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    The Benefits of Compex Machines

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    When starting out with a fitness programme, you’re often bombarded with so much information you don’t know where to start. Then even when you begin to gather more knowledge about the field and start to get a plan together, you discover some new technology out there that can help you achieve an even better body … Read more

    The Importance of Staying Hydrated

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    We’re taking it back to basics on this week’s PhysioRoom.com blog. We’re stripping it all the way back to the very essence of life, the key to it all folks…that’s right, h2o, water, the wet stuff. That wet stuff makes up around 55-60% of our body composition, so it’s fair to say that while exercising, ... Read more

    Pain Management: How Do You Solve a Problem Like DOMS?

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    Whether you are pulling on your first pair of running shoes or just about to finish training for your tenth London Marathon, chances are that two or three days after your workout you may find yourself in some kind of pain or discomfort. This often debilitating muscle tenderness, sometimes referred to as ‘muscle fever’, is … Read more

    How to Train for a 10k or 5k

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    About to train for a 10k? PhysioRoom.com’s running addict Toby Cryne talks training and baby steps. Alas, it has come to my attention in recent times that regular folk, that is everyone that seemingly exists outside of my circle of ‘running friends’, exist on a plain of normality whereby the word marathon, or dare I say ultra-marathon makes … Read more

    Hula Hoops and Skipping for Weight Loss

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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. This week Alexis uses school ground tactics to assist in your weight loss! Hula Hoops or Skips? And no, I’m not talking about your favourite crisps! Long since forgotten as mere playground antics, the health … Read more

    Sports Supplements Explained: Protein

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    The world of sports supplements is one of the most hotly disputed yet highly marketed enterprises within the world of health and fitness. Set against billions of dollars’ worth of industry, the micro-economy has sky rocketed since the 1980’s. Toby Cryne discusses the most common products on the market and how they can (or can’t) … Read more

    PhysioRoom.com’s Top Tips for Optimum Hydration

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    Having learnt from first-hand experience how dangerous dehydration can be, Toby Cryne discusses how water benefits you during exercise, what happens during dehydration and how you can keep on top of your h20 levels all day long. How to Stay Hydrated During Exercise Believe it or not, water is probably the most important natural element on the … Read more

    Nutrition Confusion

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    Our resident fitness expert and fitness blogger Alexis Fletcher is back with her top tips in the world of health and fitness. This week Alexis talks about nourishment and diets. With all the faddy diets and conflicting nutritional advice out there it’s easy to have a whole lot of nutrition confusion so in this post … Read more

    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

    Weight Loss Tips and Tricks To Avoid

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    This is the time of year when we all want to lose weight. We may sign up to the gym, buy some trainers, get out the swimming things or simply use that Wii or Kinect we got for Christmas. Unfortunately, a lot of us will give up by the end of February before embarking on the same process next year.

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