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Activity Levels & Exercise

If your goal is to lose fat / weight then combining improved nutrition with increased activity levels is a super effective way to maximise your results, who doesn’t want that!   After you have made the decision to change and exercise more the hardest part is starting because going from 0 to 1 is daunting, you aren’t sure where to start, what you should do and how much you should do.  So, let’s break it down The key point to any training program is that it needs to be specific to your goal.  No matter what your goal is, your program should reflect it.  But you should consider a combination of the follow - Resistance training Resistance training can be lifting weights, banded workouts, kettlebells basically any workout that you do the workout against a form of resistance.  This is a great way to increase your strength and change your body composition (how your body looks) along with increasing your confidence.  Now, when you are setting up your training program to suit your goals you wil

10 Most Frequently Asked Fitness Questions

  As a Personal Trainer I get asked lots of questions about workouts, fitness, diets and fat loss. Here are the top 10 questions and my answers for them 🤙🏼 1. What's the best way to lose weight? The only way to lose weight is to be in a calorie deficit. This means you eat less calories than you use each day, each week, each month. There are no quick fixes, you have to put the time in and stay consistent. Using an online calorie calculator will help you estimate your calories needs, but bear in mind this is an estimate, you may need to tweak the estimate to see results. 2. Should I eat breakfast? Generally, I say yes to this. Why? Because eating regularly throughout they day means your body is always fueled and you can maintain your energy levels throughout the day. If you have enough energy, your workouts will be better and feel better. You are also more inclined to make better food decisions throughout the day as your body is adequately fueled. Eating breakfast will also

About me

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  Thank you for taking the time to read my website, I appreciate your time. I want you to get to know me a little bit, so I'm going to share some of my life here with you, if you want to see some photo's and videos then follow me on Instagram and Facebook. I try and share my workouts and health, mindset and fitness tips on them regularly. I'm Claire Youngson. I live and work just north of Aberdeen, Scotland. I started my working career working for KD Marine ( a commercial diving contractor in the North Sea) and stayed with them for 8 years. I worked in the office doing a variety of jobs but left in 2016 to go explore the world and have an awesome adventure or two. So, July 2016 I headed off to Vietnam to explore more of the amazing country. I travelled from Ho Chi Min City to Halong Bay in the north, exploring some of the most awesome places I have been to date. From Halong I travelled back to Hanoi to catch a plane over to Vientiane, Laos. If you haven't been you s