The Urban Trainer Blog - UK

If you’re a fitness enthusiast who wants to annoy others with your passion for health, maybe you should consider becoming a personal trainer. Here’s how:

1. Decide if You Have What It Takes -Personal trainers need to have a multitude of skills. You should be analytical, patient, nurturing, persistent, organized, an effective motivator and, most importantly, a good listener. You should love working with different kinds of people and be a self-motivator. You don’t have to look like a body builder to be a trainer, but you should definitely lead a healthy lifestyle to be a good role model for your clients. Read more »

It is important to understand the difference between weight loss and fat loss. Weight loss typically involves the loss of fat, water and muscle. A dieter can lose weight without losing much fat. Read more »

Many people find themselves battling their weight over and over again. Some try diet after diet, only to have the weight come back, and in some cases they become heavier than ever before. Read more »

If there’s any one exercise that everyone seems to use as a show of pure strength and power, it is certainly the bench press. “How much ya’ bench?” is a popular question thrown around weight rooms, and the answers are almost always inflated so as to match the ego of the responder. Read more »

We all know fruit and vegetables are good for you, and you’ve all probably heard of the campaign ‘5 a Day!’ encouraging us to consume five servings of fruit and vegetables a day, but it’s not always obvious as to how these five should be made up. Fruit and vegetables need to be consumed, along with a variety of other quality foods, to ensure you’re obtaining adequate amounts of all the vitamins and minerals (collectively known as ‘micronutrients’) necessary for optimal health. Different fruits and veg are higher in different micronutrients; for example, oranges are packed with vitamin C, carrots are high in vitamin A, leafy green veg contains iron, bananas provide potassium, and so on. Read more »