I’t just two weeks now until the No Fad Fitness team take part in Insane Terrain’s fantastic mud race at Wash Brook Farm in Doddington. We will have entrants in both the 5 and 10km events and we’ve all been training hard to get fit for this fun event. This is one of the muddiest […]

Benefits of Fitness Classes Group fitness classes consist of physical exercise performed by a group of individuals led by an instructor. This can be presented in a variety of formats and styles, including core conditioning, Pilates, yoga, muscle conditioning, circuit training and boot camp. Your choice of classes will depend on what is available locally, […]

BEGINNERS, HOW TO BECOME A RUNNER! I have been looking at some beginner guides for running and what I found was enough to put off and dishearten anyone. Schedules worked out on spreadsheets with rigid day after day instructions on what to do. For the most part they are utter rubbish! Why? Well simply because […]

HILL TRAINING, INTERVALS (1) Find a steep hill a 1 in 12 climb angle or greater. Sprint 100m up the hill, stop, turn around and walk slowly back down Do this a total of 3 times. (2)  Next; Sprint 200m up the hill as fast as you can and maintain speed for the full distance, […]

In 2012 I weighed in at a little over 14st. I started training in November 2012 and reduced my bad food intake and cut out eating after 7pm and dropped the booze almost completely. Feb 24th 2013, this morning I weighed in at 12st 5lb. Wit 13.8% body fat. I look great, Still muscular but […]

I was supposed to be running a 10k event today organised by a local club but, there is a bit of snow on the ground so they cancelled it. I was very disappointed as this was to be my first competitive event and I had been anticipating it all week. So as I was expecting […]