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What is a balanced diet?

Eat a healthy, balanced diet and stay active The key to a healthy balanced diet is not to ban or omit any foods or food groups but to balance what you eat by consuming a variety of foods from each food group in the right proportions for good health. The five food groups on the eatwell plate are: Fruit and vegetables These should make up about a third of your daily diet and can be eaten as part of every meal, as well as being the first choice for a snack. You should eat at least five portions of fruit and vegetables each day. Research suggests this can help to... Read more »

Carbs that should be in your diet

Rocket fuel Protein might build muscle, but no amount of steamed chicken will get you ripped on its own. “No matter what anyone says, you need carbs after training,” says Glenys Jones, nutritionist at the Medical Research Council. “The chains of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen all break down into glucose, our essential fuel.” “If you feel fatigued after training, with heavy legs and low motivation, it’s often because you’re in a carb-depleted state,” says sports nutritionist Becky Stevenson. Carbohydrates are also essential for everyday living - whether lifting your mood or making sure you don’t lose your hair. Here are the top 11 reasons to keep starching on. 1.... Read more »

5 Week Marathon Training Plan

DW Sports Fitness Training Program5 Week Half Marathon training plan As the summer draws ever closer more and more of you are hitting the streets in preparation for the marathon season.  With this in mind DW Sports Fitness felt it would be good idea to put together a simple five week plan that will help prepare you right up until race day.  The following training schedule for a beginner attempting a half marathon. Week 1In the first week you should jog, whatever your comfortable with and rest the next day. It is important to alternate your program, exercising one day and resting the next. This will allow your... Read more »

The Benefits of Functional Training for Everyone

What is Functional Training? It’s a word that has been thrown around in the fitness industry for some time now and is often considered to be the ‘in’ way to train. But exactly what is functional training and why has it become so trendy? Arguably, any type of training or movement that directly improves your condition to perform the task you’re training for is functional. You might be thinking this is a fairly loose definition and you’d be right! Functional training should really be thought of as the natural movements that we’re designed to do. Our body is designed to squat, bend, lunge, push, pull, rotate... Read more »