In November 2021 my family and I suffered the most devastating, excruciating loss we have ever experienced. Our baby was still born. We wouldn’t be bringing our baby home, her brother and sister wouldn’t be able to meet their new sibling. The days, weeks and months that followed this experience have been tough but with the help of Sands UK and Sands United Ashby Football Team, after dusting off my football boots and unretiring as a footballer, we have had help to process the grief and the pain. As a Bio-Synergy athlete, marathon and ultra marathon runner, my sport and exercise has always been ..read more

It is incredibly easy to become very performance-driven as an athlete, which is fantastic! Being motivated by time on the clock, weight on the bar, the score board… this is crucial in making competitive athletes who they are. But when recovery becomes the limiting performance factor, what then? The two go hand in hand to ensure progress. Athletes with greater recovery capacity can train longer and harder without regressing and subsequently needing to take a deload or break. We asked Nikos Master Tutor on the UK leading personal training courses from Premier Global NASM, to give us some more i ..read more

“People would ask you, ‘how are things in the hospital?’ whenever we did a training session over zoom, but you couldn’t really fathom or put into words a true account, because you know they would never understand. You can’t fit into two minutes of chatting to someone between sessions and put into words what is actually happening”. Lucy Camlin is 27, and originally from Northern Ireland but came to Scotland almost 10 years ago to study Physio Therapy at University in Edinburgh. Now based in Dundee, Lucy began playing for the Scotland women’s team in 2014 and is hoping to qualify for the Birmin ..read more

The Christmas Saviour Come Early – beat the winter blues and get ready to part like it’s 2022.. Nutrition experts Bio-Synergy release a comprehensive 8-rule program to help anyone looks their best come Christmas and into the New Year. Like it or not, the great holiday juggernaut that is Christmas is rumbling out of hibernation and preparing to rear its garland-adorned head. Whether you’re ready or not for Bing Crosby on repeat, special-edition peppermint products, and heaps of holiday stress, now’s the time to prepare your battle plans. If squeezing into that holiday dress required a Christmas ..read more

1. What exactly is CrossFit? CrossFit combines a number of different disciplines, Olympic lifting, gymnastics, calisthenics, and functional fitness training to name a few.  A typical CrossFit session will consist of learning to master different movement patterns, pushing your weights to  ‘one rep max’, and developing mobility before combining them all in a lung busting, lactate bursting WOD – or Workout Of the Day 2. What is the ultimate aim of CrossFit? CrossFit is about training in a safe, effective way with good nutrition to help you achieve and perform at your best.  Safety ..read more

Bio-Synergy challenged twins, Jessica & Francesca, to discover how nutrition supplements can help boost your fitness results When it comes to sports nutrition, we often get asked ‘Will supplements really make a big difference to my training’The answer is yes! Diet and exercise are naturally the key building blocks when it comes to achieving your fitness goals, but many underestimate the impact sports nutrition can have on helping you to amplify your results. Ensuring you have the right nutritional support can give you that extra oomph to take your training to the next level! To show the tr ..read more

We all know someone or have even done it ourselves when that famous line comes out ‘I don’t have time for exercise? Try this simple steps to keep you ticking over. 1) Wash the car We probably need to do this more often than usual. 2) Swap the trolley for a basket using a basket is actually a god way to work your upper body No, not like that! Opt for a shopping basket rather than a trolley if you’re not planning a huge shop, and really work your upper body. If you really must use a trolley, once you’ve bagged everything up, carry it back to the car by hand. 3) Spring clean in summer Yep, that’s ..read more

In November 2021 my family and I suffered the most devastating, excruciating loss we have ever experienced. Our baby was still born. We wouldn’t be bringing our baby home, her brother and sister wouldn’t be able to meet their new sibling. The days, weeks and months that followed this experience have been tough but with the help of Sands UK and Sands United Ashby Football Team, after dusting off my football boots and unretiring as a footballer, we have had help to process the grief and the pain. As a Bio-Synergy athlete, marathon and ultra marathon runner, my sport and exercise has always been ..read more

How The Olympic Winter Games Begin In 1921, the International Olympic Committee gave its patronage to a Winter Sports Week to take place in 1924 in Chamonix, France. The success of the First Olympic Winter Games attracted more than 10 thousand paying spectators.   Which Country to look out for Norway can go beyond the 39 medals they won in PyeongChang, when they topped the table. Although some late unwanted Covid news has potentially stripped them of some stars, expect them to bank 40 medals plus. Germany and The Russian Olympic Team should be next in the medal table, according to predict ..read more

It is incredibly easy to become very performance-driven as an athlete, which is fantastic! Being motivated by time on the clock, weight on the bar, the score board… this is crucial in making competitive athletes who they are. But when recovery becomes the limiting performance factor, what then? The two go hand in hand to ensure progress. Athletes with greater recovery capacity can train longer and harder without regressing and subsequently needing to take a deload or break. We asked Nikos Master Tutor on the UK leading personal training courses from Premier Global NASM, to give us some more i ..read more