Workout of the week – circuit training Bristol – Cardio Blast! A simple yet tough gym cardio session this week: Using a Rowing machine, Crosstrainer and Bike. Start off by doing 1000m on each machine with a 60 second rest between each. Then do 750m on each machine with same rest time. Then do 500m [...]
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This weeks Bristol exercise of the week is a squat press performed on an inverted Bosu. Start off by trying this exercise on the floor and only progress onto the Bosu when you feel you have mastered the technique. Gripping a dumbbell in your right arm,take the dumbbell up to shoulder level. Start the exercise [...]
Bristol exercise of the week this week is a Bosu Ski squat. This is a simple exercise to perform and is fantastic training to strengthen your legs before any ski trips. Simply place a Bosu flat side down. Stand on top of the curved side of the Bosu with your feet shoulder width apart. Drop [...]
Workout of the week: Ski fit legs! Start off by doing a 5 minute warm up then: Leg extension x 15 Reps Leg press x 15 Reps Walking lunges x 30 Reps Fitball hamstring curl x 15 Reps Bosu ski squat x 60 seconds Have a 90 second rest and repeat the circuit 4 times [...]
At Pure health and fitness Bristol we now have a team of beauty therapists offering a variety of beauty treatments including Acrylic and bio-gel nails, manicures and pedicures, Sienna-X spray tanning, sugaring, threading, eyelash extensions and tinting. All treatments are provided in the light and spacious ‘Loft’ at Pure. For more details on prices or [...]
The Bristol 10k is on Sunday 20th May 2012. Follow this link to enter today,places are limited to 11,000 people and it fills up quick every year. This is a fantastic event to take part in. http://www.runbristol.com/10K/5/Home.aspx Pure will be entering a team for the event and running a Saturday morning running group to get [...]
Workout of the week: Try this circuit for an all over body workout. Try doing a 5 minute light warm up before you start. 20 x press ups 40 x dynamic lunges 20 x pull ups or lat pull downs 40 x squats 20 x tricep bench dips 60 seconds plank Have a 2 minute [...]
Just a quick reminder that Circuits is back to normal this Saturday 7th January 2012 at 2.30-3.30pm. If you’ve not tried it before or haven’t been for a while then why not start 2012 the way you mean to go on and come along and give it a go. The class costs £5 per person and is [...]
Pure health and fitness is situated in the Bristol postcode BS9. Located less than 5 minutes drive from Durdham downs Pure not only has fantastic facilities but is also in a great area to explore with some outdoor training. Pure has a team of male and female personal trainers in Bristol, all with many years [...]
Along side Personal training Pure also offers a range of complimentary therapies to help our clients achieve their goals. Sports massage Bristol is a deeper form of massage aimed at relieving muscular aches and pains, reducing stress and improving posture. Many postural imbalances and muscular problems are caused by our normal day-to-day routine. Anything from [...]
Happy New year from all the team of Personal trainers and therapists at Pure health and fitness Bristol. All of our clients have a had a great year of results in 2011 so here’s to an even more successful 2012. Be healthy everyone…..and watch this space!
All the team at Pure would like to wish everyone a Happy Christmas for 2011 and would like to thank all their clients for their continued support over the last five years. Have fun but be healthy!! Or at least try
These are the opening hours for Pure over the festive period: Saturday 24th December - 8am-12pm Sunday 25th December - closed Monday 26th December - closed Tuesday 27th December - closed Wednesday 28th December - 8am-5pm Thursday 29th December - 8am-5pm Friday 30th December - 8am-5pm Saturday 31st December - 8am-12pm Sunday 1st January - closed Monday [...]
At Pure we offer freelance male and female personal trainers throughout Bristol the opportunity to use our facilities to train there individual client base. If you are a male or female personal trainer in Bristol and looking for gym space to train some of or all of your clients, give us a call at Pure for details [...]
There will be no circuit training class at Pure health and fitness Bristol on Saturday 24th December 2011 and Saturday 31st December 2011. Circuit classes will start again as usual on Saturday 7th January 2012 at 2.30pm. For more details on circuit training classes at Pure in Bristol call 01179687408 or message us through our [...]
At Pure health and fitness we have two treatment rooms to rent in Bristol. Our first treatment room to rent in Bristol is on the ground floor. This is a smaller room, which is easily accessible from the gym. This smaller treatment room is used on a part time basis for all Massage and Sports [...]
At Pure health and fitness Bristol we have 3 therapists offering Sports massage. Chris and Kirsty have been doing Sports massage in Bristol for nearly 20 years between them and newly qualified Ben has just started his sports massage career after more than 9 years in the fitness industry. To book a sports massage in [...]
If you are looking for an alternative present to buy a friend or loved one for Christmas then Pure may have the solution for you. This Christmas Pure is offering a starters package of One Personal training session, One Sports massage and a months gym membership for £50 (normal price £110). This offer is available to all [...]
At Pure in Bristol, we have an extremely experienced team of both male and female personal trainers. If you would prefer to train with a female personal trainer then call us on 01179687408 and ask for a free consultation with Kirsty. With over 8 years experience in Personal training and sports massage, Kirsty is a [...]
Just as the title says… we are giving all new customers their first Personal training session free. We realise that committing to a new gym and trainer can be a big step. That’s why we are giving all new clients to Pure the chance to take a no commitments, free session to try our services. [...]
For the month of November 2011, Pure are pleased to offer all sports massages in Bristol for half price to all new customers. Pure health and fitness’ sports massages in Bristol are a very popular not only with personal training clients, gym users and sports people but also the general population who spend long periods [...]
Just as the title says…..we are giving all new customers their first Personal training session free. We realise that committing to a new gym and trainer can be a big step. That’s why we are giving all new clients to Pure the chance to take a no commitments, free session to try our services. To [...]
Saturday 24th September 2011 is this years date for Stoke Bishop Open day in Bristol. The aim of the day is to make local residents aware of what the area has to offer in terms of clubs, association’s and local businesses. The day is being run from two locations, Stoke Bishop village hall and St [...]
Thanks to everyone who took part in Fitcamp 3 on Saturday 10th September. We had another fantastic day’s fun and exercise. The weather has certainly been on our side so far. Take a quick look through the days photos and you can see everyone’s still smiling at the end (apart from Lesley trying her best [...]
Saturday 10th September 2011 is the date of the next Pure Fitcamp. After the success of the first two Fitcamps we are now catering for up to 30 participants. The day runs from 9am-1pm and costs £40 per person. Fitcamp is open to everyone, non-members included. This is a great way to boost your fitness, [...]
Thanks to everyone who took part in Fitcamp 2 on July 23rd. Yet again we had nearly perfect weather for it. Fitcamp 3 is now in planning for early September, so register your interest with us now. Places are limited to 20 people and its getting more and more popular. thanks again everyone.
On Saturday 23rd July 2011, Pure will be holding their second Fitcamp. After the great success of Fitcamp 1 in June Pure are now planning to run these Fitcamps every 4-6 weeks. The planned activities will run from 9am-1pm and will involve Circuits, boxing, interval training, core work and flexibility training. Fitcamp is open to [...]
A massive thank you to everyone who took part in our 1st Pure Fitcamp. We all had a fantastic day, great fun and the weather was just perfect. Take a quick look at a few photos from the day. Thanks again to everyone who took part.
Saturday 11th of June 2011, Pure health and fitness are running their first Bootcamp, or as we at Pure like to call it ‘Fitcamp’. Fitcamp is open to all fitness levels, all ages and to clients and non-clients of Pure health and fitness www.purehf.uk Fitcamp starts at 9am and will finish at 1pm and will [...]
Friday 22nd April - 8am-12pm Saturday 23rd April - 8am-4pm Sunday 24th April - Closed Monday 25th April - Closed Tuesday 26th April - 8am-8pm Wednesday 27th April - 8am-8pm Thursday 28th April - 8am-8pm Friday 29th April – Closed Saturday 30th April – 8am-4pm Sunday 1st May – Closed Monday 2nd May – Closed Tuesday 3rd May – Back to normal business hours
Sunday 3rd of April Mother’s Day. If you are still struggling for gift ideas, then why not help mum become a little fitter and healthier this year. It may even change her life forever, you never know. Pure special offer for new customers: 2 personal training sessions and 1 months membership for £55(normal package price [...]
Struggling to get to the gym? Try this is easy workout at home so you don’t miss out: Press ups x 20 Squats x 20 Crunches x 20 Plank x 60 seconds Dips(off a chair) x 20 Lunges(per leg) x 20 Reverse curls x 20 Step ups(per leg) x 20 Work through the circuit as [...]
Right then everyone,the Bristol 10km race is only 7 1/2 weeks away. At this point you should be ideally aiming for 3 runs per week. Run 1) a long slow distance(LSD) which is a slower pace run which you are looking to extend in distance week by week so you have completed at least one [...]
Every Saturday between 2.30-3.30pm Pure run a gym based circuit class. The class has a limit of 20 people and is open to anyone. The classes cost £5 each and are fully supervised by a Pure personal trainer,meaning that we not only make sure you do things properly but you work to the best of [...]
This’ a tough one! Two exercises: box jumps and astride jumps, the box needs to be set to the highest level(approximately 10 inches high). The sequence: 50 box jumps followed by 50 astride jumps then 40 of each then 30 of each then 20 of each then 10 of each. Time how long the whole [...]
Have you read lots of articles on the newest craze, ‘Fitness Bootcamps’? Do you like the thought of them? but would like to do a taster before committing to a week long course. Coming soon, Pure health and fitness are planning to start their own one day ‘Fitcamps‘. This will be a structured day of [...]
This months gym challenge is a rowing and press ups combination. The goal is to row 250m and then do 25 press ups(full for men and on the knees position for ladies) and repeat the sequence as many times as you can in 15 minutes. A good starting goal is to aim to complete 5 [...]
This is a demonstration of Chris doing a bosu squat press. This exercise is designed to aid power and coordination as well as balance and core strength. Stand on the flat side of a bosu with your feet shoulder width apart and a light weight in one hand. Take the weight up to your shoulder [...]
Hi to everyone who has found us today through our friends Living Social. If you have any questions about the offers available please do give us a call on 0117 9687408. Our usual hourly rate for Personal training sessions and Sports massage is £40 with reductions on larger bulk buys. We look forward to seeing [...]
Happy new year everyone from all the team at Pure. We’ve had another great year helping more clients to achieve their goals, change their lifestyles and generally make them feel better about themselves. Thanks for all the support our clients have given us yet again this year and we’ve now been open over 4 years. [...]
Just a quick note to say Happy Christmas to everyone. Have a fantastic Christmas break,try not to eat too many extra calories over the festive period and remember to get up and move around as much as you can. “The more you move, the more you Burn”!! Merry Christmas from the team at Pure health [...]
This is our client Frances demonstrating an inverted row. This exercise is designed to work the upper back muscles, biceps and core. The best way to perform this movement is on a cable machine as demonstrated or from a fixed bar on a rack or smith machine. To make the exercise harder place your feet [...]
This month’s gym challenge is a rowing and cycling combination. The challenge is to row 2000m and then bike 2000m as quickly as possible. The stop watch starts on the 1st stroke of the row and is stopped when you finish the bike ride. The rower is on level 5 for both men and women [...]
This program is designed to build your cardiovascular fitness for skiing and help strengthen all the specific muscles you use whilst on the slopes. Start off with a ten minute warm up. If you are training in the gym do ten minutes cross-trainer or bike(as these use the quadriceps in the legs to a high [...]
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At Pure we have two treatment rooms which are suitable for beauty therapists, chiropractors, physiotherapists, osteopaths, nail technicians, life coaches and any other alternative therapists. Both rooms are available on a part time or full time basis. If you or anyone you know is potentially interested in renting our rooms please email Pure on info@purehf.co.uk [...]
This is Chris demonstrating an abdominal plank exercise on two fitballs. The plank is designed to work the abdominals and core muscles. Once you have mastered the plank on the floor you can progress the exercise with the use of additonal equipmemt such as fitballs and bosu boards. The double fitball plank involves a strong [...]
Are you struggling for ideas to buy a friend or loved one for Christmas? Why not consider getting them something that will help their health and make them better about themselves. At Pure we sell vouchers for either one-to-one personal training or sports and relaxation massage. You can buy as little as one session for [...]
A big thank you to everyone who helped us out for this years Children in need. We managed to keep the bike going constantly (apart from people getting on and off the bike!) from 7am till 5pm. In total we cycled just over 237km and have raised nearly £300 to date. Thanks again eveyone ‘Kirsty [...]
Friday 19th November is this years Children in Need appeal. To help raise money for this great cause, Pure health and fitness are doing a sponsored ride on a stationary gym bike. The aim of the ride, which will be running from 7am til 5pm, is to travel a minimum of 122 miles (the distance [...]
Scenes from the gym… smiles from Ben and Darren and maybe the perfect press-up from Chris?
Every month we run a monthly gym challenge for our clients to take part in. Each person who has a go can do the challenge as many times as they like during the month. November’s challenge is to complete 1600m on a cross-trainer (level 9 for women and level 12 for men – and you’re [...]
Here’s one of our regular clients doing his best to impress his wife (who you can see taking the video in the mirror!) We’re not so sure he succeeded in impressing her but he certainly managed the exercise quite well!