How to Deliver Fitness Training to Children in 5 Easy Steps

by Matt Hodges
20 March 2015

How to Deliver Fitness Training to Children - The MPH Method

Childhood obesity has become a serious problem in recent years. A 20-year King’s College London study of electronic health records, published online in Archives of Disease in Childhood has found that a third of children in England are overweight. So, what’s causing it. The main culprits are inactive lifestyles, junk food and fizzy drinks.

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Acupuncture – Does It Sharpen Your Fitness Skills?

by Matt Hodges
08 March 2015

Acupuncture - does it sharpen your fitness skills? - The MPH MethodEvery fitness fanatic knows that your workout regime doesn’t begin and end in the gym. Fitness is a lifestyle, and your progress in the gym can be drastically helped or hindered by the choices you make in between sessions.

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The Anatomy Of A Great Abs Workout

by Matt Hodges
27 February 2015

When it comes to bodies and working out, everyone has his or her problem area. For many of us though, it’s a safe bet to assume that our focus is on improving our abs.

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How To Sell Rest Times To A Skeptic

by Matt Hodges
18 February 2015

How to sell rest times to a skeptic - The MPH Method

It’s hard to believe that you can exercise too much – but ‘over-training’ is an extremely common problem among professional athletes and recreational gym goers alike. Continuous exercise can actually diminish your performance, slow down your progress and even damage your muscles. Why? Because your body needs rest times so that it can recover between training sessions.

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What Cardio Should I Be Doing?

by Matt Hodges
21 August 2014

Over the past year I’m hearing more and more of you ask me what sort of cardio you should be doing with varying goals and objectives. Unfortunately it is hard to answer because most of you have goals that are too broad e.g. I want to cut fat but I also still want to be able to run a half marathon. That said, In this article I’ll show you the different forms of cardio you can implement for the different goals you might want to prioritise.

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Pompeii: The Kit Harington Workout

by Matt Hodges
29 April 2014

Pompeii - The Kit Harington Workout by The MPH Method

Most of you will know Kit Harington from the epic series Game Of Thrones where he plays the sultry Jon Snow. Forever clad in fur and animal hide no one has ever really got to see his physique. That is until now….

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Don Jon: The Workout

by Matt Hodges
18 October 2013

As 2013 is coming to a close, Hollywood is gearing up for the Christmas film rush. As the final roster of releases have been announced, Joseph Gordon-Levitt (Looper, Inception, 50/50) is putting forward his first written, directed and starred in film: ‘Don Jon’.

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The 15 Minute Work & Home Workout

by Matt Hodges
08 October 2013

I cant remember how many times I’ve heard people say to me something along the lines of ‘But I just don’t have time to do any exercise, I work all day’, and yet the majority of us still find the time to scrawl social media and You Tube at work. Yes you know who you are, you’ve been caught out! Stop making excuses, it’s time to step up to the plate and start moving.

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The Week That Changed My Life…..The Hoffman Process

by Matt Hodges
28 August 2013

The Hoffman Process

In short The Hoffman Process is an 8 day retreat whereby you take yourself back to your childhood, recognising the patterns that make you who you are today and to embrace them with kindness, love and understanding.

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KickAss 2 – Get The Superhero Body

by Matt Hodges
13 May 2013

‘Kickass’ wowed our screens in 2010 with some great martial art choreography, a devilishy dark but humorous script and some delightfully colourful language that left us only hoping that there would be a Kickass 2. As summer is slowly approaching we are getting ready for the release of the wonderful sequel to Matthew Vaughns’ epic tale of kid vs evil.

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