainer and blogger Alexis Fletcher gives us her weekly fitness, exercise and nutrition tips. This week Alexis gives us a run down on the benefits of spinning. For more, check out her ‘flex’ blog here I’m Spinnin’ Around! There’s no denying that everybody needs to have some sort of cardio workout. As you know it’s ... Read more

    The Perfect Home Workout

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    Our resident personal trainer and fitness blogger, Alexis Fletcher, is back ready to hit 2015 with a new set of fitness tips, exercise and nutritional advice. This week, Alexis shares her perfect home workout ideas with step-by-step videos included making it easier than ever to get fit for the new year.  Happy New Year to ... Read more

    The Best Kettlebell Workouts for Women

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    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 kettlebell workouts for women. Polly put the kettle on – and no, I don’t mean the one in the kitchen! Kettebells, originally hailing from Russia, have been used in the health and ... Read more

    Namaste: The Benefits of Yoga

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    No longer merely the chill out method of Indian gurus or a fashion token for the hipster elite, yoga has seen a huge rise in popularity in recent years. Athletes spanning various sporting disciplines from football to MMA all sing the praises of the ancient techniques but what are the benefits of yoga and how ... Read more

    The Octagon: PhysioRoom.com’s Top 8 MMA Conditioning Exercises

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    Get Fight Fit with these MMA Conditioning Exercises Every child of the 80’s and 90’s loves the idea of being a Wushu Warrior, Kung Fu Master or a Muay Thai specialist. But if the recent rise in MMA has taught us anything it is this; all the fancy spinning kicks in the world mean nothing without conditioning. In the close-quartered combat of ... Read more