John O Neill, personal trainer at Club Vitae gym, Clayton Hotel Limerick, provides his best kept secrets about exercising. 1: It’s not about working hard at exercise. It is only about being consistent. 2: Don’t arrive to gym on an empty stomach, coming off a cold/stomach bug, or on four hours’ sleep. It wastes your time and mine when your body isn’t fueled, hydrated, … [Read more...]
ASICS takes fast to another level with launch of FlyteFoam™ Fast Series & ASICS Pace Academy on Runkeeper
ASICS launches the FlyteFoam™ Fast Series: NOOSA FF™, GEL-DS TRAINER™ 22 and a colour-updated DynaFlyte™, to bring the FlyteFoam experience to runners who want to feel faster. Powered by ASICS’ patented [1] FlyteFoam midsole technology, the FlyteFoam Fast Series caters to runners across a broad range foot types and running styles. In addition, ASICS is expanding its support … [Read more...]
Brita Launches Fill & Go Active
Summer is on the way and BRITA are here to keep you hydrated whether you’re hitting the gym, running in the park or going on an active adventure, with the launch of the new BRITA fill & go Active. . The BRITA fill & go Active gives you a durable and practical water filter bottle that can keep up with your active and healthy lifestyle. The practical new design … [Read more...]
Virgin Media Night Run – Top Ten Training Tips – Top Model Roz Lipsett kicks off her training
With just seven full weeks to go until the Virgin Media Night Run on April 23rd, top Irish model Roz Lipsett is putting the Virgin Media Top 10 Training Tips into action as she prepares for the 10k city centre night run. The run, which will see 10,000 runners light the city red starts on North Wall Quay, takes in O’Connell Street, Grand Canal Dock and … [Read more...]
Performance footwear from Regatta Great Outdoors keep your feet protected and comfortable in the outdoors
This season, Regatta Great Outdoors have new and improved technical footwear to keep your feet protected and comfortable in the outdoors as well as introducing stylish and functional lifestyle footwear options for everyday adventures. For performance footwear Regatta Great Outdoors have a great selection of shoes for outdoor exploring across any terrain in dry or … [Read more...]
Six tips to keep your February fitness on track
Are you finding it difficult to keep to your New Year’s fitness resolution? Are you tempted to slip back onto your couch and order a pizza? Every year, New Year resolutions are abandoned by mid-February as people revert to their old ways. Lecturers from the department of Physical Education and Sport Science at University of Limerick (UL), Dr Ross Anderson and Dr Mark Campbell, … [Read more...]
The Secret to Sticking with your New Year’s Resolutions
Setting a challenge, not a goal is the secret to keep motivated with your new year’s resolutions! It’s the end of January, and for some of you, you are feeling the benefits of your new year’s resolutions of getting fitter, but for most of us sticking to our new year’s resolutions has almost gone out the window! According to fitness expert Cian Doyle … [Read more...]
Fitness hopefuls plan to go solo in 2017
Half of people want to get fit in 2017, but don’t know how to start their fitness journey 81 per cent stream music via a hearable device to help get in the zone 50 per cent of people want to get back into shape in 2017, but don’t know what to do or where to start. Research commissioned by Jabra, part of the GN Group, shows fitness hopefuls are aware that … [Read more...]
Garmin® Introduces the fēnix® 5 series – Multisport GPS Watches for Athletes and Adventurer
Garmin International Inc., a unit of Garmin Ltd. (NASDAQ: GRMN), has announced fēnix 5, 5S and fēnix 5X, adding three watches designed with athletes and adventurers of all sizes in mind to its popular line of multisport GPS wearables. The fēnix 5S is lighter, sleeker and smaller than previous models – perfect for small wrists without sacrificing multisport … [Read more...]
The Top 5 Fitness Trends of 2017
Tom Dalton of TD Fitness has released his predictions of Top Fitness Trends that will be everywhere in 2017. Bodyweight Training Bodyweight training is going to be one of 2017’s top exercise trends, and for good reason. There is no need for fancy equipment, expensive gym memberships or a large space for this type of workouts. Bodyweight training helps increase lean … [Read more...]