How to Exercise Early in the Morning

Early morning exercise is a great way to kick start your day and has many benefits:

- Avoiding air pollution, which climbs as more cars hit the road
- Missing the heat of the day or evening in the summer
- Can lead to clearer thinking and increased energy levels during daytime activities
- A positive start to the day will inspire you to keep up the good work and eat well
- You won't need an additional shower in the middle of the day

The following website has some very useful information / tips about morning exercise:

http://www.ehow.co.uk/how_2192789_exercise-early-morning.html

It also has other useful sections about developing and sticking to exercise routines under the photo of the women stretching. You can click on ‘From Quick Guide: A Fit Lifestyle’, scroll through the numbers or click ‘See All Articles In This Quick Guide’.

Boot Camp Boxing / Boxercise

Over the Easter holidays I will go to Sports Direct or order online enough boxing pads and gloves for everyone to do boxing at the same time.

Then when the weather is good I'll start introducing boxercise into the circuits.

Boxing is good for upper body strength and cardiovascular as well as self defence and stress release.

People will take it into turns to hold the pads (do the pad work) and wear the gloves (do the boxing).

If there is an odd number I'll hold the pads for someone and go in the middle of the group so I can keep an eye on everyone.

They will be quite simple drills more for fitness training then technical boxing and will include jabs, hooks and uppercuts. In between boxing you'll do leg exercises and sprints etc before changing the pads and gloves over.

For some of my one to one clients I use boxing straps with them to strengthen their wrists. They take a little time to get on but the next best thing is wrist sweat bands like the ones pictured.

You can put the gloves or pads on and move the sweat bands down a little bit if need be and they will help to strengthen your wrists and help to absorb some of the impact. Also handy for press ups, tricep dips and wiping down your brow in the summertime etc.

You can buy them cheap online or from any sports store ranging from £1 - £6 a set depending on how fancy you want to go (Umbro / Nike / Puma / Adidas / Lonsdale etc). You can buy them brand new on eBay and also from SportsDirect.com

I should have them ready to use the first week back after Easter so be good if you could buy some sweat bands by then (likewise you might be fine without them).

Exercise Calorie Calculator

Please visit the following website to find out how many calories you are approximately burning during exercise:

http://www.healthdiscovery.net/links/calculators/calorie_calculator.htm

Type into the box your weight in pounds (lbs) and how long you are exercising for then click 'Compute Calories Burned'.

For Get Fit Boot Camps the time would be 45 minutes (Circuit Training).

1 stone = 14 pounds
1 kilogram (kg) = 2.2 pounds

For example:

10 stones = 140 pounds
60 kg = 132 pounds

It will work out according to your weight approximately how many calories you burn during all the different exercises that are listed. Circuit Training is on the right hand side 4 rows down under the Gym and Home Activities title.