In the right gear?

Imagine your mate tells you he keeps stalling his car.   He tells you his journeys are taking ages as he ends up stopping and starting so much.   You, bravely, decide to go

What our page says about us

There's a pretty good chance that, if you're reading this, you've seen something on our Facebook page.   The majority of people on our mailing list get on it having followed a

Metallica called it

There's a song called Frantic by the band Metallica.   With a great line in it.   “My lifestyle determines my death style."   Now, before I offend anyone........   I know plenty of people get unwell and

Imagine you had to knit

In a recent staff training session, we asked everyone what the #1 purpose of a session is.   What do you reckon?   Answer below, but have a think first before scrolling down.   .....   .....   .....   .....   .....   .....   Much like

I watch you when you are sleeping!

Stalker alert!!!!!!!!!!   Don't worry, I haven't been sneaking into your room at night.   Or installing spy cameras.   It's a line from 'Eternal Flame' innit?   By The Bangles.   And, latterly, Atomic Kitten.   Great song.   About finding an everlasting

6.5 million milks?

So, I was demoing exercises in the 7am session.   One of them was dumbbell hammer curls.   Bending and straightening the arms whilst holding dumbells vertically (like a hammer).   I likened it to "milking

Pay at pump?

I was at the Hibel Road Tesco the other day. Holler Nik and Ian ;) Stopped for some petrol on the way out. I wanted a drink so paid in the kiosk and

Do taxi drivers lose their keys?

Apparently if you take a London black cab driver........   And measure the hippocampi region of his / her brain........   ## Note - I assume they scan them, not recreate the scene from

Sweets and vitamins?

By the time most people come to us they've tried a number of different approaches to the old weigh / health / fitness game.   With varying successes.   By definition though, these other

You can’t ‘use’ heroin

Apparently, if a drug is illegal, you can't, by technical definition 'use' it.   Taking them is classed as abusing them.   Prescription painkillers you can use or you can abuse.   Heroin you can only