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As a personal Trainer there are many questions I am asked about what to do in the gym. Should I just do cardio, should I weight train, should I do a mixture? There is no excuse for not getting into the shape you want so whether you are training from home, training with friends outdoors,…

It can be hard to stay motivated once that initial enthusiasm of making a healthy change wears off. Here are 10 ways to help keep you motivated so you can achieve those much desired fitness results you’ve had for a while now. 1. Set a target each week: This should not be losing weight you…

1. Have your sugar intake (healthy choices of course) during the day. So maybe porridge oats for breakfast, plenty berries as a snack, and salads/ veg (which are also sugars, although healthy ones) for lunch etc. Most people try to be as good as they can all day through, which makes sense in a way…

The treadmill is probably the most commonly used piece of equipment in any gym. From beginners to experienced runners and from warm ups to full workouts. However people tend to do the same thing on them all the time. The body changes the most when challenged the most so why not spice up up your…

Nutrition questions & answers. All about DIET this time. Q 1. MEANING OF DIET? Most people think diet is something you embark on in order to change your body composition (in most cases to lose weight, or to put on weight/ muscle mass too), which isn’t technically correct. If you look in a monolingual dictionary…

Most of us know that over consumption of alcohol, sugar and inactivity is going to prevent fat loss, however there are some common mistakes that we often make that prevent us from getting the results we want. Firstly cutting out fat thinking that fat must make us fat. Yes eating trans fats which can be…

Tip 1 : Get good quality sleep! You’ve probably heard that getting enough sleep is important for weight loss, but did you know that getting enough quality sleep is really what helps keep the pounds off? A lack of deep sleep can leave you tired and gaining weight, new research shows that a lack of…

Here’s a question we here very often in Bodybyrne, “When you want to lose fat you do what?” “And, when you want to build muscle, what happens then?” Let’s try and clear a couple of things up on this subject When clients are trying to lose fat most would start doing more cardio. When they…

There was an impressive line-up for the FIT Magazine 5km and 10km race series opener in Dublin’s Phoenix Park. Dublin Marathon 2013 winner Sean Hehir, Gary O’Hanlon and Catherina McKiernan raised the bar as temperatures rose to double figures for the 1,500-plus participants. A tough two-lap course for the 10km race was the stuff of…

A big congratulations to all of our clients who took part in the 5k and 10k events in the Phoenix Park in the first of the Fitmag series runs. A beautiful day made the run even more enjoyable and it was a great honour to see so many of our clients running for the first…