FAT LOSS AFTER 40 - BY BRETT KLIKA

Brett is the Director of Athletic Performance at Fitness Quest 10. Brett works with hundreds of athletes per year, from youth to professional, helping improve athletic performance and decrease the likelihood of injury. He has co-produced 2 sports performance DVD’s with Todd Durkin.

It happens to everyone. The birthdays just seem to get away from you. Completely out of your control, you and your body grow one year older every year. What used to “flex” may “droop” a little bit, what used to seem like a jog, is now a sprint, that triangle or hourglass figure may be starting to invert itself a little bit. Great news for anyone in this situation! Modern science has found that aging is not necessarily a death wish for looking great, feeling great and being healthy. There are many things you can do, without surgery or other extreme measures.  

Top 10 tips for maintaining fitness at home

We know that life can get in the way of exercising and sometimes there just aren’t enough hours in the day to get to the health club as regularly as you'd like!

For this reason, we’ve come up with some top tips to help squeeze some exercise into your busy life! Little extras will help play a massive part in helping to keep you fit and healthy...

Half-Marathon Training Plan

The Club and Spa Bristol's Half Marathon Training Plan is now available! Includes a Beginners and Intermediate training plan useful information about rest days and Race Preparation.

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Watching the Christmas Flab Challenge

The club at Cadbury House, a Bristol based Health Club and Spa will be launching a 'Christmas Flab Challenge' on Jan 4th 2010!!

Staff will prove that it is possible to change their bodies in just 6 weeks, using just a gym membership and the facilities it has to offer.

We talked to Tom Horton, Fitness Manager who is also taking part in the challenge, Tom said:

"We are going to monitor our entire food intake, document weight and measurements, our before and after photos and we'll also keeping a diary of how we feel, energy levels, mood etc.

"The rules are simple, we are only allowed to use the facilities on offer at theclub, pool, gym - and only take the advice and programming of the gym staff."

Should be some good hints and tips! Let's watch this space.
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