MORTONS
PERSONAL FITNESS Brentwood
We specialise in group personal training and achieve fast and safe Results for our members
OPENING HOURS
Monday | 6am – 9:30pm |
Tuesday | 6am – 9:30pm |
Wednesday | 6am – 9:30pm |
Thursday | 6am – 9:30pm |
Friday | 6am – 9:30pm |
Saturday | 7am – 12:30pm |
Sunday | 7am – 12:30pm |
Join Fitness Club Brentwood – Feel Positive with a Healthy Body
A healthy body is not only a sign of good physical strength. It also has a great impact on your mental peace and serenity. This is the reason; you should never take your regular fitness regime casually at any point in your life. A fit and active body always feel positive and energetic.
Whether you wish to reduce stress or weight – exercise and fitness is a must. You can get a toned up body with a healthy mind. Both are highly required to achieve success in life. As you know, we aim to guide you with all the tips and tricks to remove fat and obtain a healthy body; we understand that different individuals have different needs and goals. This is why we design our fitness PDF guide to offer the most effective and widely accepted solutions for all of you.
Choose the Best Gym Brentwood
Whether you choose a gym Brentwood or the comfortable ambience of your home – these guidelines will definitely make your fitness routine easy-to-follow. At Mortons Personal Fitness Brentwood our aim is to provide a total fitness experience that will help you to achieve your fitness goals without any hassle.
It is never too late to start your first step towards fitness and good health.
UNLIMITED
PERSONAL FITNESS SESSIONS
STEP 1
Book your free 1 x hour guest visit consultation at the club with one team – to discuss your injuries + health plus set your targets and we will set you up with a clear Plan of Action to achieve them with one of our team
ENROL + Choose from a number of affordable membership options
STEP 2
First Personal Fitness Session – plus Body Fat % Check ( optional )
IT’S About
KEITH MORTON
My name is Keith Morton and I’m the owner of Mortons Personal Fitness Club Brentwood. I started personal training just over 30 years ago. But honestly, I haven’t always been big into my fitness. In fact, was bullied at school for being overweight, weighing in at 13 stone at age 13 wasn’t easy. So much so, that I decided to turn my life around. Little did I know I was about to take a turn for the worst.
I put SO MUCH pressure to myself that I went down to 6 stone in 1 year and became far too thin and borderline anorexic.
My doctor warned me that I would die unless I started eating properly. This was the awakening I needed to start eating properly and taking control of my health. Since then I have studied extensively fitness and nutrition and became a qualified personal trainer aged 18.
I then started up my own personal fitness business and since then, I’ve helped thousands of people lose weight, tone up and change their lives for
the better.
Now it’s your turn…
I am offering a free PDF guide to the 6 most effective exercises to tone up your bum, tum, and arms. They are not only the most effective for the most sought after areas of improvement, but they can also be carried out in gym Brentwood or in the comfort of your own home!
Click the button below now to download your FREE copy of my brand new exercise guide now!
…and start feeling like the best possible version of you!
- HAND STRENGTH
- NEW YEAR RESOLUTIONS 2019
- EXERCISE AND STITCHES
- CARDIO AND THE TALK TEST
- TRAINING PARTNERS
- WHAT TO DO ON YOUR REST DAYS
- DOMS
- HACK YOUR MOTIVATION
- WAIST HIP RATIO
- LIQUID CALORIES
Grip strength consistently predicts mortality risk from all causes in middle aged and elderly people.
It has been proven that people with stronger hands are more likely to live longer. In fact, grip strength is better at predicting mortality than blood pressure and poor grip strength has been identified as an independent risk factor for type 2 diabetes.
It is also really easy to measure your progress using gym equipment. You can test either of the following:
- How long you can hang from a pull up bar
- How long you can hold a barbell or a pair of
Many upper body exercises (such as pull-ups, pull downs, rows, deadlifts, etc) will improve your grip strength and therefore your life expectancy. It is encouraged that when doing exercises like a bench press where you don’t need to grip very tight, you should still do it any way as this will give you more control in the exercise and improve your grip strength at the same time.
How do you make one you’ll stick to?
New year resolutions are tricky. It’s rare to find someone who has stuck to one even once in their lifetime. Below you will find a few valuable steps to making your resolutions (and all of your futuregoals) stick this time.
SMART
Start by making your resolutions SMART. That is: Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic and Time based:
Specific – Can you say “yes, I’ve done this” or “no, I haven’t done this”? Things like ‘eat healthier’ or‘exercise more’ are far too vague.
Measurable – Do you have a way to measure your progress?
Attainable – Could you actually do it? There’s a difference between setting a goal that will push you and setting one that is impossible right now. Small consistent steps beat drastic changes every time.
Relevant – Is it something you really want to do or are you just doing it because you think you should?
Time based – When do you want to do it by?
Tell everyone
Now that you have your goal, tell everyone you know! Not only will this keep you accountable but pay attention to the ones who express support as these are the people you’ll want to go to if it starts getting tough.
Don’t give up
If it’s not going well or you fail while still in early January, don’t beat yourself up too much about it. The best thing you can do is set a new goal immediately and go straight for it.
EXERCISE AND STITCHES
Most people who have ran at some point in their life have experienced having a ‘stitch’. A sharp, stabbing pain on the side of your ribcage that only seems to ease if you slow down or stop exercising.
They are not exclusive to runners but they commonly effect people when they are doing some form of cardiovascular exercise. The physiological cause of stitches is currently unknown but there are certain factors which have been proven to reduce the rate at which they occur:
- Not eating a large meal before exercising
- Not drinking sugary drinks before exercising
- Training regularly
CARDIO AND THE TALK TEST
The ‘Talk Test’ is a way of measuring the intensity of your cardio workouts without any need for heart rate monitors or other equipment.It’s as simple as it sounds; all you have to do is talk to someone while you train.
If you can talk quite easily and don’t really have to focus on the exercise, then you are working at a low intensity. When training, this intensity only really needs to be used at the start of a warm up or the end of a cool down.
When you are having to stop to take a breath between every few words, then you are working at a moderate intensity. This is the level you should aim to be at for the majority of your cardio work. The recommendation is to work at this level for a total of 150 minutes a week to keep your heart and lungs in good health.
If you are breathing heavily enough that you can’t talk at all or can only say the odd word here and there, you are working at a high intensity. This level can’t be maintained for a long time but it’s good to get to this point a few times a week once you have developed a good base level. Doing so yields huge benefits for your metabolism and will prepare your heart and lungs for anything.
TRAINING PARTNERS
Having a family member or friend there to train alongside you gives you several advantages over those going it alone:
Can double performance – Even if you’re not the competitive type (but especially if you are) just having someone you know there during your workouts has been shown to drastically boost performance, which will lead to better results.
Keeping each other accountable – There are always days that you just won’t feel like training and that’s okay. However, if this happens too many times in a row then you’ll lose the habit and stop altogether. A good training partner can encourage you to carry on if this starts to happen.
Support – You can celebrate each other’s successes and help each other out through defeats. Simple, but can really help with motivation.
WHAT TO DO ON YOUR REST DAYS
Everyone needs days off from the gym to recover, but that doesn’t mean you can’t do anything on your rest days. In fact, doing some light activity will promote blood flow, aid recovery and help you to recover faster. Here are a few ideas of things you could try in between your gym days that don’t require any equipment or much time commitment:
Walking – Loosen your joints and muscles while getting some extra cardio – Win-win!
Stretching – Even if you always stretch after a gym session, it doesn’t hurt to do a bit more on your days off, especially if you feel tight in certain areas.
Bodyweight exercises (press ups, planks, sit ups, squats, etc.) – If you’ve been in regular training for a while, doing some light exercises (not to failure) is a good way to recover while staying active.
DOMS
Post-exercise muscle ache is known as Delayed-onset muscle soreness or DOMS. You can start feeling this pain after 24 to 72 hours of doing exercise. It can be soreness with a terrible pain or can be a dull background pain with muscle stiffness. The severity of the pain depends on the type of exercise you have done.
There are several reasons for which one can feel DOMS. It can be doing a high volume of exercise with the same muscle group or doing a new exercise or trying something eccentric for you at that point. All these or any of these can cause DOMS, and you should talk to your fitness trainer when you have the same.
Some people think that experiencing DOMS means you are doing it rightly. This is not correct. This is a standard procedure of response of your muscle which may or may not match with others. Gentle massage, stretching, or the icing will be good to get rid of that pain.
HACK YOUR MOTIVATION
“Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.”
While technically true, that doesn’t stop habits from breaking. I little added motivation from time to time goes a long way to keeping habits going strong. If you’re someone who repeatedly falls off the wagon and you want to stop this from happening, consider making a list of things that motivate and inspire you. Use anything you can think of; songs, articles, pictures, videos, etc. The trick is to make yourself go through this list whenever you feel like you’re about to quit. Most of the time, all it takes is this little push to get yourself back on track.
“Men with a waist-hip ratio over 1 and women with a waist-hip ratio over 0.85 are at an increased health risk.”
People who store more fat around their chest and waist are at a higher risk of developing health problems such as coronary heart disease and type 2 diabetes than people who store more fat on their hips and legs.
You can find out your waist to hip ratio by dividing your waist measurement by your hip measurement.
LIQUID CALORIES
Liquid calories should be avoided, but if you do not have that much willpower, at least try to restrict your consumption. The reasons for not consuming liquid calories are;
Sugar – You can avoid several health problems when you avoid consuming sugar. Since carbonated drinks have plenty of sugar, you should consider avoiding liquids like fruit juices/squashes/smoothies to stay healthy.
Sweeteners – Do not be fooled with those ‘Zero calorie/sugar’ and ‘Diet’ soft drinks tags. They are equally bad if not worse than those drinks mentioned above for your health!
Reduce the amount of such harmful drinks and instead of them try to consume as much water as you can, following the advice of your doctor and fitness trainer.
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