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What choice should I make when considering sports snack!

phil — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 17:30:16 +0000

What choices do you make for your sports snack when you go to exercise? Now I don’t know what they have had at home, but, I do see what they have at the studio. I’m going to share what I see, what effect it may be having, and how you can improve your choice.

Example

Sunday morning, arrive at the gym 10.30, book in, and go to the cafe where they’re serving bacon rolls, and coffee.

Collect a chocolate bar, a bottle of juice or energy drink, maybe 500ml of water.

Then off to the changing rooms, after the session eating a bit of sandwich prepared at home, and a swig of water, later on after going in the sauna, drinking half of the energy drink, after a swim in the pool, they start to eat the chocolate bar and finish eating it, plus drinking the remainder of the energy drink by the time they’ve showered and changed.

Possibly finishing, unsatisfied with the training session, bloated and hungry.

What did that do for you?

Dependant on whether you had breakfast, lets say you had cereal and a cup of tea, (and taking in consideration what you consumed on the Sat night.) You probably didn’t need the additional calories from the bacon sandwich, the white bread roll will slow you down, making you feel tired within an hour, and for some of you it may distend your stomach. This distension could result in making you feel like you’ve got trapped wind and preventing you from generating power or maintaining contraction of the stomach muscles caused by instability in the midsection.

Tiredness and lack of consistency may be a result of dehydration, possibly from the night before, lack of water in the morning and leeched from the system by drinking tea and coffee.

The energy drink will put you on a sugar high but drop you soon after, with ever decreasing longevity.

Tired, hungry and bloated, with no improvement to personal score.

What are the options?

Consider if you are planning an exercise session, avoiding or reducing your alcohol intake the night prior to the session.

Make sure you drink at least 3 medium glasses of water when you wake up, and have a balanced (wheat free) breakfast i.e. 2 egg omelette & 1 piece of fruit.

If you have a tea or coffee at the gym, have at least that amount in water to remain hydrated.

Prepare or buy; a 1.5 litre of water, 2 pieces of fruit, a scotch egg, mixed nuts, ham slices, to have available whilst in the Health Club, saving yourself some cash too.

It’s as simple as that!

Author – Phil Cordell is an ex-serviceman, now a professional personal trainer to find out how he can teach you how to put a nutritious snack together contact us

WATER

phil — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 17:03:18 +0000

In this article you will learn the importance of water, both in exercise, generally in your health and it’s effects on your general health as well as how to

hydrate to reduce blood pressure

Many athletes and fitness enthusiasts fail to drink enough water. Relying on thirst as an indicator is not enough. It can take up to 48 hours for your thirst to tell you that you are dehydrated. Hot climates, sugary drinks and alcohol make it worse.

Water is the most abundant, and most important, nutrient in the body and is often neglected, due to foolish beliefs by some that water consumption adds weight, inhibits performance and causes cramps during workouts. Quite the opposite, however, is true. “To re-hydrate is to rejuvenate”

If we did nothing else but drink more water, including substituting water for sugary fizzy drinks and juices, we would feel a tremendous impact on our overall health. In Fitness establishments over the last 25 yrs I have witnessed people sitting around waiting for their turn on the machine or free weights, drinking fizzy drinks that actually dehydrate them due to the excessive amounts of salt and sugar such soft drinks contain.

Your body is approximately 76 % water ! Your brain is approximately 85 % water !

It is important to keep water in your system !

For every measure of tea, coffee or alcohol, you would need to intake the equivalent measure of water to maintain hydration, in addition to your 2-2½ litres.

Dehydration can result in; dry skin, asthma, hayfever, snoring, sore joints, poor digestion, congestion, reflux, hypertension (high blood pressure), water retention, lethargy, poor concentration, muscle cramps/spasms, arthritis, reduction in fat loss, cravings, etc.

REDUCING BLOOD PRESSURE (HYPERTENSION)

If you are dehydrated this will make your blood thicker than normal, and therefore increase the pressure through the arteries and veins, a cause of increased hypertension.

You are advised to drink 3 glasses of water upon waking, and get your 2.5 litres in daily, reducing/eliminating the dehydrating fluids. It will take approx 3 months of constantly applying the above, to reduce hypertension naturally.

Eat 3 times per day, as per recommended foods article.

Try and balance each meal so that it’s about the same size.

It will take approx 3 months of constantly applying the above, to reduce your blood pressure.

Two thirds of the human body is water.

It’s contained in blood, bones, skin and internal organs. Surprisingly even dense muscle is half water. Water is involved in nearly every bodily process, including digestion, absorption, circulation and excretion. Water is responsible for transporting nutrients throughout the body, building new tissues, and carrying off waste products. It is vital to optimum performance and, obviously, to life itself.

All foods contain water, which is absorbed by the body during digestion. Fruits and vegetables contain the highest amount of chemically pure water. But this fluid does not count as part of your daily intake. The average adult requires 2 – 2½ litres of actual water every day! Only drink your water between meals, do not drink water with a meal, it is a good idea to leave 30-60 mins either side of a meal so that you do not interfere with the natural stomach acid used to digest your food..

Tap water, groundwater and even well water are usually contaminated with environmental toxins, pesticides, industrial wastes, metals and nitrates. To obtain the purest source of drinking water, install a home water filter or purification unit or bottled water. We personally use a Reverse Osmosis Filter, and add natural Celtic Sea Salt to replace the nutrients and balance the electrolytes

During strenuous exercise, the body regulates its temperature with perspiration – its natural cooling system. Sweating helps keep the body cool only if the perspiration stays on the skin. If it immediately evaporates, as occurs in the extreme dry air of the desert climates, this is where the body’s cooling system fails to protect you. In a dry arid environment, the body’s demand for fluid intake increases. The rate of fluid loss during exercise depends on the length and intensity of the routine or activity and the environmental conditions, such as, air temperature and humidity.

The average athlete’s body contains approximately 40-45 litres of water (1litre equals 1kilogram). Fluid losses due to exercise make water intake a primary concern. A sedentary 75kg adult in a temperate climate can lose between 3 and 4 litres a day through perspiration and excretion. The same person in desert conditions could lose up to three times that amount. This compared with a 75kg marathon runner who can lose as much as 9% of his entire body weight in one marathon race. This gives you some idea that it is extremely important it becomes to re-hydrate. The dangers of dehydration are not just restricted to the endurance athlete, anyone who exercises can lose up to 5 litres (over 1 gallon) during a 1-1 1/2 hour intense circuit training, aerobic kickboxing or martial arts class. Oh and ladies who glow and don’t sweat. I am sorry you sweat. Sweating is the body’s own mechanism to assist in bringing the body temperature down.

When you exercise and the body starts to dehydrate the blood thickens and the ability for it to flow around the body is reduced the heart is put under increased pressure and the body is prevented from working aerobically. At this stage you must reduce the effort you are putting into your workout. If you don’t the body will produce energy an-aerobically for a short period of time, after this, fatigue takes over and the muscles stop working.

If you have ever experienced sluggishness and soreness or dizziness after a hard training session this could have been dramatically reduced with the intake of plenty of water. It is a fact that intake of water before, during and after training sessions dramatically reduces muscle soreness and lactic-acid build up in the muscles. It simply flushes out the toxic by-products of exercise, without the intake of adequate amounts of water the body cannot effectively wash out the toxins from its cells.

Most nutritionists recommend between 8-10 glasses of water a day this does not include, tea coffee, fizzy drinks or alcohol. These products only serve to dehydrate the body even further. Just applying a little discipline to include more water in your regular diet and whilst exercising should not be too difficult, the benefits to your body and the way you feel will surprise you.

There are some people who have misguided beliefs about fluid loss being a means of weight loss, water contains no calories whatsoever and has no effect on body fat. I am sure most of you have been keeping one eye on the boxing fraternity and the discussions around weight loss through dehydration and how it affects the brain size inside the skull these are extremes but it gives an insight into the importance of drinking sufficient amounts of water. A good indicator as to whether or not you are drinking enough water is the colour of your urine; except for first thing in a morning this should be colourless.

FLUID REPLACEMENT

If you’re exercising for an hour or less in moderate temperatures, taking in water may actually hamper performance

Fluid replacement during exercise has long been seen as important for endurance performance, especially when the exercise is to be performed in the heat. That view still holds good when exercise of longer than an hour is undertaken. However, new evidence from researchers at the University of Cape Town Medical School in South Africa suggests that for an intense exercise period of one hour or less in moderate temperatures (eg, 20 deg C, medium humidity), the ingestion of water during exercise is of no benefit and may even reduce performance capacity. This may contradict the practices of many athletes and coaches currently involved in high-level performance

In the Cape Town study, eight endurance-trained cyclists used their own bikes which were mounted on a cycle ergometer. First, they performed a test which involved cycling as far as possible in one hour. The exercise intensity was found to be about 85% of peak oxygen consumption, and the amount of fluid lost as sweat was found to be approximately 1.7 litres each. At both seven and 14 days later, the cyclists repeated the one-hour performance, while randomly ingesting either no fluid or approximately 1.7 litres of artificially sweetened, coloured water

What the scientists found was that less distance was covered in the trial when fluid was allowed than when no fluid was taken. The distances covered were 43.1km (no fluid) and 42.3 (fluid). The reduced intensity of exercise was found to correspond to a reduced heart rate during the fluid trial (166 beats per minute was reduced to 157 bpm). In addition, a subjective measure of abdominal fullness not surprisingly showed evidence of a ‘bloated’ sensation during the fluid trial

Why did it happen?

A possible explanation for these findings is that drinking interfered with the subjects’ ability to concentrate on cycling at the very high intensity required (85% of peak oxygen consumption). Also, a large amount of water may have remained in the intestines due to reduced absorption into the body at such very high exercise intensities. This would have caused the bloated sensation and adversely affected concentration

As an alternative to pure water, a carbohydrate-electrolyte solution may have improved both absorption from the intestines and the utilisation of water inside the body space. The last point refers to the fact that fluids with a moderate carbohydrate-electrolyte concentration have a greater tendency to remain in circulation (blood volume) than pure water, which tends to move to the less useful intercellular space. Functions such as temperature control and regulation rely heavily on the maintenance of blood volume.

(Any carbohydrate ingested during exercise of less than one hour is unlikely to be used to produce energy.)

Thus, given the findings of this research study, those athletes who compete in events of little more than an hour’s duration may have something to learn. Namely: taking in large amounts of fluid during a competitive race of one hour or less is not necessary and is possibly detrimental

This is especially so if the competition takes place in typical British or (now that we’re in the European Union) north-west European weather. However, despite the fact that absorption of water is restricted during very high-intensity exercise, SMALL amounts of fluid (weak carbohydrate-electrolyte solutions) are unlikely to inhibit performance significantly and are probably still beneficial. Experimenting during training can help individual athletes find a technique that suits them personally

Nevertheless, in spite of these findings, fluid ingestion remains of paramount importance for more lengthy exercise periods, especially those of greater than two hours in the heat and high humidity. In such cases, the amount of fluid lost as sweat is sufficient to make impaired performance a certainty, and dehydration and hyperthermia distinct possibilities. Finally, pre-exercise (up to two hours before) and post-exercise fluid intake also remain priorities for all exercise types and durations when optimum performance and recovery are required

(‘Water ingestion does not improve 1h cycling performance in moderate ambient temperatures’, European Journal of Applied Physiology, 1995, Vol. 71, pp. 153-160.)

Alun Williams

Fit for You will work with you, and advise ongoing how to get your water intake correct, and you will be on the road to a healthier you

Author – Phil Cordell is an ex-serviceman, now a professional personal trainer to find out how he can help you with finding out what areas you need to prioritise contact us

Metabolic Typing Explained – Video

phil — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 11:26:00 +0000

Metabolic Typing explained, if you want to have your Metabolic Type assessed, and start your route to excellent and vitality, please feel free to contact us at Fit for You

METABOLIC TYPING optimum nutrition

‘Fit for You’ are certified, advanced, advisors of the Healthexcel Metabolic Typing programmes, the worlds leading health program. It’s history began in the late 1880’s with Louis Pasteur (chemistry professor) and is lead today by William L Wolcott, considered the leading authority on Metabolic Typing. Metabolic Typing is a long proven method of assessing the major control systems within the body and establishing the correct food/fuel and supportive supplements for the body. Eating outside of your metabolic type can push the balance of your body’s chemistry in the wrong direction. You may be experiencing: Constant tiredness, bloatedness, constant food cravings, digestive problems or any other symptoms. Metabolic Typing can put you on the right track with your nutritional needs.

Eating within your Metabolic Type allows you to :

Enjoy more energy

Begin to re-address your body’s ‘ body chemistry’

Reduce/ prevent chronic conditions

Achieve you ideal weight

Take control of your life You will understand:

How unique you are!

How unique your nutritional needs are!

How important knowing your Metabolic Type is!

You will learn:

The importance of choosing the correct foods for you and the importance of quality

Water and optimal hydration

How to evaluate and make changes to your nutritional needs when necessary. Why correct supplementation is important.

What supplements are best for your type.

To find out more you can contact us Tracy or Phil on: 0191 3878588 or via our website

Meal Suggestion – Breakfast

phil — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 05:58:54 +0000

The plate of food in this picture shows a balanced healthy meal, that has protein fat and carbohydrates, all without any processing.

2 Eggs, fried in olive oil, mushrooms and grilled Tomato.

This is what we are talking about when we ask our clients to eat healthily.

To adjust to your specific Metabolic Type, you would just alter the proportions. In the picture you have approx 50% Protein and 50% carbohydrate.

For the Slow Oxidiser you would need to increase your carbohydrate amount whilst lowering the protein percentage.

For the Fast Oxidiser increasing the protein amount and lowering the carbohydrate percentage.

What could be simpler?

Healthy Snack – Yoghurt, Apple & Walnuts

phil — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 20:43:12 +0000

The small bowl of food in this picture shows a balanced healthy snack, that has protein fat and carbohydrates, all without any processing.

Natural (Total) Yoghurt, Chopped Apple & Chopped Walnuts.

This is what we are talking about when we ask our clients to eat healthily.

To adjust to your specific Metabolic Type, you would just alter the proportions. In the picture you have approx 50% Protein and 50% carbohydrate.

For the Slow Oxidiser you would need to increase your carbohydrate amount whilst lowering the protein percentage.

For the Fast Oxidiser increasing the protein amount and lowering the carbohydrate percentage.

What could be simpler?

Meal Suggestion – Tuna, Corgettes & Squash

phil — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 20:44:30 +0000

The plate of food in this shows a healthy balanced meal, that has protein fat and carbohydrates, all without any processing.

Seared Tuna, Sauted Corgettes & Roast Squash

This is what we are talking about when we ask our clients to cook healthily.

To adjust to your specific Metabolic Type, you would just alter the proportions. In the picture you have approx 50% Protein and 50% carbohydrate.

For the Slow Oxidiser you would need to increase your carbohydrate amount whilst lowering the protein percentage.

For the Fast Oxidiser increasing the protein amount and lowering the carbohydrate percentage.

What could be simpler?

Cranberry Juice

phil — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 20:47:16 +0000

What are the health benefits to drinking cranberry juice?

Regarding seratonin release, Charles Poliquin has been quoted to say

“If your morning urine is overly acidic, and you also suffer from early morning fatigue, Licorice is probably the best adrenal rebuilding supplement for you. Take 2 tablets upon awakening, and two more with your lunch meal.”

“Cranberry juice in the morning will raise serotonin, wrong time of day… you can’t look at the World through a straw”

meaning

High Blood Pressure

phil — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 14:34:04 +0000

The Weekly Health Tip (From Philip Day)

High blood pressure

“Physicians think they are doing something for you by labelling what you have a disease.” – Immanuel Kant

Continuing with the theme of water deficiency and salt shortages, how about high blood pressure? How many worldwide, do you imagine, suffer from this baleful condition? Many of you send in e-mails complaining you’ve been told you have to remain on blood pressure medication for life. Of course you do. You don’t think doctors’ kids go through private school overnight, do you?

Water expert F Batmanghelidj sheds a welcoming light on ‘essential’ hypertension, a term used when a doctor has no clue why you have high blood pressure.

‘High blood pressure (essential hypertension) is the result of an adaptive process to a gross body water deficiency.

The vessels of the body have been designed to cope with fluctuation of their blood volume and tissue requirements by opening and closing different vessels. When the body’s total fluid volume is decreased, the main vessels also have to decrease their aperture (close their lumina), otherwise there would not be enough fluid to fill all the space allocated to blood volume in the design of that particular body. Failing a capacity adjustment to the ‘water volume’ by the blood vessels, gases would separate from the blood and fill the space, causing ’gas locks’. This property of lumen regulation for fluid circulation is a most advanced design within the principle of hydraulics and after which the blood circulation of the body is modelled.’

Well, that makes sense. You’re dehydrated, so you have less blood volume. The arteries have to compensate for the net loss in volume by constricting to pick up the slack. With less water, your blood thickens as the red cells stack up like pennies (Rouleau). Higher viscosity requires more pressure to get the blood around the system and water into the cells. Arteries constrict further and the heart works harder. Grab your garden hose and bend it slightly to restrict flow and pressure will increase. Dr B goes on to state:

‘Essential hypertension should primarily be treated with an increase in daily water intake. The present way of treating hypertension is wrong to the point of scientific absurdity. The body is trying to retain its water volume, and we say to the design of nature in us: ‘No, you do not understand – you must take diuretics and get rid of water!’ It so happens tha, if we do not drink sufficient water, the only other way the body has to secure water is through the mechanism of keeping sodium in the body….

Water by itself is the best natural diuretic. If people who have hypertension, and produce adequate urine, increase their daily water intake, they will not need to take diuretics. If prolonged ‘hypertension producing dehydration’ has also caused heart failure complications, water intake should be increased gradually. In this way, one makes sure that fluid collection in the body is not excessive or unmanageable. The mechanism of sodium retention in these people is in overdrive mode. When water intake is increased gradually and more urine is being produced, the oedema fluid (swelling) that is full of toxic substances will be flushed out, and the heart will regain its strength.’

Other aspects to high blood pressure will be:

Stress: The fight or flight reaction to a threat or high workload will prepare you for combat and increase endocrine (hormone) output

Vitamin D deficiency: Dozens of studies show high blood pressure’s link to vitamin D deficiency

Vitamin C deficiency: produces atherosclerotic plaque deposits

Vitamin B3 (niacin) deficiency: causes the body to produce more triglycerides and LDL cholesterol

Lack of omega-3 essential fats: impairs cell wall integrity and modulation of blood viscosity

Lack of exercise and heart-rate variability

Josh Rubin of the Chekinstitute states on his Facebook status; Did you know that 1 of the many ways (there are about 10 individualized reasons) one can get hypertension is by having a magnesium deficiency. Did you know that when you eat sugar (-ose) the body uses magnesium to help break it down. The more sugar you eat = the more mg you use = the less you have = Hypertension!

I have a lot of clients just handing themselves over to the medical system and going on medication without addressing the real cause of the hypertension, the more info’ I can get out there the better.

Phil Cordell

Cholesterol And A Clogged Media

phil — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 16:47:22 +0000

Bad news in the newspapers (now there’s a change); statins can now give you cancer. The hopeless Jenny Hope, writing for the Dail Mail, describes the ongoing problems with Inegy, a combination cholesterol drug simvastatin/ezetimibe medication. But as usual, that’s not the real story, Jenny is.

The real story is that since 1999, Jenny Hope and her newspaper have been repeatedly sent scientifically validated information by Credence so they can advise their readership how to lower cholesterol levels naturally without the need for such risks, yet have completely ignored it. Richer still, these are the same newspapers that, in the week when the pathetically named NICE, the NHS’s ‘drug-rationing’ body, is being hauled over the coals for not allowing low-income blind people to receive drugs that could restore their sight, Britain’s hypocritical media has refused to cover Food Matters, despite being sent dozens of copies of Permacology’s award-worthy documentary for impartial review. How many lives could this film save?

Of course, they are frightened. You see, staying healthy does not require a lot of medicines. None, in fact. Exercise, hydration, real food – most of it uncooked, some straightforward supplementation, and staying away from stress, should make sense to everybody but sadly it doesn’t, because no-one’s really being told. Even Jamie Oliver’s giving up. And please don’t make me laugh about the so-called ‘alternative health sections’ in newspapers written by ‘experts’ who appear to have received their education more from the Breakfast Cereal Box School of Nutrition than from any learned seat of common sense. Unsurprisingly, most of those have ignored the film as well. With regard to the real method of reducing cholesterol naturally, you’ll be pleased to hear the groundwork’s long done and goes something like this:

THE STICKY STUFF

The reason you have high cholesterol is not primarily because you’ve been eating cream cakes and lollies, you are chronically malnourished (vit C- and E-deficient especially) and the collagen in your arteries has been weakening. Your ‘Doctor Within’ has therefore been hard at work cementing up the breaches in your cardiovascular system with a low-density lipoprotein (LDL) Band-Aid called lipoprotein (a) to stop you popping an artery or having a stroke
Getting rid of the cholesterol without strengthening the collagen is asking for it. To the degree that you strengthen your arteries with solid nutrition, however, the LDL dissolves and washes away. Here goes:
Drink 2 – 2.5 litres of clean, unfluoridated water a day
Take half a teaspoon of Himalayan salt per 10 glasses of water, and a few flakes on your tongue at night (let them melt)
Optimise your vitamin D levels (see The Essential Guide to Vitamin D). You can do this by ignoring the sun scare and taking reasonable amounts of sun for your skin-type, or by supplementing 5,000 IU of vitamin D3 a day in countries where the inhabitants are blue. Get a 25 hydroxy D test done by your GP if you are suffering from a chronic illness. You’re probably grossly vitamin D-deficient
Ensure that 80% of your diet is plant-based and organic, and 60% of every meal is eaten raw (that’s raw veggies, seeds nuts, etc., not meat!). Diet is the single greatest change you can make to save your life. Juice veggies! Repent!
Exercise for 60 minutes a day, no negotiation. 5 minutes stretching your muscles, 10 minutes resistance/weight training, 30 minutes aerobic training with your heart-rate up and 15 minutes cool-down walking.
Did you know that if you take a brisk 20-minute walk every twelve hours, you activate fat-burning enzymes around the clock? As we age, we need to maintain a sensible aerobic impact on our muscles, nerves and cardiovascular system. So, cycling, hill-climbing, stair-climbing, rowing, etc. 10,000 steps a day is a good target. Gyms are good for this. Get serious
Consult a doctor before engaging in any exercise regime (although what good that’ll do I haven’t the foggiest)
Engage in some straightforward supplementation to cover the bases. Colloidal (ionised) minerals, Vit C complex, Vit E (with natural tocopherols), Lesterol (a combined allicin/plant sterol natural statin), ginger and a good omega-3 source like krill oil
Lower your stress levels and adopt a positive, responsible attitude towards life and your place in it. If you have a bad attitude, read The Little Book of Attitude for a hefty slap round the chops
Learn about this subject and become an expert!

by Phillip Day

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CHOLESTEROL PILL WARNING: SCIENTISTS RAISE

FEARS OF CANCER LINK TO STATIN USED BY

THOUSANDS

by Jenny Hope/Daily Mail

A drug used to treat high cholesterol could cause cancer, doctors warned last night. Heart experts called for caution over the use of Inegy, which is taken as a daily pill. At least one leading specialist said he would not take the drug, while others said the jury was still out.

The U.S. has ordered an investigation into Inegy, which combines the widely used statin drug simvastatin with a new medication called ezetimibe.

While statins block cholesterol in the liver, ezetimibe blocks the absorption of cholesterol in the gut.

In Britain, about 300,000 NHS prescriptions have been dispensed for Inegy in the last two years. Other patients use ezetimibe on its own.

NICE, the NHS ‘rationing’ body, last November approved wider use of ezetimibe for the treatment of hypercholesterolaemia, a condition leading to high concentrations of cholesterol in the blood.

Results from a controversial study published yesterday in the New England Journal of Medicine show a higher than expected number of cancer cases reported among patients taking Inegy.

Meet Tracy & Phil

phil — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 17:02:35 +0000

Phil Cordell began Fit for You in 1998, it began as a 1 to 1, mobile, personal fitness training business, where he was….. …..visiting people at their homes or places of work and training them.

At the end of 1999, after 18mths in business, Phil was so busy he considered employing more trainers, but it was decided that it made sense for Tracy to give up her work as a sales office supervisor, train as a personal trainer and make the most of the business together. Having 2 children it was an exciting and demanding time.

Tracy and Phil were so busy for the next few years they did employ more trainers, they qualified as Nutrition and Lifestyle Coaches (designed by Paul Chek) and als as Metabolic Typing advisors, giving clients a complete package of Health, Fitness, Nutrition & Lifestyle coaching. Now with 3 children they ran the business with 2 additional trainers for almost 2 years but it proved not to work as well as when it was just them.

In 2004 back as a partnership, they purchased their first 1 to 1 studio, fully equipped with the most effective equipment, the purpose built studio was visited by local companies and individuals alike. With Phil concentrating on corporate presentations and seminars, the exercise training and Hydrotherm massage, Tracy providing the Metabolic Typing (studying as a counsellor and psychotherapist) and administration for the business, clients came from all over the UK to benefit from the training advice and coaching at Fit for You.

Clients such as; Royal Mail, ASDA, Simpson & Allinson, Weir Insurance, Hydro Polymers, The Federation Of Small Businesses, Durham Business Club, to name a few.

In 2007, the decision to move the business closer to home, and increase the potential for developing Fit for You, Phil & Tracy moved to the current premises in Houghton-le-Spring.

Phil (45) Tracy (40) live the healthy lifestyle they advise to their clients, along with the children, now you can experience the benefits you will get working with them