Do you sometimes start a fitness / weight loss programme with a short term goal in mind, such as getting in shape for a holiday, wedding, Christmas party etc, only to lose that motivation after the event? Many people are only motivated by such events and as such fail to incorporate working out into their […]
Personal Training
Torch Body Fat by Boosting your Metabolism!
Your Metabolism controls the amount of calories you burn throughout the day and therefore determines how fat or thin you are. Although your metabolism slows with age, it’s quite simple to turn back the time by speeding up your metabolic rate, effectively slowing down the aging process! Your metabolic rate is the speed at which […]
The Benefits of Weight Training for Strength
What happens when we do Resistance Training for Strength? Lifting weights that feel heavier than what we are used to puts our muscles under a certain degree of stress and as a result they are temporarily weakened. The body’s natural response to this weakened state is to rebuild the muscles so they are equipped to […]
The Lifegym Concept
My name is Tony Matthews. I run a Personal Training Gym here in Dundalk called ‘Lifegym’. We train clients on a one-to-one or small group basis in all areas of improving body shape, weight loss, health and fitness etc. Procedure At Lifegym Personal Training Gym we are different from other Gyms in that we are […]
What is Lifegym all about?
A lot of people fail to achieve their desired results because they are doing the wrong type of training. The training system we use is quite unique. The best results are obtained with a short workout, say about 20 minutes duration.
You can get into and stay in excellent shape with only 3 x 20 minute workouts per week. Click on the above title to read more…
The benefits of Personal Fitness Training
The benefits of one-to-one Personal Fitness Training The advantages of using a personal trainer are numerous: Knowledge / expertise Motivation Goal achievement Supervised Instruction Privacy Safe-Injury prevention Time-effective Personalised programmes to suit the individual, regardless of age. I think the problem with […]
Resistance Training
In a recent Time magazine report, a monitored weight-training programme was found to have been one of the most successful ways of getting into shape. Strength training re-shapes the body, helps increase your metabolism and therefore burn more fat and according to researchers it helps prevent osteoporosis. And not just that, there were plenty of […]
Time To Train
Many people use the excuse that they can’t find the time to workout. The latest research shows that you get better results out of a short, focused workout than with the one to one-and-a half hour workouts that people typically do in gyms. It is best to begin with a low intensity and increase this […]
6 Strength Training Myths (for Women) Debunked
Many women who begin training with us here at lifegym are concerned that lifting weights will make them look masculine or ‘bulky’. The following article in a recent issue of ‘Readers Digest’ should allay these fears… The truth about bulking up, spot reduction, multijoint movements, protein intake, and repetitions. by Jenna McCarthy When it comes […]
