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Staying Motivated To Reach Your Fitness Goals

Starting a fitness journey is exciting, but staying motivated to achieve long-term goals can often be challenging. Whether you aim to lose weight, build muscle, or improve your overall health, maintaining motivation is crucial to your success. Factors like busy work schedules, unpredictable weather, and the temptation of comfort foods can make it even harder ...
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Strength Training For Seniors

Maintaining physical health becomes increasingly important, yet often more challenging as we age. Once considered the domain of the young and athletic, strength training is now recognised as a crucial component of fitness for seniors. It offers a multitude of benefits, from improving muscle mass and bone density to enhancing balance and cognitive function. This ...
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CrossFit Workouts You Can Do At Bluecoat Sports

If you’re seeking a fresh challenge or a way to spice up your fitness routine, consider some CrossFit-style workouts at Bluecoat Sports Fitness Yard. The range of activities available, from high-intensity cardio drills to complex weightlifting sessions, guarantees you can find something that not only tests your limits but also progresses your skills in a ...
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Mid-Week Motivation: Quick And Effective Workout Ideas

Hitting the mid-week slump is tough when you’re trying to maintain a fitness routine. You’ve probably noticed how your motivation starts to wane by Wednesday, but incorporating a few quick and easy tips can help improve your motivation and transform your weekly gym workout plan. This guide will explore these options, why mid-week exercise is ...
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Mastering Fitness Goals In 2024: The Power Of Habit Stacking

Did you know that around 80% of New Year resolutions fail by February? Don’t let that be you. You’ve set your sights on fitness excellence in 2024. It’s time to take charge. Welcome to the world of habit stacking, a game-changing technique that seamlessly weaves fitness into your daily routine. It’s not just about sweating ...
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What Is the Exercise Referral Scheme?

Are you curious about exercise referral schemes and how they can benefit you? Look no further! This article will delve into the ins and outs of exercise referral schemes, including who is eligible, how to get referred, and the objectives and benefits of these programs. We’re proud to offer the GP exercise referral scheme at ...

Benefits Of Powerlifting

Powerlifting is a strength sport that features heavy resistance exercises with barbell weight equipment. At Bluecoat Sports our brand new lifting technique class, Power Hour, utilises barbells, kettlebells, and functional movements to build your strength whilst teaching you how to lift under the guidance of our expert instructors. To understand more about powerlifting before you ...
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Top Exercise Trends For 2023

With 2022 having just come to a close, it’s time to put those New Year’s resolutions into action and start exercising! And what better way to gear up your new fitness routine than with the top exercise trends of 2023. From high intensity interval training (HIIT) to body weight training, there’s loads of new trends ...
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Gym Nutrition: What To Eat Before The Gym

Whether you’re heading to the gym for an intense weightlifting session, looking to fuel a long treadmill run, or have a HIIT class you need to smash, one thing’s for certain – you’ve got to nail your pre-gym nutrition. Knowing what to eat before and after the gym is one of the best ways to ...
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The Benefits Of Exercising With Friends

We know that exercising is key to improving our overall wellbeing, but have you considered the role that socialising plays in your body’s health? Research shows that taking part in social activities can be hugely beneficial for our mental health, and it even goes as far to show that regular social activity can reduce the ...

The Bluecoats Gym Refurbishment

We are delighted to announce that our existing gym in Horsham will be having an upgrade this August, everything you see in the gym currently will be changing and we can’t wait to share the news with you. We are transferring our existing equipment from Technogym to Matrix. Having gone out to look at both ...