Workout Ashton

Summer is calling and Nourished is ready to quench your thirst with a selection of iced drinks 🧊

What’s on the menu?
🍑 Iced tea
☕️ Iced coffee
🍫 Iced Mndgrind (from )
🍵 Iced matcha (homemade strawberry syrup now available 🍓)

Nourished is open:
Monday - Friday, 7am-3pm
Saturday, 7am-1pm

Pop in and cool down this weekend 😎

New blog out now ‼️

This month’s blog explores why strength and conditioning training should be part of every runners’ routine 🏃‍♀️‍➡️🏃‍➡️

Discover 3 reasons why you should be building this type of training into your schedule, including details of the next event 🤩

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Check out our Spring Bank Holiday opening hours and class timetable 🌸🌼🌺🌻

What muscles are being used?

Today we’re revisiting Vicky’s cable workout and looking at the muscles being targeted by each movement.

A ‘Push’ exercise generally refers to a movement targeting the chest, shoulders or triceps. The cable chest press is a great example of a movement that targets all of these muscles groups 😁

Vicky’s ‘Pull’ exercise is using the hamstrings and glutes as well as the back of the shoulders. Using the cable for a Romanian Deadlift offers stability and simple set-up, as well as making progression easy by moving the pin to change the weight 📈

What exercise or machine would you like to see demonstrated next?

Join our cafe team!

We’re looking for someone to join our friendly team and take on a regular Saturday shift in the cafe ☕️

For full details and to apply, email your CV to [email protected] 🤩

Good luck to all our members, colleagues and friends taking part in the Bristol Half Marathon and 10km tomorrow 🤩

The gym is open as normal this weekend. Lots of roads in the city will be closed tomorrow so leave extra time if you’re travelling to the gym for a class ⏰

What muscles are being worked?

Here’s a breakdown of the key muscles being worked by Théa’s cable workout for core stability and strength…

🪵 Wood Chop - Obliques
💪 Rotational Pull - Obliques, Transverse Abdominis, Multifidus (CORE MUSCLES) plus Latissimus Dorsi, Rhomboids, Trapezius (muscles in the back used for pulling)
🫸 Rotational Push - Obliques, Re**us Abdominis, Transverse Abdominis PLUS Pectorals, Anterior Deltoids, Triceps (muscles in upper body used for pushing)
🤛 Pallof Press - Obliques and Transverse Abdominis

Strengthening the core is important for optimising your weight training, improving posture and balance.

Things we get asked in the gym… how much do the plate loaded machines weigh before adding any plates? 🧐

Swipe to discover the starting weights of our:
1️⃣ T-Bar Row
2️⃣ Hack Squat
3️⃣ Leg Press
4️⃣ Sled

Plate-loaded machines are a great way to challenge you’re strength whilst maximising stability 🤩

Save this post ahead of the bank holiday weekend 😎

We are operating weekend hours on bank holiday Monday in the gym and cafe, plus an amended class timetable ⏰

Speak to the team if you have any questions 🤩

What muscles are working? 💪

Here is a breakdown of the primary muscles used in the exercises from our recent at-home bodyweight workout video…

Press ups (chest focus) = Pectorals
Press ups (tricep focus) = Triceps
Squats = Quadriceps, Hamstrings & Gluteals
Reverse Lunges = Quadriceps & Gluteals
Forward Lunges = Hamstrings & Gluteals

What workout inspiration would you like to see next? 👀