Hello everyone,

Hope everyone had a good start into 2012 so far. If you need some help to get you going again with your training the special offer of “12 sessions for price of 10″ is available again until end of April 2012.

There is also some new prices for training sessions on my Power Plate and my Pilates Reformer, if this is the kind of gentle workout that you are interested in.

Happy training…:-)

Kind regards,
Heike

Hello everyone,

Happy New Year to all of you! Hope you all will achieve your fitness goals this coming year. To kick start this new year my special offer to you is 11 sessions for the price of 10 during the month of January 2012

Happy training,
Heike

Buy 10 sessions during the month of December 2011 and get 2 extra sessions Free of Charge.  So you will get 12 sessions in total, which would normally cost £360, for the special price of only £300.  The offer expires on the 31st of December 2011.  The sessions are valid for 12 months from the date of purchase.  Happy training everyone!

Just came across this article published in the Guardian Online.  Apparently, one Glaswegian GP wrote in the BMJ that there is not enough scientific evidence that we all should be drinking at least “eight glasses of water” per day.

See link: http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2011/jul/13/myth-eight-glasses-water-day

Personally I think it is better for your body to be hydrated than de-hydrated, and therefore, I am making sure that I drink plenty of tap water during the day.  However, I don’t count how many glasses I drink, but I go according to the colour of my urine or whenever I feel thirsty.  So, some days I might drink more than on other days, depending on what I am doing physically and how hot/cold it is outside.

I suppose it shows that sometimes or shall I say most of the times, we like to make a fuss about “nothing”.

Due to popular demand, I have decided to extend my Special Winter offer until 31st of March 2011.

Happy training everybody,

Heike

For those of you who are struggling to find time to do a full one hour workout, I have designed a 30 minutes session that will improve your cardiovascular fitness and tone your body from top to bottom.  The price is just half the price of the normal cost of one hour session.

I have reduced  my prices for the coming winter period,  see prices page.  Valid from 1st of  December 2010 until 28th of February 2011.

Happy training even though it is getting cold!

Are you bored with your normal indoor exercises? Well, then this offer might be just the right thing for you to try out.

As a special offer, from now until 28th of Feb 2011,  you can have 10 sessions with me as your Personal Trainer on my Pilates Reformer for only £150 at my premises.

The Pilates Reformer is a fantastic tool to tone and realign your body effectively without adding too much bulk to your muscles. With consistent use you will achieve results quickly. Ideal for people of all ages and abilities.  If you are seriously considering a purchase of a Reformer and want to try it out before you make the big purchase, it’s the ideal way to find out whether you like it or not. Plus at the end you will have a safe and effective workout routine set up for when you start working out on your own Reformer at your own home.

A recent study done by the University of Essex in Environmental Science and Technology, showed that just five minutes exercising in open air can lead to immediate improvement in mood and self-esteem.

The study used information from 10 existing studies, analysing 1,252 people, and it showed that the presence of nature (blue and green environments, even urban green) led to mental health and physical improvements. The activities studied were walking, gardening, cycling, fishing, boating, horse riding and farming.

So, I say, even though we are now hitting autumn and winter time, don’t stay at home or at work all day, get out there and feel good!
(for further reading look at http://www.essex.ac.uk/news/event.aspx?e_id=1588)

Anyone who is interested in yoga and what health benefits it gives you when you practice it regularly should read the added link. It is all about a study that has been done by the Ohio State University and was just reported in the journal Psychosomatic Medicine. It explains a link between practicing yoga and having less of cytokine interleukin in the blood that causes inflammation. Cytokine levels if high have been related to heart diseases, type 2 diabetes, arthritis and other age related diseases. This could mean since practicing yoga reduces cytokine levels in the blood that you could be provided with substantial  short- and long-term health benefits, even though your stress levels in life could be high.

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/175705.php

Heike