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Having an active break in the lake district! This is from Catbells mountain, about half way up. #activebreak #crazyaboutphysiology (at Lake District)

We thought we would give a taster to the next blog post we are working on which will be available on the @fsfireland website soon. Following on from our last post we had some questions on the importance of protein intake when engaging in resistance training. There are many concepts out there about timing of protein intake, whether it be before, during or after training. The important factors to consider with your protein intake is; muscle protein net balance, catabolism and anabolism. Don’t worry we’ll cover those terminologies in the blog post. In the post, we will cover the recommended protein intake, and simply ways to calculate your total intake for the day. Please keep an eye out, and again keep the questions and ideas coming in. It’s been great to see an influx in followers and mails the last couple of weeks. #crazyaboutphysiology #healthandfitness #GetHealthy #HealthyLife #HealthTalk #fitfam #protein

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Sorry for the lack of posting recently. I've been catching up and reflecting on some of the questions we've been asked in the interim since our last post. Two of these questions really stood out to me, and one of the topics is something that has been bugging me lately as I've scrolled through social media and blogs. First question was related to a recent quick weight loss scheme that they had seen, that seemed different from the others that are around. Don't get me wrong, there are ways to lose weight fast; but it does not involve a secret pill that has been manufactured or a new revolutionary diet shake. Athletes do it on a regular basis in certain sports, but it is done to make weight; with a considerable amount of time and effort put in. You could train like a maniac for a month straight, and lose a considerable amount of weight; but consider what's manageable in your day to day life. What is sustainable? If you are not exercising and want to start improving your health and fitness, start small. Go on some walks or light jogging building yourself up to bigger goals. If you are training already, and want to step it up consult your coach or pt and seek advice. Make some small goals and link them into a bigger goal and work towards it. Make your exercise and diet a part of your daily life. Make sure it's something that challenges you, but that you can adhere to consistently. If you find something you love doing as exercise, or a gym you feel comfortable in with positive people pushing you all the time; that is half the battle! Our next blog post on the @fsfireland website will be up soon, keep an eye out. And congratulations to Gary and the guys at @fsfireland on the new their new premises. #crazyaboutphysiology #healthandfitness #exercise #gym #health

We had an email this week from a person who was training with a PT, and had some concerns about the training she was doing. Rather than question it with their coach, they got in touch with us (which we are greatful for). The main concern was 'why are weights a part of my training program when I'm trying to lose weight?'... well this is for an array of reasons, but here are some of the key points. Building muscle helps the body to get stronger and more equipped to deal with the different styles of training you may do. Furthermore, the upkeep of muscle requires to body to burn more energy throughout the day to maintain it; so basically, your body needs more calories. Which can help with the maintenance of a calorie deficit. This is why you lose muscle mass when you stop training; the myostatin gene plays a role in deciding that the muscle not been used has too high an energy demand, and muscle mass is reduced to save energy. If you only do cardio, you will be losing fat and muscle, which will have a negative reaction on your metabolism. If you incorporate resistance training into your workout, then the body will burn more calories at rest. Try to keep the body guessing, a good coach will change things up and make sure your body is always one step behind on whats coming next. Hope this was informative! We are working on some posts which will be coming soon. #crazyaboutphysiology #fitfam #healthandfitness #health #training #gym #workouts

We have linked up with Functional Strength and Fitness in Ireland who have invited us to be a guest blogger on their website. This is an exciting oppurtunity for us to share our content and add to the amazing work Gary and the team are doing. We have uploaded the first blog on the FSF website, so head on over and have a read... http://www.fsfireland.com/ We look forward to adding some more content in the near future and welcome all feedback on our posts. #crazyaboutphysiology #FSF #fsfireland @fsfireland

First of all i want to welcome all the followers to the page. Our aim is to provide people with a knowledge base to help with all levels of fitness, and provide recent information on health. We are going to try mix it up with some practical knowledge, and scientific knowledge (where we'll give a synopsis of findings). Our ethos will be to get people moving through enhancing peoples understanding of health and fitness. This paper on screen was published in 2016, and shed some light on link between sedentary behaviour (sitting or lying down) and physical activity. In modern society there is a substantial amount of jobs that require people to sit for prolonged periods of the day. Furthermore, there are people that sit around a lot in their leisure time. Sitting for prolonged periods of time has huge health risked (i.e. cardiovascular disease, etc), even if you do go to the gym for an hour a day and hit the treadmill. This paper showed that exercise reduced some of the risks associated with high sitting time, but did not completely eliminate them. If you have any situation in your life that requires you to sit alot; try break it up with some short walks or light stretching every 30mins or so. We're really looking forward to engaging with everyone, and hopefully helping alot of people out. Remember, sitting less is just as important for your long term health as physical activity. Thank you all!