Padbox

Some of the personal training team here at Foresight have recently done the Padbox Course. The course was designed by Ian Burbedge, an ex armature boxer and Andrew Scott, a sports scientist. The course offers personal trainers the chance to learn actual boxing skills and apply them to a fitness setting. The course covered areas of footwork, technique, combinations, pad work, show boxing and much more.

My experience in martial arts set me up with what I thought was the basics of how to use focus mitts, but the pad box course gave me a great deal more skills. The trainer were great, very supportive and encouraging. Above all they seemed to understand that we were not looking to become pro boxers and was looking at the skills from a fitness perspective, but gave us a great deal of information in a very short period of time. Well done!

The course as a whole was one of the best practical based courses i have done, and many of my clients should enjoy the new combos, and skills that the course has enabled me to pass on to them. Myself and the rest of the Foresight team who have done the course really rate it and can't wait for further modules to be added to this initial offering.

Cheers for some great training!

TOM

Tom Godwin – Personal Trainer – Foresight Fitness Services (Personal Training + Corporate Wellbeing) - Manchester and Cheshire, UK

trainer@foresight-fitness.co.uk

www.foresight-fitness.co.uk

Sorry

Hi all,

Just a quick one to let you know that I have not forgotten my commitment to this blog. Things have been incredibly busy here at Foresight over the last month with us working with a load of new clients and helping them to work towards their wellbeing goals, which is of course a great thing.

Just a quick one, positivity is a vital part of my job. It is not something that came to me very easily, i have had times in my life where I have been very negative in my attitude. However since I have been working as a Personal Trainer (over 8 years) my attitude has dramatically changed. I look at many things that i would have previously looked at as a negative, as a challenge. A challenge is fun, and has the competitive element that drives you to seek an effective solution.

My Challenge to you all is to turn some of those negatives you are currently experiencing into challenges, and see how much more motivating life can be.

Until next time!

TOM

Tom Godwin – Personal Trainer – Foresight Fitness Services (Personal Training + Corporate Wellbeing) - Manchester and Cheshire, UK

trainer@foresight-fitness.co.uk

www.foresight-fitness.co.uk

Fitness and Wellbeing Readining List

For a few weeks now I have been meaning to add a reading list to the site, many of my clients have asked about what books I recommend to help them in their journey to improved levels of wellbeing. So I thought I would put up a short list of my top 5 books.

I hope you like them and I would love to hear your thoughts.

Eat, Move and Be Healthy By Paul Chek

The Optimum Nutrition Bible By Patrick Holford

New Rules of Lifting By Alwyn Cosgrove

Anatomy of Exercise By Pat Manocchia

Nutrition for Dummies (UK Edition)

I will be reviewing some of the above books in the coming months, so keep your eyes on the blog! All the above can be found on Amazon!

Until Next Time,

TOM

Tom Godwin – Personal Trainer – Foresight Fitness Services (Personal Training + Corporate Wellbeing) - Manchester and Cheshire, UK

trainer@foresight-fitness.co.uk

www.foresight-fitness.co.uk

Fitness Social Networks

Anyone and everyone seems to be part of one of the many social networking services that there are on the net. One of the most common ones and one that I have finally given into is Facebook As I am new to this I might not have got all the following details right, so please do let me know if I need to correct anything.

Facebook – has a number of groups you can join that cover the areas of health and fitness. There are also a lot of sports groups too, that should cover every conservable type of sport you could possibly play. Facebook has a group for loads of gyms, and other sporting and fitness related groups. There are also a load of groups for all different types of wellbeing goals, so why not have a search and see what groups you might be interested in joining.

As I am a newbie to Facebook, I am sure that there is much more I could have written about, but I still have to find a lot out about it myself yet. If you have any tips for wellbeing on facebook, why not add it as a comment then others can see.

Until next time, train hard!

TOM

Tom Godwin – Personal Trainer – Foresight Fitness Services (Personal Training + Corporate Wellbeing) - Manchester and Cheshire, UK

trainer@foresight-fitness.co.uk

www.foresight-fitness.co.uk

Web Sites

The internet now has a number of great web resources out there for anyone looking to improve their personal levels of fitness and wellbeing. I have been a user of the internet for a long while and it has been very valuable to me when researching new methods and possibilities for new exercises to use with clients.

Below I have listed some of the great resources that I use, but remember that not all you read, see, or hear on-line is true (the links below I consider reputable) but always careful consider anything on-line and look into the background of the author.

You Tube - Has a great range of fitness professionals putting up some great content, I find you tube very useful as it allows clients to view various exercises and use the video footage as a prompt to help them when training away from their trainer.

Some of the content that I consider to be the best on You Tube include Underground Wellness, Paul Chek, Dax Moy, cbathletics, michaelboyle, etc…

Look out for the Foresight Fitness Channel launching very soon!

Lifestylexperts – Is a UK based wellbeing site with a good collection of articles and information on a very wide range of topics (including stress, lifestyle, life coaching, and of course fitness). The site also has a board of advisors that all have specialist areas of expertise, with a facility to ask them questions via e-mail (I am one of the Experts, so if you would like to ask me a question on-line please do).

Fitness Venues – Started off as a UK based listing site for gyms and personal trainers, however it has expanded to include a wide range of articles, a forum and reviews. A great resource for the UK based fitness enthusiast.

BBC – The BBC has a excellent wellbeing section on their website, it is up to date with the latest news in the field of wellbeing, nutrition and exercise. A great resource for both personal Trainers and clients.

T Nation – This site was set up as a mainly body building based resource but has some great articles by well known coaches and trainer that will be of use to anyone who is interested in strength and conditioning.

In my next entry I will be looking at some of the social networks and what they offer to the fitness community.

Until next time train hard!

TOM

Tom Godwin – Personal Trainer – Foresight Fitness Services (Personal Training + Corporate Wellbeing) - Manchester and Cheshire, UK

trainer@foresight-fitness.co.uk

www.foresight-fitness.co.uk

Fitness Forums

I have been a user of forums for a number of years, I think they can be great places for the free exchange of ideas between like minded people within the health and fitness community.

JP Fitness Forum – is one of the best all round fitness and related forums I have found on the internet. The forum is used by a lot of people with a very high standard of knowledge in the field of Health, Fitness, and Wellbeing. Well worth a look if you ever have any questions or are looking to increase your personal wellbeing knowledge. The forum covers many areas of strength and conditioning, nutrition and injury management. It is well established so if you want to know the answer to something you can bet it has been discussed at one time or another, and the searchable history makes it easy to find the answer.

Fitness Venues - is an off shoot of a UK based Fitness Services Listing and Article based site. The forum has not been going too long but already has a good group of contributors. It covers a very wide range of wellbeing related subjects, including fitness and exercise, diet and weight loss, health and beauty, nutrition and supplements, and leisure jobs. This site has a great deal of potential and will, I am sure come into it’s own over the next year!

Martial Arts Planet - started off as a Martial Arts based discussion group, but has for the past few years had a thriving fitness section. Again this forum has a great deal of knowledgeable contributors, who have varied backgrounds mainly with a martial arts slant. The sections on this site cover areas such as weight training, body weight training, flexibility, nutrition, injury prevention and management, and CV training. A must for anyone who is into martial arts and fitness.

T Magnum - This is the forum section of the well know Testosterone Nation website. A mainly US based web site covering all aspects of wellbeing generally from a strength and conditioning stand point. The site and forum are well established and have a number of the greats from the world of strength and conditioning as regular contributors.

These are just four forums of the many the net has to offer, they are the ones that I regularly use and can be seen on (screen name Tom@foresight). I do suggest that if you are looking to improve your knowledge on the subject of health and wellbeing have a look at one or two of these sites. They really are fun, no attitude, but knowledgeable places.

In my next entry I will be looking at some of the websites that I use and recommend to clients on the subject of health and fitness.

Until Next Time,

TOM

Tom Godwin – Personal Trainer – Foresight Fitness Services (Personal Training + Corporate Wellbeing) - Manchester and Cheshire, UK

trainer@foresight-fitness.co.uk

www.foresight-fitness.co.uk

The On-line Fitness Community

Foresight Fitness Services, and especially me have been embracing the great development of the on-line fitness community over the past couple of years. Which have helped us to keep in contact with people who share our passion for health and fitness from around the world! As well as trying to put personal training (and us personal trainers) in Manchester and Cheshire on the internet map, by doing things like this blog.

Over my next couple of blog entries I am going to look at some of the on-line resources that are available to the fitness community. I will be splitting it all down into Forums, Web Sites, and Social Networks. So if you have any sites or forums that you use that you think we should include in this let me know!

I will be finishing off this series of blog entries by going over some of the web based services that I have built into our product range and how is see them developing over the coming months.

Until next time,

TOM

Tom Godwin – Personal Trainer – Foresight Fitness Services (Personal Training + Corporate Wellbeing) - Manchester and Cheshire, UK

trainer@foresight-fitness.co.uk

www.foresight-fitness.co.uk