Training for a marathon is … well, it’s a challenge. You don’t run 26 miles on nothing. You have to prepare mentally and physically for months ahead, follow a pretty strict training schedule and eating plan. While you know that you need to starting tapering, reducing your training effort, in the weeks leading up to… The post Marathon Nutrition – eating well in the run-up to the big event appeared first on Gym Plus ..read more

Who doesn’t know the feeling … you slowly lose passion for your newfound exercise routine. What seemed like a walk in the park a few weeks ago now appears like a climb up Mount Everest. Your motivation for your newfound gym routine is waning. You find it harder and harder to make time for the… The post Top Hacks to Keep Motivated this Autumn appeared first on Gym Plus ..read more

After the summer we have just had you probably feel relief at the lovely warm weather September has bestowed upon us over the past couple of weeks. Make sure to soak up every last ray of sunshine this time of year as your skin still makes Vitamin D up until October. Taking care not to… The post Time to go Back to School, Time to get back to the gym too appeared first on Gym Plus ..read more

Whether you have booked a week away in the sun, or are holidaying at home, make sure to keep up with your healthy eating habits this summer. We all know that we should maintain our healthy eating habits even though we are tempted with juicy burgers, beers and sweet treats. How can we keep up our good eating habits this summer? First a note on the power of eating well: As if we needed more proof, another large study has just proven that eating well has significant benefits for your body and soul. The Planetary Health Study is trying to come up with a way of eating that’s good both for our body ..read more

Whether you have a family or not, the summer is always a time where routines and schedules change. You might find that your place of work ramps up due to the season, while other companies might almost shut down because of the season. If you have a young family, you all of a sudden have children to mind at all hours. The summer is the time to make sure to make time for yourself. The days are long, the weather is fine, and we have loads of energy. So let’s make sure to use this energy. Maintain your gains Remember, it is vital to keep going with your gym routine in order to hold on to the gains ..read more

Why is it important to look after yourself physically, mentally and emotionally? Our bodies aren’t like machines that function when you put fuel into it and stop working when you run out of fuel. While we tend to compare our bodies to machines, we are obviously much more intricately made and are also the sum of our emotions and thoughts. Look after your body and mind, and they will look after you. My Top Tips for Getting the Most out of your Gym Routine: Stay focused. You may day good days and bad days, days when you feel you could lift a mountain, and days when you feel like you can barely li ..read more

Have you heard of the terms macronutrients and micronutrients? Your PT or other fitness enthusiasts around may have mentioned their macros and micros to you in passing. What are they? The human body needs 6 basic nutrients it requires to sustain life and growth. Nutrients have one or more of these basic functions: they either provide your body with energy, help grow your body, or are part of biological and physiological processes in your body. The 6 classes of nutrients are carbohydrates, fats, proteins, water, vitamins and minerals. Macronutrients are those nutrients that we need in large qua ..read more

Did you read the headlines last month that women get greater benefit from exercise than men do? It’s scientifically proven, women can reduce their risk of dying prematurely by 24% with only 2 ½ hours of moderate or 75 minutes of vigorous exercise per week. In men, this effect is only 15% reduction in mortality. The Cedar’s-Sinai Smidt Heart Institute of Los Angeles who conducted the study found not only that, but they also found that women could reduce their risk of dying from cardiovascular disease (heart attack, stroke, etc) by a whopping 36% with regular exercise. A longer life and reduced ..read more

The age old saying goes, you are what you eat. And this rings true to this very day. It puzzles me how we today, in Ireland in 2024, have more access to healthy, nourishing food than we had at any time before, yet sadly our popular food culture leaves us feeling bloated, heavy and undernourished. Overfed and undernourished, is the phrase often used. We have all sorts of excuses for not paying more attention to how we feed ourselves, busy lives, demanding jobs, a family and aging parents to take care of. You name it. The truth is that we can feed ourselves well while living our busy lives. The ..read more

What are Ultra Processed Foods? Ultra Ultra-processed foods are those foods that contain large amounts of ingredients, contain unnatural or altered ingredients, and require a factory setting to produce. The main take-home point here is that these foods are highly or ultra-processed simply because they cannot be easily reproduced in the kitchen and require complicated-sounding synthetic, unnatural ingredients to make them work. Are Ultra ultra-processed foods Common? You may think that requiring a factory setting to produce food sounds like designer foods, eaten by a few and reserved for speci ..read more