Introducing Our New Fitness Pathway: The Ultimate Support for Your Fitness Journey at Active NL
At Active NL, we’re always striving to offer our members the best support, tools, and guidance to help them achieve their fitness goals. That’s why we’re excited to introduce our brand-new Fitness Pathway—an exclusive and innovative feature available only to Active NL members.
At Active NL, your safety and well-being are always our top priority. That’s why we’re committed to keeping our team trained to the highest standards.
all Active NL venues will be closed for a dedicated staff training day outline on the table below. During this time, our team will focus on critical areas such as:
✔️ First Aid
✔️ Defibrillator training
✔️ Emergency Action Plans
✔️ Healthy & Safey approved codes of practices
✔️ The Latest Industry best practices
Broadwood Gym will be reopening on Monday 8th January. Come along to our launch day where we will have gym-based classes, challenges and great prizes to be won.
On a mission to reach and maintain a healthy weight? Groundbreaking new research has led experts to now recommend that your healthy eating efforts are best served up with a hefty side of strength training.
We are delighted to announce that our amazing Active 60 campaign scooped the top prize at the Scottish Leisure Network Group awards for ‘Marketing Campaign of the Year’.
“Did you get your 10,000 steps?” Six words we’ve all asked ourselves, yet seldom questioned. If you find the magic number to be elusive then here’s some good news: research suggests you could skip that extra lap around the block and still reap the rewards.
Thousands of older people across Lanarkshire are benefiting from a fantastic fitness offer.
Back in September, Active NL member Maher took part in the Cumbernauld 10k and amazingly came 1st in his age category and 14th overall out of over 400 participants.
Are you ready to raise the bar on your training? Discover the smart way to push your limits, grow muscles, and reap all the rewards of becoming stronger, fitter and more powerful.
When a tough lesson taught Bevan James Eyles that motivating beginner exercisers isn’t clear cut, he became obsessed with helping inactive people to fall in love with fitness.
North Lanarkshire Council understands that the pandemic has had a number of negative effects on both health and mental health for a huge number of people.
What’s the best thing for a tired body? We’ve scoured the latest findings to see if you should snooze or work up a sweat; how sleep can impact your weight; and what’s best for children – more sleep or more physical activity.
This week we are celebrating woman and girls in sport and what better way to do that than by celebrating our very own Ice skaters from the Time Capsule who will soon be representing North Lanarkshire in the upcoming British ice skating championships in Sheffield on the 4th of December.
WHEN’S THE IDEAL TIME TO WORK OUT?
Are you better off getting your exercise done at dawn, or should you exhaust yourself in the evening? It’s something even scientists can't agree on… So what should you do?
In a world where stress, uncertainty and change are more prevalent than ever, nurturing our mental wellness has become imperative. Follow these simple steps to keep your mind, muscles, and mood in peak condition.
We are delighted to announce that our very own team Kickstart United football team have gone top of the Scottish FA Mental Health & Well Being League table with a clean sweep, on day one of the league fixtures.
If you haven’t made strength training part of your weekly workout regime what are you waiting for? Not only will it get you strong, lean and fit, new research now associates lifting weights with halving the risk of heart attacks and strokes.
It took a global pandemic to awaken many of us to the wonders of working out outdoors and now, even though most gyms have reopened their doors the value of exercise outdoors is still gaining momentum.
As you can imagine, there have been plenty of studies performed over the years examining the effects of yoga. These studies have found that regular yoga can benefit a number of health factors and produce significant effects on psychological wellbeing. Here’s what you need to know …
There’s no disputing the facts. If you’re a healthy adult you’ll lose weight if, over time, you eat fewer calories than your body uses. And you’ll gain weight if, over time, you eat more calories than your body uses. If weight loss is your goal then it all hinges on calorie deficit.
Last Friday Our Kickstart United Team users attended a mental health and well-being football festival in Edinburgh hosted by the Scottish Football Association. Not only did they get the opportunity to play against other teams and get a picture with the Scottish cup they were also lucky enough to meet the Duke of Cambridge.
BODYPUMP is a barbell workout designed to get you lean, toned and fit. The combination of scientifically-backed moves, motivating instructors and great music helps you achieve much more than you would on your own.
When it comes to mixing up your lower body strength training you can’t look past the lunge. A regular dose of lunges will lead to strong glutes and lean legs, and lunges can be a great cardio training tool too.
Stop wasting time, start making progress. Press play on these quick Tabata challenges and you’ll get a taste of the high-intensity interval training that shapes LES MILLS GRIT, the best HIIT on the planet.
Right now many of us are in unchartered waters and perhaps struggling to deal with sudden feelings of anxiety and stress that COVID-19 has thrown our way. Fortunately, a timely new study provides the ideal exercise prescription to boost our spirits.
If you feel like you hit a fitness plateau during lockdown these four new fitness tests will help you assess exactly where you’re at. In just a few minutes you can test your fitness and get on track to record new successes.
We are delighted to announce that this month’s NL Legend is our very own golf pro John Kelly. NL Legend John had stopped playing golf all together when senior management convinced him to play again to develop his role. He then went on to enter and win the Back to Golf tournament and the Dundonald links team event.
We are delighted to announce that Advent Abs is back on Monday 21st October 2024.
Now that the summer BBQs and garden parties are over for another year, it's time to start thinking about getting ready for Christmas party season.
Active NL member Angela has been taking part in online personal training and has signed up for our online membership since entering lockdown.
Talk to anyone these days and they will say a version of the same thing: these are the strangest times. For most of us the new rules – being confined to home, prevented from traveling, banned from congregating in public, and asked to “physically distance” ourselves even from loved ones – are utterly unique and unprecedented.
Negative body image can be a daily battle for many.
Being unhappy with your body and how you look is a very common problem for people today. We are bombarded with images daily on social media, on tv and in adverts of men and women with the so called perfect body and it’s easy to compare ourselves to them which results in us feeling bad about our bodies. This can also lead to low self-esteem, depression and harmful health behaviours, including eating disorders.
Shannon signed up to Active NL to take part in our summer shred programme and after seeing amazing results developed a love and passion for working out and has now lost over 2 stone.
Lauren has been working out with CJ since December both in the gym and online during lockdown and as you can see from her pictures she has made insane progress.
We caught up with Lauren to find out all about her journey.
So you’ve been hearing a lot about this HIIT thing… and a few of your hard-core fitness friends are raving about the results. But even the words: “High. Intensity. Interval. Training” sound so scary it’s enough to make you break into a cold sweat. Don’t fear! HIIT doesn’t need to be scary.
The calorie burn calculated as you work out isn’t the only calorie burn that counts – and what you do in between your structured workouts can have more impact on your health than you realize.
This week is Mental Health Awareness week and as well as raise awareness for this cause we wanted to provide some helpful tips and advice for people who may be struggling with their mental health.
By Emma Hogan for Fit Planet
Stuck at home and struggling to get into the swing of at-home exercise? Follow these simple tips and you’ll soon be sweating out your stress in your very own space.
The last few weeks have been difficult and disruptive and we have all made changes in many areas of our lives.
However one area that we must try and not change is our sleeping pattern.
DO YOU NEED TO SWITCH OFF?
Our friends at Les Mills give us some much needed tips on how to cut back on our screen time.
COULD A SOCIAL MEDIA HOLIDAY BE THE BREAK YOU REALLY NEED?
After seeing an article for the National Autistic Society’s 7k for 700k challenge, NL member Becky Wilcox decided to take on the gruelling challenge of swimming 7k, running 7k and cycling 7k during autism awareness week.
Find out more about Becky’s challenge below and her heartfelt reasons for doing so.
Robin recently took part in our advent abs programme, coming in at second place.
Robin was a worthy contender for the winning spot making massive progress during the programme shedding 1.5kg, losing 1.5% bodyfat and gaining 1kg of muscle mass.
Ashley started her weight loss journey 2 years ago and has since lost over 5 stone and dropped 4 dress sizes. As well as losing the pounds Ashley has also improved her mental and physical health, increased her fitness and improved her quality of life along the way.
We caught up with Ashley to find out more about her journey.
PROVING THE BENEFITS OF THE ORIGINAL ATHLETIC WORKOUT
By Emma Hogan for Fit Planet
Everything great is new. There is one sports conditioning workout that’s been transforming fitness levels for almost 40 years – and here’s the data to prove it gets results.
Our friends at Les Mills have put together an excellent blog piece that will help motivate you to ensure that exercise becomes a part of your life. Read the piece below:
Losing weight can be tough, and here at Active NL we want to help our members achieve the goals that they set themselves. It can be difficult knowing where to start, or even what you should be doing to set you on your way. You’ve probably tried a few fad diets, and let’s be honest – they don’t deliver long term results. You might have lost some weight, but then find it hard to maintain this. That’s why we’ve put together a short blog piece with some handy tips that can help you on your journey. Read them below:
Why not try a Les Mills GRIT class, great for building muscle! (As seen in the picture above).
SCIENCE SHOWS THE BEST WAY TO BUILD MUSCLE
