Top five fitness tips to get your body summer ready
If you’ve vowed to get into shape in time for summer but you need a little help, you’ve come to the right place. We asked personal trainer, James Donaldson of Newhaven’s David Lloyd gym to give us a few healthy pointers. He’s kept things nice and simple so you can take manageable steps towards achieving your goal.
1. Drop the cardio for the weights
Building more muscle equates to more calories being burnt on a daily basis, which in the end means more fat burn.
2. Eat more protein
Protein helps you stay fuller and aid muscle recovery.
3. It’s never too late to eat a carbohydrate
While sleeping your body is repairing and needs energy from carbohydrates to do so.
4. Drink more to lose more
Drinking more water helps boost your metabolism, cleanses your body of waste and acts as an appetite suppressant.
5. Sleep
Try and get at least 7-8 hours sleep per night. Your body needs time to recover and re-energise.
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Head to the David Lloyd gym at Edinburgh's Newhaven and feel the burn with their state of the at gym equipment. Try their Woodway Curve treadmills, Octane laterals, Powermills, or Olympic lifting platforms. Or if functional training is more your thing, you'll love their SYNRGY360 area which is essentially a fun playground to workout in.
Claim your free day pass by visiting www.davidlloyd.co.uk/day-pass.
David Lloyd Edinburgh Newhaven Harbour, Newhaven Pl, EH6 4LX, Tel: 0131 554 5000,
www.davidlloyd.co.uk