Training Tips

Motivation

• Set yourself achievable goals
• Start small, gradually increasing as your fitness improves.
• Measure your achievements.
• Reward yourself when you achieve that goal.
• Get support from family and friends.
• Try to treat your programme as a lifestyle change and adapt to suit.
• This is for you! It’s your time!
  

Exercise

• Always warm up and cool down.
• You only need to do an hour of effective exercise, it’s a waste of time doing 2 hours in a gym.
• Try to incorporate resistance and cardiovascular training into your programme.
• Resistance will increase your Metabolism and Cardiovascular will improve your lung function.

Nutrition

• Lose 1-2lbs a week to achieve sustainable results.
• This is done by a combined loss due to food and exercise of 500 calories per day.
• Eat regularly throughout the day, at least 6 times with snacks.
• Drink 2 litres of water a day, keep hydrated.
• Try not to eat a big dinner after 8pm.