Shed That Spare Tyre This Winter By Putting Your Body Through a Haynes MOT

January 6, 2016 by Kara

After weeks of gorging on festive food and drink, now’s the time to wave goodbye to that newly formed spare tyre by choosing from one of four fitness titles from Haynes Manuals.

As millions of people in the UK look to get fit this January, author Sean Lerwill has written four top-selling Haynes fitness manuals, including the Body Transformation Manual, the Running Manual, the Triathlon Manual,and the Royal Marine Fitness Manual.

Sean is no stranger to keeping fit – not only is he an ex-Royal Marines Commando Physical Training Instructor, international cover model and celebrity trainer, but he has written for numerous fitness publications.

These highly motivating titles are packed with top tips on how to transform your body and learn that all important discipline to keep yourself revved up as you steer yourself towards a healthy lifestyle.

Sean’s latest Haynes title, the Body Transformation Manual, provides the ultimate 12-week workout plan suitable for both men and women. According to Sean, exercise makes up only one-third of the battle to fight the bulge. This manual therefore not only offers a wide array of proven methods to totally transform your body, providing information on how to get the exercise bit right, but also how to manage the nutrition, sleep and stress that goes into the other, arguably more important, two-thirds.

Meanwhile, ideal for a beginner or a seasoned runner, the Running Manual covers everything from sprinting to marathons, from how to train to what to wear. It includes the detailed physiology on how energy systems work and how nutrition should be approached prior to and during training and races.

For those really aiming to set an ambitious goal for the new year, the all-encompassing Triathlon Manual is aimed at both newcomers who have decided to give triathlon a go, and those who have already tried a couple and simply wish to improve. It looks at each sport separately before combining all three in preparation for competitions at all levels, from local sprint triathlons to gruelling Ironman events.

Last but not least, the Haynes Royal Marines Fitness Physical Training Manual is packed with facts and step-by-step instruction to provide guidance for anyone wanting to achieve a higher level of fitness, whether it’s preparing for a marathon, losing weight or putting on muscle mass. This manual provides all the tools and information needed to put together a training programme specific to personal targets, and to adapt it as expectations are surpassed.

So how do you stay on the straight and narrow? Below are ten top tips from Sean Lerwill to help shift that spare tyre!

Top tips from Sean Lerwill

Be different – to change you, you must progress your gym training. If your training is the same week in week out – same weights, same exercises, same sessions – then you’ll also remain the same
Intensity is key – without intensity your sessions are no better than a slow jog around the park. They’ll raise your heart rate, burn a few calories, but won’t help you progress past the point you are at.
Variety is key – without variation you become stagnant. Change regularly to keep the body guessing and changing.
Leg day – leg day is arguably the most important session of your training programme. It has so many physiological advantages, not to mention crafting an attractive set of legs for both men and women.
Less is more – in the gym, the mantra ‘less is more’ is often very true. Train hard and intense, but get in and get out. After all, you need to eat, sleep and prepare for tomorrow!
Be uncomfortable – Like Royal Marine training, you can never be in your comfort zone in the gym. If you are, you’re coasting, and your muscles are finding the session too easy. Tweak one of the variables – tempo, weight, rest etc – or add a drop set or rest/pause set and make sure you work to that failure point to make the changes you want happen. The only person who loses out when you take it easy is you. You can never get a session back. Treat each session like it’s your last.
Warming up – if you haven’t got time to warm up, then you haven’t got time to train
Find a training partner – it makes training more of a commitment and can also give a bit for friendly competition
Fruit – although high in carbohydrate (sugars), fruits are not bad! We need to make sure we hit our individual macronutrient needs of proteins, carbs and fats, and within that you can eat your fair share of fruit up to your carbohydrate allowance for that day
Bad days – a bad day of eating – eating well in excess of your calorie needs, especially if alcohol is involved – doesn’t just cancel out one good day, it cancels around four good days.

Sean Lerwill is an ex-Royal Marines Commando Physical Training Instructor, international cover model, Maxinutrition ambassador, celebrity trainer and author of four Haynes manuals on fitness. He has written for numerours fitness publications and recently won the Maximuscle protein project, obtaining the ‘best 12-week body transformation’ from his ‘average Joe’ Ollie, as voted for by the public and a celebrity panel.

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