Coffee – what’s the story?
Coffee is one of the most heavily researched commodities and studies have spanned decades. There is still much debate and confusion regarding coffee, mainly whether it’s good or bad for you. To be honest, it is both. It can be your best friend or your worst enemy when exercising and trying to get in great [...]
View This Article »The Romanian Deadlift – exercise of the month
The Romainian deadlift (RDL) or stiff legged deadlift is a great exercise to target the posterior chain specifically the Glutes, hamstrings and lower back. Nearly everyday we see clients at Cre8 with back pain and more often in the Lumber (lower back). This is often due to tightness from being seated for many hours and [...]
View This Article »Training specifically for your goal
This is one that always makes me laugh, going into any gym shortly after a new edition of a popular fitness magazine has been published and seeing the same exercises being performed by everybody there. Not every workout in a fitness magazine is for everybody. Your personal goals should dictate your workouts, from which exercise [...]
View This Article »10 reasons why you are not losing body fat
1. There are two pitfalls which I see people fall into time and time again with their training routine. Firstly, many do too much steady state aerobic, and secondly, I see gym users doing the same routine over and over. The main problem with both of these mistakes is that the body adapts to what [...]
View This Article »The Chin Up – exercise of the month
The Chin Up The chin up is an upper body pulling exercise that is often confused with the pull up the difference being that your hands are supinated (palms facing you) in the chin up and pronated (palms facing forwards) in the pull up however several different grips can be used to change muscle [...]
View This Article »Why you should be taking a ‘post workout shake’
Gone are the days of only the bodybuilder taking a post workout shake. A protein shake post workout is a sure way to improve muscle growth/fat burning, speed up recovery and boost energy levels. If you’re not taking a post workout shake then you are missing out on a great deal. To get the best [...]
View This Article »Tips on how to boost your immune system
Cold and flu season is upon us and I’m sure you all know someone right now who is suffering or even this may actually be you. Unfortunately you can use all the immune boosters possible and still get sick even if you have had the flu job, very shocking I know – but true. Many [...]
View This Article »Five things I learnt from BioSignature Modulation
This month Cre8 Fitness’ elite personal trainer Matt travelled to Toronto, Canada to learn from one of the world’s best strength & conditioning/nutrition coaches who has trained Olympic medallists in 12 different sports. Matt joined Simon & Phil in adding BioSignature Modulation to his ‘box of tools’, we are all big believers in searching for [...]
View This Article »Strong Knees for Skiing
The Ski season is fast approaching and you should be taking action now to maximise your experience and minimise the risk of injury by getting your knees strong. Injuries to the knee joint account for nearly 50% of all skiing injuries. Research shows the Medial Collateral Ligament (MCL) of the knee has always been the [...]
View This Article »Are your cosmetics making you fat?
Unless you have looked into the subject of parabens you have probably never considered the fact that your cosmetics could actually be causing you to gain fat and put your health at risk! So what is a Paraben? Parabens are a class of synthetic chemicals widely used as preservatives in cosmetics such as makeup, hair [...]
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