7 Top Tips for Exercise

We all want to know how to make exercise easier and work better for us. Below find our top 7 tips on how to do this and boost your performance. 

1. Stretch: stretching before and after a session will help muscle both prepare and recover from a session as well as keeping muscles supple. 

2. Hydrate: to operate at your best, it's vital to be hydrated. Water is your best friend and you will want to replenish before, during and after exercise sessions.

3. Phone a Friend: exercising is much easier in pairs or a group. Having accountability forces you to not cut corners and embrace working out. You can also track each other's goals. 

4. Music: get your favourite tunes on when exercising. Most people find that up-tempo or motivation songs are the best for helping drive better performance when exercising. 

5. Goals: set yourself a goal, whether it is related to weight-loss, fitting your clothes better or hitting a personal best.

6. Rewards: When you achieve your goal, give yourself a reward, buy that new outfit you wanted or have a day out to celebrate.

7. Enjoy it: You're exercising for a reason, you might as well enjoy it ;-). Keep at it, stick to your goals and the results will follow - practice patience, believe in yourself and it will happen.