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Private personal training studio in Dallington, Northampton. Specialising in weight loss and muscle building Well now he has done that and is living the dream!

Jon, a director at Life Force Fitness, spent a good deal of his working life in the Finance industry, enthusiastically following a life of health and fitness whilst progressing his career to executive director level. For many years he had an aspiration to work in the fitness industry and set up his own business. Life Force Fitness is the incarnation of Jon's dream. It is a company dedicated to helping people achieve a better body composition, with aspirations to expand over the years and help more and more people, bringing health, strength and confidence to everyone. Jon has a very scientific background and is using that to the full with Life Force Fitness. First, he has done lengthy research on the science of fat loss and has been able to cut through the pseudo-science and sensationalism to figure out what really works. Second, Life Force Fitness programmes use technology to improve motivation, adherence and customer experience, with the device data being used to improve monitoring of progress and produce insights. Jon is a competing bodybuilder who has put into practice the approaches he has studied and perfected. Let Life Force Fitness use their experience to help you achieve the body composition you desire. Email hello@lifeforce-fitness.co.uk to book your free consultation or if you prefer to speak to someone, call us now on 01604 289 190.

13/08/2025

Life Force Fitness has moved!

After nearly eight amazing years in the first studio in Moulton Park, it was time to move to a new location better suited to the current business model and direction.

The same kit has come with me to the new location in the KG Business Centre, so my clients, present and future, will receive the same high-quality service as always.

Shout out to Paul Goodall from Complete Move Solutions and his team for moving my studio in a single day!

27/06/2025

Are you bored of your arm workout?

There are plenty of novelty lifts you can try. Here is one of them.

With the prone curl, you end up with the biceps as short as it can go just at the point where gravity is acting most strongly. When you tense a muscle that is as short as it can be, and it won’t shorten any further, we call that active insufficiency.

When you load a muscle at the point of active insufficiency, you tend to get an intense contraction, a cramping feeling. You also compress the muscle and the blood vessels so that blood pools in the muscle. That tends to be good for a pump.

So, while this exercise isn’t as good for developing size as some of the more traditional lifts, it’s good as a finisher if you’re trying to end with a wicked pump. 💪

23/06/2025

Have you got sleepy glutes?

Your glutes are crucial for posture and movement. But the glutes are often inactive because of prolonged sitting. This causes the hip flexors to become really tight, which switches off the glutes. But the opposite is also true. If you switch on the glutes, it’ll loosen up and switch off the hips. This ability of opposing muscles to switch each other off is called reciprocal inhibition.

The bridge is a great exercise for activating the glutes and stretching the hips at the same time. However, the bridge is often performed poorly, and the lower back becomes arched, which exacerbates posture and movement dysfunctions.

But you can take the lower back out of the movement by bringing one knee up to your chest and performing the bridge on one leg. This exercise is called the Cook hip lift. And because you’re performing the bridge on a single leg, you’ll need more force. That will produce better activation of the glutes and really fire them up.

20/06/2025

Is this a good snack?

At first glance, it seems ideal. It’s ‘protein packed’, natural, and packaged into a convenient, portable snack.

But is it all it appears to be?

First, let’s dig deeper on ‘protein packed’. It’s got 10.2g per bar. Is that protein packed? No, not compared to a proper athlete’s protein bar. That’s not enough protein to stimulate muscle growth properly. For that, you need 20g or more of high-quality protein. That brings me on to the next point, which is that almost all the protein comes from peanuts. The protein in peanuts is missing the essential amino acid methionine, which makes it a lower quality protein.

Next, because the protein is from peanuts, you also get a lot of fat with your protein. Nearly 14g of it in fact. Over 50% of the calories in this bar are coming from fat. That makes it a high fat food. Protein packed? No. Fat packed? Yes!

Finally, does this bar meet the three criteria for a filling snack, namely high protein, high fibre, high liquid? No to all! It’s got just 3g or fibre, is completely dehydrated and, as we’ve seen, is moderate in protein. It’s not going to fill you up.

Verdict? Bad snack.

16/06/2025

Do you get lower back ache?

Your upper back could be the culprit.

If your upper back is stiff, your lower back may take its place in movements like reaching up or even in standing posture. You may improve your lower back pain if you improve your upper back first. The upper back should rotate, bend sideways and bend forwards and backwards.

You can train rotational mobility using twisting movements. Here’s a classic Pilates movement. Normally, you would do this sitting on the floor or on a block. But I’m seated on a bench. It works just as well as long as you remember to keep your hips stable.

On the out-breath, twist to one side and wring out your spine like it was a cloth. Go back to the middle, take another breath and then on the out-breath, take it the other way. Do this four or five times, and you should get a little further each time. Perform this drill regularly, and you’ll improve your mobility in the thoracic spine.

02/06/2025

Trail mix. Good snack?
It depends on your point of view. If you’re out on the trail for hours, you want a snack that’s going to deliver a lot of energy without taking up valuable rucksack space. That bag in the photo delivers 1720 calories.
But nuts deliver a lot of fat; 65% of the calories in this bag, to be precise. Is that what you really want? Your main fuel when exercising is carbohydrate. That’s why endurance athletes take in sports drinks. You won’t be able to digest, assimilate and metabolise that much fat in time to help you with energy on the hike.
If you’re not hiking and you’re just looking for a snack during the day, trail mix is a bad choice. It’s loaded with calories and won’t fill you up. You need a snack that’s going to occupy space in your stomach to keep the hunger pangs away. The perfect snack contains protein, fibre and liquid. Some lean protein and a piece of fruit work well.
Yes, nuts contain protein, but the amount depends on the nut. 100g of this mix - two-thirds of the bag - only contains 15g of protein, which is below our recommended 20g of protein per feed.
So next time you want a filling snack, ditch the trail mix and think protein, fibre, liquid.

26/05/2025

Do you get shoulder pain when you raise your arm into the YMCA ‘Y’ position?
And don’t pretend you’ve never done the arm movements to that song. 😂
Anyway, if you do, you may have a tight pec minor. This is a smaller muscle that sits under the pec major. It attaches from the ribs up onto the coracoid process of the shoulder blade. When the pec minor is tight, it protracts the shoulder blades. In other words, it pulls them apart and causes the shoulders to round.
It’s very common for the pec minor to be tight, generally caused by prolonged sitting and hunching over. This can cause poor posture, movement dysfunction and pain, especially when reaching up and out.
Strengthening the muscles that oppose the forces of the pec minor will help, as will some deep tissue massage. But you can also stretch the pec minor. In the video, you’ll see a simple stretch that you can do any time you’re feeling a bit rounded. Why not give it a go, see if you can identify tightness in the muscle and whether you feel some improvement after the stretch?

09/05/2025

We all know that exercise makes us feel good, but did you know…

… it’s more than just the endorphin rush. Regular exercise produces real lasting physical changes in the brain

✅ Regular exercise improves cerebral blood flow which promotes
✅ Angiogenesis (creation of new blood vessels)
✅ Neurogenesis (creation of new neurons in the brain)
✅ Synaptogenesis (creation of new synapses between neurons)
✅ Improved neurotransmitter production
✅ Improved neurotransmitter sensitivity

All these changes markedly improve neurotransmitter availability and that translates into improved mental health.

Improved mental health means better
✅ Self-confidence
✅ Mood
✅ Self-esteem
✅ Mental toughness
✅ Self-belief

So, regular exercise really can make you feel better and it’s not just a transient chemical boost, it’s a lasting physical change

05/05/2025

Do your knees collapse inwards when you’re squatting, deadlifting or leg pressing?

You don’t really want that to happen when you’re lifting a lot of weight. For a start, it will reduce your overall power output, but it may also injure you or cause a ni**le.

A common cause of this pattern is your glute medius failing to fire sufficiently strongly. But there are a few drills you can use to activate and strengthen them. Here is one of them.

The banded bridge has the advantage of also working your glute max, so you get a full glute activation, just as you would in the squat or deadlift. Put the band around your knees and push it apart. Keep the tension on the band at all times during the movement. Tilt your pelvis backwards, push your feet into the floor, peel your spine off the mat and keep your core engaged to prevent your lower back arching. Squeeze your glutes and push the band apart at the top. Put your spine back on the mat one vertebra at a time, then repeat.

If you do that regularly, you should see a difference in the way your squat looks and the force you can generate.

02/05/2025

What’s the most important nutrient for weight loss?

In my view, it’s protein. Here’s why
✅ Protein is satisfying. In research on satiety, protein came out top for helping keep people full for longer.
✅ It will spare your muscle. If you lose muscle, you lose the ability to burn calories. Keep hold of the stuff by getting enough protein.
✅ It takes energy to process it. It takes around 20% of the energy content in protein to process it. So, if you’re taking in 100 calories of protein, you can assume only 80 of those calories are assimilated.
✅ You’ll eat until you meet your protein requirements. What does that mean? It means that if you eat low protein food, you’ll need to eat more of it until your protein needs are met. If that same low protein food is high in calories, then you’re more likely to gain weight. In contrast, if you have more protein, you’re likely to eat less and to lose weight.

You protein choice is up to you, but try to choose sources that don’t come with a load of extra calories from fat.

28/04/2025

Do you get shoulder pain when you raise your arm into the YMCA ‘Y’ position?

And don’t pretend you’ve never done the arm movements to that song. 😂

Anyway, if you do, you may have a tight pec minor. This is a smaller muscle that sits under the pec major. It attaches from the ribs up onto the coracoid process of the shoulder blade. When the pec minor is tight, it protracts the shoulder blades. In other words, it pulls them apart and causes the shoulders to round.

It’s very common for the pec minor to be tight, generally caused by prolonged sitting and hunching over. This can cause poor posture, movement dysfunction and pain, especially when reaching up and out.

Strengthening the muscles that oppose the forces of the pec minor will help, as will some deep tissue massage. But you can also stretch the pec minor. In the video, you’ll see a simple stretch that you can do any time you’re feeling a bit rounded. Why not give it a go, see if you can identify tightness in the muscle and whether you feel some improvement after the stretch?

24/04/2025

Are you a personal trainer looking for somewhere to train your clients? We're opening up our private studio for the first time to other trainers who need a great space to train their clients. It's superbly well-equipped, and since there are no general gym members, you'll have no problems getting on the equipment and can give your clients the perfect private workout experience without any prying eyes. Spaces are limited, so don't delay and miss this opportunity to take your training to the next level. Get in touch by email: jon@lifeforce-fitness.co.uk. (I may be less responsive if you reply on social media.)

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Monday	7am - 8pm
Tuesday	7am - 8pm
Wednesday	7am - 8pm
Thursday	7am - 8pm
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https://www.lifeforce-fitness.co.uk/

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