Rees Fitness Personal Training
Strength, Fitness & Behaviour Coaching
It is the Winter Solstice this Sunday…that means it’s the shortest day of the year! Woo hoo! If I’m being picky, the Winter Solstice is at 11:03pm Sunday night. But I need my sleep, so I’m not going to suggest anything at that time. Instead, I’m going to dash around Skipton Woods again. I liked … Read more
It’s nearly Christmas. It’s a predictable time of the year. We know when it is and we know the way things pan out during and after it. Usually something like the following: Training/exercise winds down in run up to Christmas. Eating/drinking winds up in run up to Christmas. Training/exercise stops entirely at Christmas. Eating/drinking rockets … Read more
Got an event in the new year? Want to know what you need to work on? Saturday 27th Dec, 9am at Broughton. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/strength-fitness-assessment-tickets-14955368911
Over the summer I was lucky enough to take part in the Action for Rehabilitation from Neurological Injury (ARNI) course. This was to teach me how to help people rehabilitate after having a stroke. I just had the email through now…I PASSED! Not only that, I only went and got a bloody A grade!! So … Read more
This is continuing the rundown of some of the events I seem to be doing next year. For the full list of stuff I’ve signed up for/thinking of doing, see my Upcoming Events calendar by clicking here. Take a look at them and see if you want to join in the fun too! March 7th … Read more
Without actually realising, I seem to have agreed to a number of events next year already. I’m going to go through a bunch of them, letting you know what and when they are. Feel free to join us if you like. And to see all the events I am signed up for/thinking of signing up … Read more
A few days ago I stuck up 3 basic training rules. Follow these and most people will improve. But a lot of people (myself included) have the most trouble with rule #1. Some common reasons/excuses I hear (and used them myself!) include: I don’t have time. I just need to do this other thing first… … Read more
I reckon if we follow these rules first and foremost, we can leave worrying about picky little details for another day…
My friend Jo is rowing 1,000,000 metres (thats over 620 miles!) on the indoor rower to raise money for Macmillan Cancer Support. She has been coming into the gym where I work for weeks and patiently eating through the miles, and is nearing the end. It takes a HELL of a lot of work, guts … Read more
I sat down with my calendar to try to plan this years Christmas and New Year, and as always, I need your help. Sunday 16th November – Hoping to go have a look around Scar House and Angram reservoirs. Haven’t decided what we will be doing there yet, so if you have any suggestions, let … Read more
Forgive me, but this bit of writing is just me trying to put in words some things that have been flaffing about in my head for a while. Feel free to ignore it… ************************************************* Over the last few months I have been learning about ways to help rehab people who have suffered from a stroke. … Read more
Upcoming FLASHmob Fitness training is as follows: September Strength & Fitness Assessment – 7/9/14. If you don’t know what this is, I’ve explained it all before, so click here to find out. And click here to register your name. FLASHmob Saturday Breakfast – 20/9/14. I’m going to have a reccie round Thruscross reservoir for the … Read more
What is tapering? “Tapering = maximising recovery, not fitness.” While we are exercising and training, we are actually damaging and breaking down our body (the muslces etc). In other words, we are actually in worse shape when we finish a training session than we were when we started! This is obvious when you see people … Read more
I assess peoples fitness and strength and advise on workouts and training routines for quite a few people. I use a mixture of theory and experience to do this. For example, if someone comes training with a certain injury, then theory and experience tells me that they should probably avoid certain moves while emphesise others … Read more
I liked the last bike ride we did. Even though it got a little bit wet, i still had fun. So I want to do it again. So here goes… Date: Sat Aug 23rd (bank holiday weekend and the day before we go to River Rat Race) Place: Hawkswick to Malham Tarn to Kilnsey and … Read more
My friend Pam was stand in editor of her local parish newsletter and she had some space to fill. So she asked me to write 500 words on training outdoors. Here is what I came up with. Hope you like it… *************************************************** Welcome to our outdoor gym! My name is Cerin and I’m a local … Read more
Apparently a “sports specialist” in a school thinks its dangerous for kids to do pressups. But I’ve heard a lot of people wonder if they should let their little Johnny do any kind of strength training in case its damaging to a body that is not yet fully developed. And I reckon that is a … Read more
“You don’t let me get away with things like the others do!” I’ve nothing much to say today except to blow my own trumpet. Because this was a lovely compliment (well, I took it as a compliment, anyway) I got from a couple of ladies the other day. I had to step in when a … Read more
I’m guessing this is not what many people want, but what the hell. The day after Tough Mudder weekend here in Skipton, I’m going to have a go at the monthly Strength & Fitness Assessment (click here to find more out about it). It will be interesting to see how I do compared to previous … Read more
Knowing what you want to do in your training over the next month is one thing (and a really important thing that so many of us fail to do). Figuring out just how to do it and actually getting it done is another thing altogether! Things in our head can often be very “fuzzy”. Ideas, … Read more