Why Are My Muscles SOO Sore?

We’ve all exeperienced it right? You think to yourself, yesss I’m going to get back into working out… So you do and you go hard because you want to make that effort and you want to see that difference - fast!
Next day you feel fine. Then when you collapse into bed, you start feeling a […]

Double Kettlebell Swing

I like kettlebells. Ever since I bought my lovely 26 pounders I’ve really enjoyed working out. It took me a while to work up to the amount of reps I wanted to do - but now I’m getting there and wondering if I need the next size up…
Anyways… I like most of Mike Mahler’s exercises […]

Pullups - Perfect for Posture Problems

I constantly struggle with posture. Always have and probably always will. And there is no quick fix. I’ve searched and searched the internet… but to no avail. Everything says I need to do something every day - a few exercises every day will make my back straighter. Well thats just too much work for me! […]

Map Your Run

Recently a friend of mine decided we would all run with him for his party. He turned 21 - so that meant we were to run 21 kilometers. Thats 13 miles - half a marathon. I’m glad he didn’t say 21 miles. Anyway the invite was a map of the run. I thought he was […]

Celebrate In The Face Of Failure

So you set your time frame, you created clear, achievable goals – you journalled every day and you stuck to the plan. Yet you did not achieve success.
Well guess what, its not a cause for doom and gloom. It’s not a reason to cry and eat chocolate and icecream. It’s a reason to celebrate. […]

Two Month Blitz

Elliot and I have decided to do a 2 month diet & fitness blitz.  Daily updates can get a bit messy on blogs, so we will be tracking our progress on a daily basis but we’re only going to update this blog once a week with the important information.  No-one wants to read drivel right?
So […]

What Would You Give To Workout Consistently?

I struggle to work out consistently.
I don’t have a 9-5 job 5 days a week. I work about 3 jobs - all part time - but it means every day is different. Some times I’m out of the door at 7am. Some days I don’t have work until 12 - or even 4pm. Some days […]

High Intensity Interval Training Part Two

 
I’m about to go for a run. First I’ll write this article and come back to write part three. One has to really believe in what one writes about! Living proof so to speak…
 
So I spoke about saving time. Isn’t that one of the themes of the western world today? I enjoy saving time […]

Don’t want to make progress? Then don’t keep a fitness Journal!

In a previous article on Take Fit I talked about running your fitness program in the same way you would run a business. The main point there was that in order to make progress you have to track your progress, in other words, you need to keep records just like you would when running a […]

High Intensity Interval Training Part One

I’ve run on and off for years now. I think I started in my early teens. Maybe younger. I joined an athletics club at around 11 and the girls there were quite fast! While I knew I would never be a sprinter because of my build, (and sheer impossibility of getting my legs to move […]