When you’re looking to bulk up in the gym, or simply keep up a healthy diet, protein is essential as it supports muscle growth and repair. Sports nutrition drinks, in particular protein shakes, have become incredibly popular in recent years, with around £260m spent on them last year. But while there is no denying…
Clean living The idea that we should be cutting out, or at the very least cutting down, on foods like pizza and chips and similar fatty bites is certainly not new. A worrying statistic is that most people living in England weigh more than is healthy – a shocking 30 per cent of children…
Indoor fitness classes have become incredibly popular over recent years, in particular with people who have trouble squeezing long workout sessions into their daily routine. Sessions such as body pump, spinning, Zumba and Boxercise remain all the rage with those looking to get fit, relieve stress and improve their strength. And despite the poor spring…
If you’ve ever bought football team insurance or coach insurance through insure4sport then you’ll know just how much we love the beautiful game. Understanding our customers’ needs is as much about understanding their sports as anything else, which is why members of our team are always keen to get active – whether that involves pulling…
Going for gold – Gold’s Gym, Venice Beach, US After featuring in Pumping Iron, the documentary on bodybuilding that helped turn Arnold Schwarzenegger into a household name, Gold’s Gym in Venice Beach, California, became known as the ‘Mecca of bodybuilding’. It’s now almost 50 years since the gym opened its doors for the first time…
After 27 years as the manager of one of the world’s biggest football clubs, Sir Alex Ferguson has decided to call time on his career at Manchester United. With a grand total of 38 trophies under his belt since arriving at Old Trafford in 1986, the Scot is widely regarded as one of the greatest…
If you’re just getting set up as a personal trainer – perhaps starting your own business – you’ll need to give some serious consideration to the type of personal trainer insurance cover you want. There are numerous levels of insurance cover for personal trainers and every individual will have different requirements.
Daily workout routines, diet trackers and guides covering stretching exercises – they’re all out there in app form, just waiting to be downloaded onto your phone or tablet computer. All it takes is a few clicks and you can have Davina McCall taking you through an abs routine or showing you how to tone your…
Most people would agree that Easter egg chocolate is by far superior to every other kind of chocolaty treat out there. Unfortunately, there is one thing that all Easter eggs have in common, whether you’re tucking into a £2.99 egg from Thorntons or a £90 version from Fortnum and Mason – calories. The average Easter…