Posts by Craig Nicol

One thing that many of our clients have been asking over the lockdown period while training at home with limited equipment is how much strength they may have lost. Will you loose strength if you go for a significant period of time without lifting weights that you were lifting previously? Yes you will. However before…

A growing trend that I see across the fitness industry is trainers and coaches stating that a certain type of nutritional approach should never be used for reasons x,y,z. You often hear coaches saying things such as the below.  Meal plans: A trainer should not give you a meal plan because they are too restrictive,…

Dedication beats motivation every time.  Motivation is great, the feeling that we all sometimes get where we feel like we can take on the world and are ready to do anything. Just watch a motivational video on youtube and you will most likely feel that feeling to a certain extent. Motivation can and should be…

As we enter week ten of lock down its safe to say that we at CN are missing our facility being open so much. We miss the face to face interaction, we miss pushing you and getting the absolute best out of you, we miss the banter and the laughs, we miss the buzz on…

Below are a few tell tale signs of a great personal trainer. At CN Fitness we aim to deliver on all of these points for all of our clients. Personal training is a significant investment and the best trainers don’t come cheap, so it’s important you get the most out of the investment you make.…

At CN Fitness there is NEVER any judgment. No one will judge you if you are a beginner, in fact the opposite is true. Taking that first initial step and getting started is often the biggest hurdle and anyone who is brave enough to make the commitment to work on improving their health and fitness…

Having some form of loaded carry in your training programme is generally a good idea for most people. They are great for improving cardio vascular fitness and strength and the calorie expenditure is really high which is going to help with fat loss. You can do ball carries, bag carries, farmers walks, yolk walks, waiter…

Below is a simple, tasty, healthy version of the classic family favourite, Spaghetti Bolognese: Ingredients: Makes 4 portions 500g beef mince (between 5-12.5% fat) 2 cans chopped tomatoes Handful Fresh basil 3 cloves garlic 1 x medium onion Dried chilli powder 5ml olive oil 75g uncooked pasta of choice Method: Finely chop onion and garlic Heat…