Hi, and welcome to my website Fitness Instructor Online. My name is Angela Hakner and I am a Certified Personal Trainer in the United Kingdom. I don't specialise in one area of fitness, I like to assess all my clients on an individual basis and build them a progressive program to best deal with their specific needs.
This website is going to be all about putting together a safe and effective exercise class and showing you the best strength training exercises, stretches, nutrition etc. In fact everything to do with exercise and nutrition. I hope it will be a resource for everyone to keep coming back to.
Are you a personal trainer? Have you done your Fitness Instructor Certification? Do you have a favourite website for exercise resources? Let me know and I could include it in future pages. Do you have a favourite book about fitness or maybe you just love a certain establishment that run teacher certifications? Let me know and I can review them.
I will be giving my opinion on all these subjects right here so please bookmark this page and visit often to find out what else I have added to this ever growing subject.
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5 components of physical fitness. Find out what they are!
Follow the 5 components of physical fitness and you will optimise your routine to its best. Find out how and why I follow this formula to construct fitness plans for my personal training clients
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Aerobic Exercise. How I Create a Great Aerobics Class
A well balanced aerobic exercise routine is important for all round fitness. Find out how a Certified Fitness Instructor constructs them.
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Warm up exercises are an important part of an exercise routine
The aim of warm up exercises is to prepare the joints for work. This is an important part of any exercise class.
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Sports Fitness Nutrition is important, look after your body on the inside
Looking after your body on the inside is just as important as taking care of your appearance on the outside. Sports Fitness Nutrition will show you how to optimise your eating plan
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Improve your muscular strength and Endurance to build a strong and lean body
How can I build muscular strength? This question is asked very often in my classes. This is where I show you how.
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Stretching Exercises increase flexibility for a supple body
Let a qualified Fitness Instructor show you how to do stretching exercises and promote flexibility in your muscles.
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The Importance of Water
During exercise your muscles produce extra heat so the importance of water is paramount in replacing lost body fluids
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Contact Form
Contact Form for Fitness-Instructor-Online.com. Send in all your comments and questions. Any feedback is very much appreciated.
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Core Muscle Training and how it plays a part and is important in everyday life
Core muscle training seems to be the buzz word in gyms at the moment. What is it and why should I incorporate it into my training programme.
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Carbohydrates - Your Body's Favourite Energy Source
The body stores carbohydrates that you eat in the form glycogen in your liver and muscles. It also keeps a small amount in the blood in the form of glucose.
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Six Pack Abs of Steal
Ever wondered how to get six pack abs. It's not about doing crunch after crunch, spot reducing doesn't work. Find out the best ways of stripping fat and revealing your best ever set of abs possible.
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Become a Personal Trainer
Learn how to become a personal trainer from a certified personal trainer in the UK. Find out which companies are the best to train with in my opinion. Is personal training for you? Find out here.
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Free Fitness Programs
Get your free fitness programs here from a certified personal trainer in the UK. No-nonsense workouts completely and utterly free of charge.
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Hip Circles on the Exercise Ball
Learn the best way to perform Hip Circles using the exercise ball from a certified personal trainer.
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Minerals
We need about 15 different minerals in our diet. Read about their functions and which food sources provide them.
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Personal Trainer Insurance
You will need Personal Trainer Insurance if you are going to teach clients in their own homes. Find out where to get it.
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Vitamins
Vitamins are chemicals which we need in relatively small amounts, to grow and remain healthy. Find out here the functions and the food sources of some of the major ones.
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Herbal Nutrition
Herbal nutrition is definitely the way to go in the 21st century. The wellness revolution is here and we have the best resources to build a fit and healthy lifestyle than ever before.
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Protein explained
Protein is made up of amino acids which are combined together in a variety of ways. However there are 9 essential amino acids that can only be provided by eating food that contains them.
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Weight Lifting Exercises
Weight lifting exercises are crutial in todays gym routines, here is a resource with the strength exercises that will build you a fitter and healthier body.
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Fats - We Need Them!
Fats are an important part of our daily diet although we are told that they are bad news they are essential for good health. Draw your own conclusions from this article.
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Weight Lifting Workouts
Here is a resource to get lots of weight lifting workouts for free. No nonsense fat blasting workouts. Try them and you will be amazed.
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Fitness Instructor Online Store
Fitness Instructor Online Store has all the equipment, books, dvd's and sports nutrition you will need to build a fitter and healthier body.
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Health Related Fitness Partners
This page is dedicated to all my Health Related Fitness partners. These sites are the best on the web and they are here because I value their content and think that they are well worth a visit.
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Fitness Tests
It's a good idea to do some Fitness Tests before starting an exercise program, here are some of the tests that I carry out on my clients before I begin to train them.
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Get a Bikini Fitness Model body without being one.
Find out how you could get a bikini fitness model figure without actually being a fitness model.
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Train Your Heart
This Train Your Heart Workout is a Fabulous workout. It has 3 parts to it consisting of 15 minutes each, all done together give a fabulous fat blasting workout.
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Abdominal Curl on the Gym Ball
How to execute an abdominal curl on the gym ball illustrated by a certified Personal Trainer from the UK
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Seated Leg Raise on the Gym Ball
Strengthen your core to support your spine by doing the seated leg raise.
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Oblique Curl on the Gym Ball
How to do the perfect oblique Curl on the gym ball. Illustrated by a certified Personal Trainer in the UK.
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Abdominal Floor Crunch
Use the Abdominal Floor Crunch as part of your resistance training routine to sculpt fit and sexy abs. I'll show you how.
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The Plank
Here are some examples of the Plank which is an exercise that will give you that sexy 6 pack look if done correctly.
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The Back Extension
The back extension is an important part of your fitness plan, if you do lots of ab work then you have to even it out and work the opposing muscles too.
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Pelvic Floor Contraction and Setting the Abs
Abdominal setting and pelvic floor contractions are both great approaches to activating core control.
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The Dumbbell Lunge
Get fantastically sexy legs incorporating the Dumbbell Lunge into your routine.
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Squats
Squats are an essential move in your leg workouts, try this squat with an overhead press to mix up the exercise and get great delts too.
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Lateral Pulldown
If you want a well defined back then the lateral pulldown is the ideal exercise. It will give you that perfect triangle shape in the back area and give your back a well cut shape.
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Step Ups
Step Ups are a great workout for your quads but here we are going to mix it up with a knee lift for extra intensity.
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Great Butt Workout
Follow this Great Butt Workout which will give you a fantastic shapely rear as well as rock hard abs.
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Lying Hamstring Curl
Illustrated Lying Hamstring Curl picture. Do it right to avoid injury.
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