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How does it work and quick tips for doing it well 

Because training is better together

Alpha 2025 was about best efforts. And this crew had it in spades.

Three factors of diet & exercise which might have the biggest impact on your mental health

Mental fitness is your ability to manage mental and emotional stress in order to maintain a positive outlook on life.

If you’re thinking of signing up, read this.

Being an ALPHA isn’t just a title—it’s a mindset, a lifestyle, and a relentless pursuit of strength, both inside and out.

How we can eat to reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease

The Juggle Continues

Empowering Women Through Nutrition & Fitness

How To Live A Fit, Healthy Life Before Joining The Gym

My three top tips for bossing your weekly planing & prep

(The Healthiest Humans On The Planet Exploit This)

What are they and who are they for?

Trust me: take the leap. It’s scary at first, but you’ll be amazed at how much you can grow

Follow These Four Steps

Another New Year Fad or a Worthwhile Pursuit?

How we plan to help you become a healthier, stronger, fitter human in 2025

The benefits that have stuck with me long after the six weeks ended

If you’re considering signing up, here’s what I learnt…

Bakewell GAMES 24 round up

What to do when your muscle decreases and body fat percentage increases

Where we're going, why we exist and how we behave

Taking control of your nutrition

Calorie tracking edition 

Is it possible to look like a physique competitor and have the aerobic capacity of a runner?

What will you achieve in the third quarter of 2023?

My top five non-food actions to enhance your health and your weight loss potential

Two ways alcohol is interfering with your fat loss

You’re going to diet anyway, let's try and do it in the healthiest way possible

Can our diet influence our mental health?

It’s finally vitamin D season, but should we still supplement?

Find out how to tell if the nutrition information you're consuming is true or genuinely helpful.

It might not be what you think.

Can you pursue the wrong goal?

How to make the best of your 13 weeks 

What are they and which do we need?

5 things you may miss out on if you cut carbohydrates from your diet

The damaging impact of consistency & discipline

If you never seem to make healthy habits stick try this

4 tips to help you win the weekend

Optimising nutrition for rest & recovery

Why We Talk About It So Much

Because you don’t know whose listening

Is counting calories and losing weight the same as eating for our health?

That I Didn’t Care About In My 30’s

Why frequently changing your workouts could be harming your results

Want to improve your body composition? Hannah discusses the role of calorie counting

Why calories aren’t the enemy

Gain a better understanding of how we structure your training here at FITISM

How to best use your wearable tech

Why going after two goals at once might mean you achieve nothing at all

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Ask yourself these 3 questions to help turn your New Years resolutions into long term habits

4 steps to avoid setting terrible goals that you will never achieve

I'm in!

3 reasons Sam has switched to focus on fitness over aesthetics

How I am preparing for this years London Marathon

Does one food have the power to achieve radical fat loss...?

The crucial weight loss step that everyone misses! 

Most of us are aware that in order to lose fat we must be in a calorie deficit but how much is enough?

If it's as easy as 1, 2, 3 why isn't everyone doing it?

Are you putting too much energy into the end goal and not enough into the system needed to achieve it?

Just 5 weeks to go until Bakewell Personal Trainer, John Gilroy attempts to complete his first Ironman triathlon

4 ways to help you approach fitness in more reasonable way

A powerful weight loss skill no one talks about

Allow exercise to become part of your life without it taking over

How to develop a strong athletic base

How happy are the bugs living in your gut?

When it comes to running fast it's all about the base!

How resetting your gut health can help you feel better, AND lose weight

Find out how Bakewell man lost almost 10kg in 6 weeks on FITISM Challenge

Find out how Bakewell Personal Trainers quest to run a sub 20 minute 5k is going after 12 weeks of training

Wilmslow man loses 1 stone on FITISM's 6 week challenge

Bakewell lady transforms her body on FITISM's 6 week challenge

Personal Trainer in Bakewell show's you how to build a great looking body whilst also improving your running performance.

If you go to a gym in Bakewell or a gym in Wilmslow and your body is not changing here are 5 reasons why and what to do about it

'How' Wilmslow Personal Trainer is going to attempt to run a sub 3 hour marathon

It's Pancake Day (YAY)

6 fat loss mistakes the people of Bakewell and Wilmslow are making right now

A Wilmslow Personal Trainer's quest to break a three hour marathon

"It’s basically the Cheers equivalent of a gym rather than bar where everyone knows your name very quickly."

The story of ALPHA Female 2022.1

Find out how John, one of our Trainers here at FITISM is preparing for his first Ironman Triathlon

"The revelation for me was how much I loved the training, and the hugely positive impact it has had on me physically and mentally."

My journey to a three hour marathon

Learn how to achieve anything you want even when things don't go to plan 93% of the time

Find out how Ali got on with his alternative Veganuary Challenge

Find out how Hannah got on with her Veganuary Challenge

Could accountability be exactly what you need to succeed?

Should we be using the Veganuary challenge as a method for losing weight?

So why did I decide to go Vegan for January?

Find out how Ali is approaching his alternative Veganuary challenge

Before you start a New Year weight loss programme consider this...