Even if you start off in January with the best exercise intentions, it can be tricky to keep motivated. We asked gym group, David Lloyd Leisure, to give us their top tips to help you stay on track.
Team up – working with a gym buddy or personal trainer can help you achieve faster results, help with encouragement and gives your session a competitive edge.
Enjoy – make your work out fun. Choose something you really enjoy doing and change your routine every 4-6 weeks to prevent boredom.
Seeing results – know exactly where you’re starting from. Take your weight, basic body measurements and get your body fat percentage assessed. Seeing these results improve is by far the strongest motivation tool.
Here are some of the hottest new fitness trends for 2012.
Beaming – comes straight from the US and is available at selected Virgin Active clubs www.virginactive.co.uk. It involves standing barefoot on a 6’’ wide beam and gives a core-based, whole body workout.
Team sports – go back to school and try out a 
team sport like hockey or netball. England Hockey is running informal ‘Back to Hockey’ sessions throughout the UK in six to eight week blocks and will focus on fun and fitness. To find out where your nearest session is or learn more about this Olympic sport visit www.englandhockey.co.uk/backtohockey. If netball’s more your thing England Netball’s Back to Netball has details of coach led sessions all over the UK. www.englandnetball.co.uk
Latino style tennis - David Lloyd Leisure www.davidlloyd.co.uk is the first nationwide company to bring padel tennis, which is big in Spain and Latin America, to the UK. Their head of sports, health and fitness, Rob Beale, says padel tennis is easier to play than tennis or squash, gives a good cardio workout and is a great way for the whole family to keep fit.
Group personal training – if you think you’d benefit from a personal trainer but in a group situation then try a group personal training session. David Lloyd Leisure plans to offer group sessions (up to four) where you can up your game alongside gym ‘buddies’.
Puma Faas – is inspired by the training of three-time Olympic gold medalist Usain Bolt. Faas means fast in Jamaican and these 30-minute studio studio and 15-minute gym-floor sessions, set to a Jamaican soundtrack, are guaranteed to maximise fat and calorie burning. See www.virginactive.co.uk for more information.
Besides moving to new offices (read more later) we are also taking My Nametags to the Netherlands. As a result, we need a Dutch or Flemish speaker to run our ‘help desk’ from home in the UK for up to 15 hours a week with weekly visits to our London office. This position will involve answering queries from My Nametags customers in the Netherlands and the Flemish-speaking part of Belgium, and liaising with the London office. The ideal person will be friendly as well as customer focused. It’s the perfect job for someone with nursery or school age children. Interested? Click here for a full job description and contact details.
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