Matt recently appeared on Marlow FM with Chris Zaremba, founder of Fitness Over Fifty (fitnessoverfifty.co.uk) to discuss motivation and how to adhere to healthy plans. They discuss things such as finding your Why and examples from topics such as movement, nutrition and sleep. To hear the conversation
Read more →Get your walking boots (or Vibrams!) on a few times a week. One of the simplest activities with one of the biggest pay offs! Find your reason to Move. For your health, your sport, your kids, your confidence! Whatever the reason is, find it and hold on
Read more →All of us need, and want, a decent night’s sleep. Unfortunately this can often elude us. One reason for this is a busy mind full of things from the past or tasks to do in the future. This can lead to our minds either not letting us
Read more →1) Belly Breathing – If you watch most toddlers breathe you’ll often see their bellies inflate outwards as they take a nice deep inhale before deflating as they breathe out: a calm relaxed breathing sequence. In contrast if you watch most adults they’ll be mainly breathing via
Read more →At aps we love moving, training and sport. We also love feeling energetic and healthy, so we use various techniques in our training to ensure we get to enjoy what we love doing, but in a way which leaves us feeling good. Life is never static; energy
Read more →Repetition reserve is one of the most important training variables when it comes to looking and feeling good, but it’s not one that many people pay attention to. If you are seeking peak performance or aspire to be a competitive body shape athlete then this variable won’t
Read more →Most people have an idea of what they need to do inside the gym, but what about in between exercise sessions? Below we detail 3 recovery techniques we use regularly for boosting health and fitness levels and getting ready for the next workout. Sleep – Unsurprisingly this
Read more →When I was a kid I remember parents and grandparents teaching me that if you look after the pennies, the pounds will look after themselves. The point being that focusing on little things consistently soon adds up to something big. To improve your health and fitness doesn’t
Read more →Breathing is one of the most important things you do every day. Sounds obvious, everyone breathes right? Yes, but how we breathe can have a significant impact on our health. Most of us are using a compensated breathing pattern (shallow chest breaths) which activates our stress hormones
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