WHAT IS OUR WEIGH-IN / MEASUREMENT GROUP We started our own weigh-in / Measurement group four weeks ago. Our clients pay a weekly fee of £15 and this is what they get:- Weekly weigh-ins Measured ev…

Source: Our 1st Weigh in / Measurement Group

I wanted to share with you all the importance of knowing the difference of Heart Rate and Blood Pressure – I took most of this information from my Level 3 Personal Training folder and …

Source: Blood Pressure and Heart Rate (Pulse)

 

I wanted to share with you all the importance of knowing the difference of Heart Rate and Blood Pressure – I took most of this information from my Level 3 Personal Training folder and some from the British Heart Foundation website.

Understanding the difference between blood pressure and pulse
While your blood pressure is the force of your blood moving through your blood vessels, your heart rate is the number of times your heart beats per minute.

• They are two separate measurements and indicators of health.
• For people with high blood pressure (HBP or hypertension), there’s no substitute for measuring blood pressure.

Heart rate and blood pressure do not necessarily increase at the same rate
A rising heart rate does not cause your blood pressure to increase at the same rate. Even though your heart is beating more times a minute, healthy blood vessels dilate (get larger) to allow more blood to flow through more easily. When you exercise, your heart speeds up so more blood can reach your muscles. It may be possible for your heart rate to double safely, while your blood pressure may respond by only increasing a modest amount.

Heart rate and exercise
In discussions about high blood pressure, you will often see heart rate mentioned in relation to exercise. Your target heart rate is based on age and can help you monitor the intensity of your exercise.

• If you measure your heart rate (take your pulse) before, during and after physical activity, you’ll notice it will increase over the course of the exercise.
• The greater the intensity of the exercise, the more your heart rate will increase.
• When you stop exercising, your heart rate does not immediately return to your normal (resting) heart rate.
• The more fit you are, the sooner your heart rate will return to normal.

BLOOD PRESSURE

The pressure of blood that is measured by the force  – that blood applies to the walls of the arteries as it flows through them.

Blood pressure is measured in millimeters of mercury.

Optimal blood pressure reading is written as 120/80 – these two readings represent systolic and Diastolic pressure readings.

Systolic Blood Pressure – Pressure exerted on the artery walls during contraction of the heart beat.  Always the higher reading of the two and always written first.  Caused by the increased volume of blood flowing through the arteries with each beat.

Diastolic Blood Pressure – Pressure exerted on the walls of the arteries during relaxed phase of the heart beat.  The heart foes through this period of relaxation to allow the chambers of the heart to fill with blood prior to contraction.

Blood pressure is an expression of arterial blood flow and peripheral resistance the blood encounters as it flows round the body.  It can therefore be expressed in the following equation:-

BLOOD PRESSURE = CARDIAC OUTPUT X TOTAL PERIPHERAL RESISTANCE

Cardiac output is the volume of the blood pumped out by the heart in one minute – the greater the cardiac output the higher the blood pressure

Total Peripheral resistance is the resistance the blood vessels offer to the blood flow, the greater the resistance the higher the blood pressure . peripheral resistance is increased by constriction or decreased by dilation of blood vessels.

 

*** If anyone suffers from High or Low Blood Pressure, please make sure you tell a member of Muscle Tone Fitness Staff http://www.facebook.com/muscletonefitness before you start your exercise.

WHAT IS OUR WEIGH-IN / MEASUREMENT GROUP

We started our own weigh-in / Measurement group four weeks ago.

Our clients pay a weekly fee of £15 and this is what they get:-

• Weekly weigh-ins
• Measured every four weeks
• Daily Calories calculated
• How much Carbs, Fats and Proteins you should intake daily
• Unlimited classes for the week
• You will also be added on to a closed group where you can get help, advice, tips and recipes.

FOUR WEEKS IS UP!

We have just re-measured everyone and here are the results:-

Philippa – Her fitness has improved greatly as she has been attending more classes, her weight has stayed the same over the four weeks but she has lost a total of 2.5 inches.

Barry – Barry had done amazing – He comes to around 5 classes a week, he has been eating better at home and is walking to work and back – He has lost a total of 1stone 9lbs and 6.5 inches!

Catherine – Catherine has been attending more classes and has been really good with her eating, her hard work has paid off and she has lost a total of 7lbs and 7.5 inches

Everyone has worked incredibly hard and I would like to say a HUGE WELL DONE and I’m proud of all of you, its not just about the inches and weight loss – you are all stronger, fitter and I think that is the BEST thing to get out of all of this.

KEEP UP THE HARD WORK!

 

 

 

Muscle Tone Fitness & Massage is ran by a married couple Catherine and Gareth Taylor, they have been going 3 years come March.  Catherine started by running Metafit classes in several area to work out which classes worked best, she worked in Springwell Community Centre, Birtley, Chester le Street, Allerdene, Stanley and Burnopfield.

They found a village where they were happy and their clients grew and grew, they decided to add more classes and run all classes from Burnopfield Vicory Club. This is their timetable now:-

MONDAYS
18:00-18:15 – Weigh in / Measurement Group – Catherine
18:30-19:00 – Metafit – Catherine
19:05-19:35 – Kettlercise – Gareth

TUESDAYS
18:30-19:30 – Taylors Training – Gareth

WEDNESDAYS
17:50-18:20 – Boxercise
18:30-19:00 – Metafit
19:05-19:35 – Core Blimey

THURSDAYS
18:30-19:30 – 20/20/20

FRIDAYS
09:30-10:00 – Metafit
10:05-10:35 – Core-Blimey

£15 a week – Get weighed once a week, measured once every four weeks, unlimited classed that week, daily calories worked out, closed group on facebook for help, advice and information.
£3.50 half an hour class
£4.50 hour classes

Catherine and Gareth both provide Personal Training session. Gareth from G-Fit Gym in Rowlands gill and Catherine from Pulse Fitness Gym in Birtley. They have an introductory offer of training twice a week for four weeks £130, you will be weighted and measured at the start and again at the end of the four weeks, you will get your daily calories worked out and your own personal Programme.

Catherine is level 3 Sports Massage qualified and has a room at Pulse Fitness Gym in Birtley, She works Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays 10am-16:30 and Saturdays 08:00-16:30.  £18 half an hour or £30 an hour.  If you block book you save!

We have Hot Stone massage coming in mid February, April Catherine is also learning Indian Head massage. Lots of NEW and EXCITING plans are coming up soon so stay posted!!