I write this blog on the verge of completing my sixth marathon. That’s not just six runs of 42km. It is six batches of four months of long-distance running, day after day, week after week. So, when the inevitable excuse of why people don’t...
Will avoiding carbs at night help with weight loss?
Read any magazine or listen to someone in a friendship circle and they will swear that ditching the carbs before night-fall was the one guaranteed secret to their weight loss! So will not eating carbs after 6pm work for you? No carbohydrates in the...
Why are my muscles sore after a workout?
Following a training session, it can be sometimes painful to complete basic tasks such as lifting, twisting or even walking. You regret your exertions the day before and, if trained by us at Dynamic Fitness Training, will probably curse the...
The importance of home workouts
The vast majority of clients that we train at Dynamic Fitness Training come to us for guidance and to commit to a level of training that they never managed at the mainstream gyms. The model for the mainstream gyms is changing. It’s an industry...
Home of Champions: part two
Sunday was rest day. By rest, this meant a 4am start for safari day. Having been stopped for speeding enroute to Lake Nakuru and our bus breaking down when returning, this truly was a ‘Kenyan Experience’. Alas our sightings of lions or leopards...
Home of Champions: part one
Following an insanely long journey which involved choosing to stay awake on the first 7 hour flight (when I had three seats to myself) so that I can sleep on the second six hour flight (where I was stuck with two parents and their one year old boy, crying...
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Personal trainer, and fitness writer, editor and author. Darren is the founder of Dynamic Fitness Training, a personal training company based in north London.
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Every January, Dynamic Fitness Training, like lots of other gyms and personal trainers receive a greater number of enquiries. New clients looking to get fit after an over-indulgence during the festive period and to take control of their long-ignored...
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