Rees Fitness Personal Training
Strength, Fitness & Behaviour Coaching
Just a quicky to say that because of Born Survivor and Yorkshire Warrior events over the next couple of weekends (click here for all our upcoming events), the next official Grassington Bootcamp will be on Sat April 19th. Stick it in your diaries!
We do a lot of our training outdoors. Our FLASHmob sessions are all outdoors and in all weather conditions all through the year (deepest, darkest winter included). So if you have only ever trained indoors or in a nice gym before, here are some tips on what to wear when you join us out side. … Read more
Nocebo: A detrimental effect on health produced by psychological or psychosomatic factors such as negative expectations of treatment or prognosis. Yet again, last week I had a lovely woman in the gym for her first time. While showing her around the toys, it was obvious that she was nervous about the whole experience. Nervous about what … Read more
When: Saturday 18th, 3:30pm Where: Mollies farm in Grassington. Click here for a map. IMPORTANT!!! Limited parking space, so if at all possible…please car share. Ta! What: Mollie is leaving us again! This time to join the army. So to say a big farewell, we are going to have another little play on her farm … Read more
After a couple of conversations about how difficult it is to get up and going in the morning, here is a sample warm up you can do to get your body moving first thing. It should be nice and simple and it’s easily scalable. But in fact, this is also a good, simple, pre-workout warm … Read more
I’m ever so sorry, but we are going to have to postpone FLASHmob training this Friday evening. Somethings come up and we are going to have to rearrange. So that is NO training Friday, but everything on Saturday and Sunday is on as normal. Click on the FLASHmob page for the updates…
I’ve added picture galleries from the events we took part in this year. Take a look! http://www.reesfitness.co.uk/gallery
In January, our group training sessions, FLASHmob, will have been going for 1 whole year! First of all, I would love to say a big thank you to everyone that has come and played and kept it going over these last 12 months. And next, I would like to announce the FLASHmob birthday party! On … Read more
Over the next 3 weeks running up to Christmas, there will be no Grassington Bootcamp. This is because the whole of Grassington will be taken over by the Dickensian Festival! So the next Grassington Bootcamp will be on Saturday Dec 21st! Please pass this on to anyone you might think should know. But never fear. … Read more
Quick update! FLASHmob tomorrow will now start half an hour later. It will now start at 6pm. Still meet up in the usual place though…and it will still be very dark tomorrow night, so don’t forget to bring your torch!
I’ve long known that my strengths certainly do not lie in the area of marketing! I am particularly rubbish at getting the word out to people and actually informing people about the when and where of training. So, I’m going to ask everyone to please, please help me. I’ve just started a new, regular training session held … Read more
It is definetly autumn! The rains have come, the wind is up and its getting darker earlier. So some people have asked if we are going to leave training until the spring… What?? We don’t stop because of a bit of rain and mud! Yesterday we had a training session planned and it happened to … Read more
So you already kow about the Beginners Bootcamp we are holding this Saturday at 2pm in Grassington? So do you reckon you’re not a beginner but want something that will push you that little bit further? You want something that will give your strength and fitness that extra little kick? You want something that … Read more
Have you seen those pictures of people exercising outdoors, doing interesting, fun things, but never thought you would be able to give it a go? Do you live in or around Grassington and want to be fitter and healthier so you can truly appreciate the Yorkshire Dales, all around you? Come have a go at our … Read more
This Saturday we are holding the first two Grassington Bootcamps! These are outdoor training sessions to improve your strength, fitness, mobility and general health. We are holding 2 sessions… Session 1 – for beginners, from 2pm – 2:45pm. This will be an easy session for people new to exercise and outdoor training. If this sounds … Read more
Our big weekend is over! Me and Linda have been working up to this for a long time now and it was great fun! On Saturday we drove down to Leamington Spa to do the Wolf Run (www.thewolfrun.com) 10k extreme race. Running and swimming through lakes, through a shed load of mud, over obstacles, big … Read more
Just to give people an idea of some of the things we get up to in our FLASHmob Fitness group sessions…we have running races against a horse! I mean, you have a horse and a field…who wouldn’t try to hold a race??
In the past, my friend has asked me “when are you happy and what makes you happy”. I have then spent hours trying to answer her. I’ve tried to describe situations when I’ve been on my bike at night, surrounded by bats. Or when I’ve been scrambling over walls/obstacles/things. Or when I’ve been in … Read more
We have a busy year this year, with lots of events to go play at, so to help keep track of it all, I made our “Upcoming Events” page. And now it’s up to date! Take a look at what we have done so far, and what we got lined up in September. Click here … Read more
Each month, we hold a special FLASHmob Fitness Assessment. This is simply 5 standard exercises that we can replicate each month and record the results. I’ve already written about what “assessments” are, and how they are different from “tests”. So if you are interested, click here to find out my thoughts on the subject. We … Read more