By Paola Bassanese Here’s a video from the first Strongman training outdoors class at the Albany Club from Saturday 4th February. Lots of smiles, lots of hard work and lots of calories burned! The video shows the highlights from the hour-long class and all details on how to book are featured at the end. [...]
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Wellness in the snow
By Paola Bassanese 5th February 2012: London is covered by deliciously creamy snow resembling marzipan icing on a cake. If you walk through thick snow, the extra effort and the colder temperature helps you burn additional 3-7% more calories. For a blow-by-blow account of how many calories you can burn snow walking, Walk About [...]
Strongman training at The Albany Club
By Paola Bassanese Starting from 4th February 2012, Chris Heron, personal trainer, is leading Strongman outdoors group training sessions. The training consists in short group activities (groups of 2-3 people for a maximum of 30 people per class) ranging from pushing a prowler to lifting kettlebells, hammering and lifting heavy tyres. These exercises have been [...]
Strongman training launches today at the Albany Club
By Paola Bassanese Personal trainer Chris Heron is launching a new series of Strongman training classes at the Albany Club starting from Saturday 4th February 2012. Strongman training has been designed to achieve rapid results with strength training and weight loss. Here’s a promotional video (yours truly will be attending and reporting back!):
Twitter chat #HealthAtoZ
On 1st February Anthony Mayatt, celebrity personal trainer at Breathe Fitness, started a new twitter conversation on health and fitness called #HealthAtoZ. The conversation will continue through the month of February so there’s plenty of time to contribute thoughts, ideas, articles and videos. Head over to twitter, look at the day’s topic on #HealthAtoZ and [...]
Beyond physical limitations: Oscar Pistorius dances the tango
Champion Oscar Pistorius, who will be competing in the London Olympics 2012, participated in the Italian version of Dancing with the Stars/Strictly Come Dancing (Ballando con le Stelle) dancing the tango. Click on the picture for the video. A moving performance and a testimony that willingness to succeed overcomes all obstacles. A lesson for us [...]
