New Group PT Class Opening In Gullane – FREE Taster Session On 13th March!

 

Small Group PT - fun, effective, personal.

Small Group PT - fun, effective, personal.

Following on from the success of our Haddington Group PT class, we’ve finally managed to secure a great venue to cater for the North Berwick/Gullane area – and the first session is FREE!

 

If you live within easy travelling distance of Gullane, you can now join our upcoming Group PT class. Starting from Tuesday 13th March at 8.30pm, we will begin our first 5 week block aimed at kickstarting your fitness and helping you achieve your health improvement goals. The first session will be completely free and without obligation, so if you’re wondering whether this might be for you, pop down and give it a try! (Make sure you let us know you’re coming though!)

Each block begins with an optional measurement session so that we can accurately track your progress over the course of the training. This is plotted and shared with each participant through their own personalised and private Online Client Area. We use a variety of training methodologies including HIIT (High Intensity Interval Training), bodyweight resistance exercises, metabolic training and functional fitness training. The aim is to have fun, while being analytical and effective. In addition to the weekly exercise sessions we provide:

  • targeted home workouts using video tutorials and printable plans
  • nutritional advice and recipe ebooks
  • personal feedback and consultation
  • motivational aids and techniques

A few words from some of our current and previous clients:

Everything Alasdair is showing us is designed to make the exercising more effective so that when time is precious you are concentrating on a fitness programme that is not only right for your body but that will hopefully reap better and faster results. Being in a group ensures that there is a competitive edge but everyone knows that they are working to their limits and challenging themselves first and foremost and Alasdair is encouraging but pushes you all the way! VM

I thought I already knew what I should be doing but Alasdair listened to what I wanted to achieve, and provided great advice that was obviously based on a good knowledge of the current evidence. Lovely attitude and motivational ++. I start 2012 feeling fitter! ID

Get all this for just £15 per week! Reduce your costs even more by taking advantage of our Referral Scheme.

Places are very limited so please contact us soon to book your place. Minimum commitment of 5 week block.

Talk to Alasdair on 07932 676841 or:

Email us using the form below.

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External motivation works too!

 

Bracken - my morning running buddy

Training partners (animal or otherwise!) drive you to go further and harder than you normally would - find a training buddy and push on together.

No More Tomorrows…

 

Stop Making Excuses - Change Today

Grasp the nettle - no more 'tomorrows'...

Win a £100 Voucher for Personal,Small Group or Bootcamp Training

 

Facebook Page £100 Voucher Competition

Click the picture to be taken to our Facebook page so you can get your entry in!

Visit our page on Facebook for your chance to get fit for free!

 
Throughout February we’re running a sweepstakes on our Facebook page exclusively for our Facebook Fans. Simply visit our page, click Like and fill out the registration form to qualify. What could be easier? Entrants will be accepted up to midnight on the 8th of March and the winner will be drawn on the 9th March.

As well as being in with a chance to win this cracking prize (equivalent to 3 Personal Training sessions, 6 Small Group Training classes or 16 Bootcamps, the choice is yours) you will then also be kept up to date with all of our latest classes, receive access to expert exercise and nutritional advice and generally have a nose at what we get up to.

As mentioned before, this is only open for a limited time and won’t be repeated anytime soon. Go get involved!

New Group PT Classes Starting Soon!

 

Group PT - Fun and Affordable!

Group PT - fun and affordable!

Experience a taste of Personal Training by joining our Group PT classes in North Berwick or Haddington!

 
We’re launching a series of 5 week Group PT classes in both Haddington and North Berwick in the next couple of weeks.

Initially the first class in each town will be run on a weekly basis and will include fun and varied exercise sessions, nutritional plans and access to our Online Client Area – meaning you can use our:

  • Downloadable health assessment results and tracking tool
  • Health and nutritional advice centre
  • Free nutrition ‘Jumpstart’ e-book worth £15 and free 100 Recipe Healthy Eating e-book.
  • Downloadable training programs
  • Online library of 500 exercises likely to be used in your personal training programs – including video, photo and instructions, to help you work out when we’re not there.

All this for a fraction of the cost of our traditional PT packages.

Class details are as follows:

 
Haddington:

Venue – Newton Port Church Hall (near Tesco, now known as Red Flame Dance)

Time – Monday 30th Jan, 8pm-9pm. Every Monday at the same time until 27th February.

North Berwick:

Venue – TBA

Time – TBA (starting as close to the first week of February as possible)

Spaces are limited to only 5 places per group so please get in touch soon to confirm your place. Reach us by phone on 07932 676841 or:

Email us using the form below.

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New Year, New You!

 

Reinvent yourself in 2012!

Reinvent yourself in 2012!

Workout at Home with a Personal Trainer and Make your New Year Fitness Plan Stick

 

Don’t go it alone, get professional help and the motivation to guide you to achieve a new you. Now thanks to ‘Langlands Health & Fitness’ (http://www.langlandshealthandfitness.com/) and ‘Workout at Home’ (http://www.workoutathome.co.uk) – as seen on ITV – professional fitness regimes can be achieved from the comfort of your own home.

In early January 09, the producers at ITV set news reporter, Carl Edwards, a challenge to run 10km in a race on 1 March. Workout at Home played a part in helping Carl lose weight and get fit in just eight weeks so he could successfully complete his marathon. Amongst other activities, Carl took advantage of personal training in his own home.

We realise how precious your time is these days, so we come to you and provide a service in the comfort of your own home. As busy work/home lifestyles are increasing, it makes it more difficult for people to attend the gym, Workout at Home is expanding into different parts of the UK and has recently started to provide mobile personal training in your area.

Alasdair Langlands, Master Trainer at Langlands Health & Fitness, says: “Our service is ideal for anyone who wants to lose weight and get fit in the comfort and privacy of their own home. Many people want the motivation to train but aren’t keen to do it with a room full of Lycra-clad gym bunnies and Baywatch boys monitoring their every move.”

He adds: “With Langlands Health & Fitness, individuals can achieve their health, fitness and nutrition goals in their chosen environment. We bring all the necessary equipment and cater for people with varying levels of ability. There’s no need to queue for machines and our customers can train when it suits them without any travelling. Furthermore, we devise structured exercise sessions with lots of variety ensuring that sessions are effective and continually challenging.”

The mobile fitness suite includes: the Reebok Deck for cardiovascular fitness and working on muscle groups in the legs; Punch Pads for ‘boxercise’; the stability ball (aka Swiss Ball) for building back and abdominal strength; Dura-Discs for core strength and conditioning; and don’t forget the ‘Run on the Beach’ running machine. We also carry the ultra-versatile TRX which provides the potential for dynamic total body workouts, wherever we happen to be exercising. Specialist areas of training include: weight loss and management; dietary and nutritional advice; sports conditioning; seniors fitness; ante and post natal; arthritis and osteoporosis. As Alasdair points out: “Whether a client is looking to lose weight, tone up, or you just want to feel better, Langlands Health & Fitness can provide the motivation and support to achieve their goals.”

At Langlands Health & Fitness we are not just about providing personal training. Our online support facility enables clients to access their health assessment results, read up on the latest food and nutrition topics and download fitness programs that have been designed by their personal trainer. Clients will also have their own home fitness e-book and video library, providing more than 500 exercises that can be done at home.

Regardless of their goals it is important that clients make positive changes to both their exercise regime and diet. As part of our support service we have also teamed up with Lucy-Ann Prideaux, a nutrition consultant with a Masters Degree in Nutrition, and 20 years experience in the field of health and nutrition. She has a nutrition consultancy practice called ‘Simply Nutrition’ providing dietary and lifestyle coaching and support to individuals and groups, and is founder of ‘DailyBread365’, a unique program of on-line ‘daily’ nutrition – a year-long (365 day) program designed to teach, educate, and empower individuals to eat well, eat healthily, and eat happily, whatever their goal, i.e weight loss, health and wellness, or sports performance.

Our partnership with Lucy-Ann has also enable us to provide two e-books (online books) to all Langlands Health & Fitness clients. Clients are provided with the 30 day ‘Jumpstart’ program, which is a month-long ‘sample’ of DailyBread365, as well as a 50-Recipe book free of charge.

The ‘Workout at Home’ system has achieved numerous accolades from satisfied customers. Kim Bevan, 50, a consultant, says of the personal trainers: “They don’t just get me to exercise; they have taken a lifestyle approach. They’ve got me off that sofa and out into the open air. I now exercise at least four times a week, I’m eating healthily thanks to their advice I’ve lost 86 pounds. It’s worth every penny.” Rob Jenkins, 41, a contracts manager, adds: “Since I started in October 2007, I’m averaging a weight loss of over one stone a month and this is solely down to the training and diet advice I’ve had. I now see my personal trainer twice a week. I honestly cannot recommend Workout at Home enough.”

The service is also praised by GPs Drs Simon Harris and Kim Scolding, who have used it themselves to gain the benefits of healthy eating and exercise, backing up the advice they offer practice patients. Dr Simon Harris says: “I recommend the service to patients and see huge
improvements in them as well.”

Hello December! Goodbye Fitness?

 

Enjoy the festive season, but let's try not to regress to a similar shape as our merry friend here!

Enjoy the festive season, but let's try not to regress to a similar shape as our merry friend here!

Don’t let your fitness wither like an unwatered Christmas tree this festive season!

 

Christmas is an important time of the year for most of us. It’s a chance to relax and spend time with the family, meet up with friends and generally have a great time.

But there can also be a bit of a mixed blessing about this time of year. Exercise tends to grind to a juddering halt, overeating and overindulging becomes the norm, and our health tends to sink through the floor. This inevitably leads to the  yearly, oft-repeated New Year Resolutions of ‘need to lose weight’, ‘going to get fit’ etc.

Why not break out of that cycle this year, and beat everyone else to the punch by making a pre-resolution to get fit… and stay fit over the holidays?

Just imagine:

  • no need to make up for all that damage caused by overdoing it
  • start 2012 on a real positive note
  • achieve even more in January by having a solid base to work from

Sounds attractive huh? Now I’m aware some of you may be sitting reading this and saying to yourselves: “But Alasdair, I don’t want to cut back on having a good time at Christmas, it’s one of the only things that I enjoy about winter!”  

That’s fair enough, I’m not asking you to be a saint, I’m not actually asking you to do anything – I’m merely suggesting a strategy you might like to try, in order to feel healthier come January 1st (or maybe 2nd, realistically!). To help you along the way, I’ve included some words of wisdom below:

TO INSPIRE: You drown not by falling into the river, but by staying submerged in it. – Paolo Coelho (it’s never too late to make that change)

ENJOY, DON’T ABUSE: One bad day is not going to ruin your whole plan. If you decide to indulge, don’t feel guilty – enjoy it. Just make sure that the next day, you get back on track with a workout or healthy meal. Life is all about balance.

FOCUS: When you’re interested in something, you do it when it’s convenient. When you’re committed, you accept no excuses; only results.

PLAN FOR SUCCESS: Resolutions shouldn’t only be for New Year. Start making weekly or monthly goals and work towards them. Be accountable to yourself and your own motivation will rise as you accomplish that which is important to you.

DON’T BE A FAIR WEATHER GOLFER: Think on your feet when planning your exercise sessions. Scottish winters are not known for their easy-going nature and this time of year can lead to lots of easy excuses being trotted out. Always have a fall-back in case your 3 mile run looks like turning into a short skate around the cul-de-sac.

FACE UP TO YOUR DEMONS: In our lives, we have two or three opportunities to be a hero, but almost every day, we have the opportunity not to be a coward.

British Women Most Obese In Europe

 

Time to turn the obesity epidemic around

Time to turn the obesity epidemic around

UK women topped the latest EU obesity survey, finding nearly a quarter (23.9%) of the female population to be clinically obese.

 

Well this morning’s papers made for depressing reading. For once the UK is finishing at the top of an international table, but this is one we most definitely do not want to excel in. It has to be said that the figures for UK men were not much better, with 22% being found to have a BMI over 30 (the medical definition of obesity), second only to the Maltese.

Apparently we need to be emulating Romania, who were found to have a much healthier rate of only 8% of women being seriously overweight (although how much of that is to do with social conditions, lack of access or financial ability to overeat etc. is not mentioned in the report).

Even more worrying were the figures for obesity within younger sections of society, with 16.6% of 18-24 year olds being found to be obese (across the sexes) as compared to an EU average of less than 11%.

Hopefully shocking figures like these will act as a wake up call that we are sleep-walking into a health catastrophe. The knock-on effects of obesity in terms of associated physical and mental health problems are terrible. Lets not let this define us as a nation and finally shake off the ‘sick man of Europe’ tag once and for all!