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Functional Training - Hit or Miss?

By Nick Mitchell • Jun 18th, 2008 • Category: features, fitness, personal training

An interesting conversation from my personal training group on so called functional training…I’ll kind of give my opinion away from the very start when I ask “functional for what?!”.  Balancing on a bosu ball is a good part trick but it never made anyone strong, lean or fast!

Q: Im interested in functional fitness it seems […]



Ultimate Immunity Protocol

By Nick Mitchell • Jun 12th, 2008 • Category: features, fitness, nutritional supplements

My good friend and top US personal trainer, Jake Hill has just written an exclusive new article for our main www.UPfitness.co.uk website.  In it, Jake expands on the latest protocols for immune system upgrade and gives us cutting edge information on all the latest products and thinking.
This is a must read for all those interested […]



Alcohol Consumption and Fitness don’t mix

By Nick Mitchell • May 1st, 2008 • Category: dieting, fat loss, fitness

As an aside and away from my normal training and diet work, I have been doing some research on alcohol for a Daily Mail article - if you are still drinking you are massively retarding any progress you’d like to make in your fitness regime. Ignoring the hormonal implications, if you drink a half […]



Stretching between Sets

By Nick Mitchell • Jan 30th, 2008 • Category: fitness, personal training, stretching

Hi Nick,
Many of my personal training clients WANT to stretch between sets. I am not a fan of this personally. When do you encourage your clients to stretch?
Answer: This is a question that a strong personal trainer should have a great handle on. Obviously I don’t need to say that static stretching is totally […]