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How to train with an Injury?

May 27, 2021

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First of all, what do I mean by an injury? An injury can be major or minor. A broken leg is a major injury and aching lower back is a minor injury. Most injuries are repaired by strengthening the affected and connected areas. Of course if you have a broken leg you will start with rest […]

Personal Training

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What should a good training plan do?

May 14, 2021

Hm so where to start? Let’s start with some basics that any training plan should do for you regardless what your goals are and what level you are at.  A training plan should be realistic and achievable:  Very generic and probably something you’ve heard many times before but it’s true. Regardless if you are injured […]

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The stress of not knowing.

April 30, 2021

Motivation, Personal Training

Are you working long hours, managing people, making decisions, putting out fires, etc? Sometimes the last thing you want to do is figuring out what to do for your training session. Perhaps you find the stress of not knowing frustrating. Also its never nice to feel unproductive, specially if your time is tight as it […]

Motivation, Personal Training

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What do you train for?

April 16, 2021

What I train for. Actually I saw a instagram post about this question and I thought it was an excellent one. I get extremely grumpy, restless when I don’t exercise. I notice that my productivity and drive gets much lower when I am not able to train. However I have quite recently (in the last […]

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Exercise effect on our brain.

April 1, 2021

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We often tend to focus on what effect exercise has on our fitness and aesthetics. But how often do we consider what effect exercise has on our brain? Not very often. In my experience to focus on aesthetics when exercising won’t keep you running long term. It’s often not a strong enough reason to keep […]

Personal Training, Uncategorized

How to hire a personal trainer.

How to hire a personal trainer.

March 18, 2021

This is for anyone thinking about hiring a personal trainer for themselves or for someone else. How to hire a personal trainer? Don’t worry it really isn’t that difficult but I wanted to give a few tips on what to think about. When hiring a personal trainer one thing that you should always do, is […]

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Are injuries obstacles in you training?

March 5, 2021

Injuries, Personal Training

To feel your injuries are obstacles in your training can be extremely frustrating. The good thing is that in most cases we can reduce symptoms to even get symptom free. What you need is  good physiotherapy, the right type of training, time and patience.  What classifies as an Injury?  You might think that my sore […]

Personal Training

Ellen, personal trainer

What to do to get in shape?

February 25, 2021

What is in shape? Here comes a pretty standard answer from me. If you have read some of my other blog posts you will recognize it. It depends on what you want to get in shape for. It’s not the direct answer most want but there is none I’m afraid.  For example if you are […]

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How long does it take to get fit and healthy?

February 11, 2021

Health

Is there a straight road to fitness and health? To most people’s frustration when they ask how long will it take? I give the answer, it depends. We all know there are 6-week transformation programs out there that should get you fit and healthy. Promising to give you the body you want but do they […]

Personal Training

Ellen, personal trainer

What kind of training do I promote?

January 28, 2021

I have on a few occasions been asked or people have assumed that I promote gym based exercise above any other form of exercise because I’m a personal trainer. So I wanted to write a blog post about what kind of training I promote. The simple answer is no I don’t put that above any […]