Steve Haywood Health & Fitness

We always get lots of visits to the website from people looking for fitness tips and running tips, particularly beginners to the sport of running. And that’s great, because one of our main aims is to help people get into running, as well as to improve and maintain their running – and all-round fitness. If [...]

Steve Haywood is moving to the Wetherby area and so from May 5th, personal training sessions with him will be available in the Yorkshire town. If you would like to book a session, simply call 07976983988 or use the contact form. In the past, Steve has trained clients with cerebral palsy, morbid obesity, spinal difficulties [...]

Salt is a vital part of our diets. It helps us to absorb nutrients and regulate the water in our blood stream. However the majority of people eat two and a half times more salt than they need to. Excessive sodium levels are linked to excessive fluid absorption and high blood pressure. Hypertension can lead [...]

The Innocent Railway is a disused railway which has been converted into a cycle path. It runs underneath part of Holyrood Park through a tunnel and then skirts Arthur’s Seat, Duddingston Loch, runs alongside the A1 to Milton link and then carries on for the beach at Musselburgh using Brunstane Road. The path is even [...]

Power plates are the latest craze sweeping gyms and health clubs across the country. The prospect of getting a toned body just by balancing on a vibrating platform seem to be too goo to be true – so what do personal trainers think? Alison Nockles has been a personal trainer for three years. She sees [...]

Steve Haywood joined up with the Wakefield District NHS to raise funds for Red Nose Day last week. The personal trainer from West Yorkshire donated a free personal training session as a prize for the fundraising events which took place on Friday 13th March 2009. So far, Comic Relief has raised a record £57 million, [...]

Add your reviews, opinions and photos from races gone by this year in the comments box below: Thursday 1st January 2009: 11:15am CLEETHORPES NEW YEAR’S DAY 10K Cleethorpes Cricket Club, Chichester Road, Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire DN35 0HZ PLEASE NOTE: if entries are received after December 19 then race numbers or details will not be posted out [...]

This is the straightforward way to a healthy Winter dish. Fish contains healthy fats that are linked to improved memory and a lower risk of dementia. It is also a low-fat way of getting those all important proteins which help your muscles repair after the strain of exercise. Ingredients 4 portions of boil in the [...]

During an interview with The Guardian, Paula Radcliffe recently listed her favourite motivational training tunes. We’ve included the video of Freemasons “Uninvited” on the left, but there’s a pretty good remix of Alphabeat’s “Fascination” available here. Paula Radcliffe is one of the UK’s finest middle and long-distance athlete and has held several world records and [...]

Use up those seasonal vegetables with a warming soup. Great in a flask on long walks or as a snack after going outside, soup freezes well and can be served for any occassion. Parsnips have more fibre and less calories than potatoes and are a natural source of folic acid (good for pregnant ladies). Ingredients [...]