‘’Sit up straight’’ This phrase is starting to be heard more and more on a daily basis.
In today’s technology-driven world, poor posture affects many people and although being aware of it, they do not take into account the possible problems poor posture can cause, thus not doing anything to fix it. Read More
“I know how it feels from personal experience to not be comfortable with your own body, not necessarily like what you see in the mirror and how that has a knock affect regarding self esteem and confidence”. Read More
Since expanding the business and services provided by us at Optimum3, the vision has always been to provide a bespoke facility for high quality personal training and clinical services, with exclusive private use, and to grow the Optimum3 team. Read More
It is a phrase that is used frequently but how many of us actually pay close attention to the phrase “You are what you eat’?
The western world is a world full of processed food heavily marketed to convenience and budget. Sometimes even unhealthy food is labelled healthy. I use a phrase with my personal training clients ‘Don’t ask why healthy food is so expensive, ask why junk food is so cheap’. I just wanted to touch on that as it feeds in to the thought processes of people when looking specifically at we are what we eat. Lets take a look at the meaning behind it. Read More
Should I exercise when pregnant? Is it safe? Will exercise harm my Baby? Will exercise harm me?
These are some of the questions on a lot of pregnant ladies minds, but the simple answer is yes, it is perfectly safe. Providing your pregnancy is uncomplicated then it is extremely safe and very beneficial. Read More
It has been an eventful and enjoyable few months at Optimum3 HQ with the move to the new facility and setting up a top quality team of personal trainers and practitioners and we go from strength to strength. No pun intended honestly! Read More
It’s January and all the New Year New You shenanigans are in full flow. Here at Optimum3 HQ we’ve been a little quiet so we thought we’d let you in on what we’ve been up to in the last few weeks of 2017 and first 3 weeks of 2018. Read More
At Optimum3 it’s about more than just getting sweaty in the gym or eating loads of salad. It’s about an ethos and approach that looks at everything that can affect your results. Whether you have a goal of weight loss, fat loss or muscle gain there can be different factors to consider that will make a big difference. One being sleep! Let’s take a look.
Following on from my recent childhood obesity blog Obesity in Children it got me thinking about a method used in measuring both adults and children’s health. BMI, and is it really all that? Read More
You may have read about it on social media or in the news, obesity in children is on the increase, and its time we did something about it. By ‘we’ I mean from the top to the bottom, Government, food companies (I wish), right through to us as parents. There is a lot we can do in terms of taking responsibility for our own health and that of the future generation. Read More
