I'm starting a new Circuits Class!

New Circuits Class

I’m going to be starting a Circuits class on 4th June in St Michaels Church Hall in Kingswood (there’s a map at the bottom of the blog entry). 

Circuits are one of my favourite ways of training with a group – each class is a little bit different from the last and there are plenty of different formats to choose from.  I love the fact that you are never quite sure what you’re going to get: one week it can have a heavy CV focus, the week after it might be more resistance focussed, then the week after it can be a real mixture.  Sometimes you’ll be in pairs, other times on your own.  Sometimes there’ll be equipment and others there will be very little kit.

Classes can be a great way to learn how to do exercises safely and efficiently; I’ll give pointers on improving technique for safety and effectiveness, adjusting the exercise to make it easier or harder for you and giving encouragement and instruction.

The classes can be a great way to meet people who just want to get fit and don’t have any pretensions, just wanting to have fun and sweaty!

Contact Me!

If you’re interested, or know someone who might be, call 0775 663 2646 or you can drop an email to andy@fitnesstoolbox.co.uk

St Michaels Church Hall, Kingswood, Bristol, BS151BQ

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Getting Hooked on Fitness

Here's a weird question for a fitness blog: do you or have you ever smoked? Do you know someone who smoked?

How long did it take to get hooked? One cigarette? A packet? Several packets?

In effect, just how easy or difficult was it to form an unbreakable habit?

Certainly, getting hooked on smoking for many people isn't easy! The first few cigarettes are absolutely horrible: you cough and splutter and choke and wonder "where's the fun!?"

Smoking is a really bad habit to form and its chemically addictive (I won't go into all the "it'll kill ya!" stuff, that's actually not what this post is about.

The point is, that people who get hooked on smoking don't get hooked straight away; they have to go through a period when it is really horrible.

Yet they get hooked!

Now take fitness; many people starting out really struggle - they cough and splutter and choke! Yet the benefits are immense.

Obviously, I wouldn't be into Personal Training and fitness if I didn't enjoy feeling comfortable in my own body. And I had to form a habit and a routine in order to get and maintain a level of fitness - I've not always been into fitness and I nearly threw up in the first circuits class I went to!

The message: getting hooked isn't easy - stick with it: you're worth it!