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Sign up to one of our monthly memberships TODAY and pay NO JOINING FEE!

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Our gyms are friendly, supportive, and judgement-free spaces where you can come in, work out and leave feeling good!

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Everybody is welcome at the UK’s favourite gym 💙

Want to turn your passion for fitness into a career? There’s currently 20% off on all PureGym Personal Training Academy courses!

Find out more on our website: https://www.puregym.com/academy/

Hurry! This offer will end Monday 6th June ⏱️

Test your core strength and endurance this month with our Crunch Community Challenge - see how many crunches you can do in 30 seconds!

Why not try making it interesting by going up against a friend or PureGym team member?

Remember to post a pic on social and use for the chance to win a month’s free membership at your local gym! 🤳

One of life’s big questions 🤔😂

As official Gym Sponsor of the British Heart Foundation London to Brighton Bike Ride, we’re offering a number of spots to our members at a discounted registration fee! 🚴❤️

If you’re a keen cyclist, or want to set yourself a new challenge with this ride we’d love you to get involved.

Sign up here 👉 https://bit.ly/3lnWgZa

See you there!

Sometimes, we all need a bit of motivation and we've got you today! 👆

Tag someone who needs to see this today, or why not hit 'save' and revisit when you need a little pick-me-up? 🥰

The theme of this is loneliness, that's why we're encouraging our amazing PureGym community to connect with and support each other! 🧑‍🤝‍🧑

What has helped you connect with others at the gym? Did you help them with their Cycle set up? Or maybe it was your love of lifting that brought you together? Share your advice below for others 👇

⭐ FREE DAY PASS – ENDS SUNDAY ⭐

As part of our mission to combat loneliness this , we’re encouraging our members to bring a friend to work out with them!

Members, use code ‘GYMBUDDY’ on our website to get a free day pass, share with anyone you like and work out together 🏋️‍♂️🏋️‍♂️

See website for T&Cs.

As part of our mission to combat loneliness this , we're encouraging our members to connect with each other 🧑‍🤝‍🧑

Check out our top tips for meeting a buddy in the gym 👇

Got a tip you'd like to share? Let us know in the comments 👇

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This month's community challenge is a Sprint Cycle! 🚴‍♀️

See how quickly you can reach 1km on bike in the gym and you could win a month's free membership - just post a pic or video of you doing the challenge on social using to enter! 🤳

Thanks to everyone who got involved in our Row-A-Thon challenge - a winner will be contacted shortly so keep your eyes on your inbox 👀

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There are a lot of different calorie calculators out there – this one being no different. Whatever the number that comes out the other end is only a guide for you to start eating right for your goals. In this case, by doing the equation above, you will get your BMR (Basal Metabolic Rate) which ultimately means ‘how many calories you’d burn if you lay in bed all day’ and essentially is the minimum amount of calories your essential organs needs alongside basic movement like blinking and breathing, all of which burns calories. On top of this, we need to consider how much we move, walk, exercise and anything else relating to moving – this could be called our activity factor which is used on a scale of 1.1 - 1.9 typically. Typically, you would define 1.1 as being very sedentary – someone who sits a lot, not an active lifestyle or job and really doesn’t burn many calories on top of their BMR. On the other side of the scale, you will not find many people who are classed as a 1.9 but this person would probably be your typical athlete who trains for multiple hours at high intensities. As an example, a typical person that works 9-5 at a desk and only does some light walking/cleaning each day could be classed as a 1.25.

If your goal is weight loss, it may make sense to underestimate your activity factor and vice versa for weight gain. People typically underestimate how inactive they are!

Long story short – Take your BW in KG and multiply accordingly. Once you have that number, multiply it by your relevant activity factor.

Also note, the final number is your maintenance calories, not weight loss/weight gain.

That then leaves exercises calories to add in but that’s a post for another day!

Ramadan is essentially not eating/drinking in daylight hours till sunset to sunrise. It is a big change for the body and your sleep pattern will change. Understand and respect the change and try to exert less energy through the day. It is important to rest and refuel in the night. Here are some top tips courtesy of Birmingham Maypole AGM Mohsin Hussain.

5 Top Tips:
1. Lower the weight – there’s no need to put the body under unnecessary strain by lifting heavy this month
2. Adjust intensity of workout – during this month, when you workout maybe have longer rest periods and nothing too intense as you cannot stay hydrated
3. Think about what time to train works for you – everybody is different and has different work/life patterns so think about changing when you workout to closer or just after iftar time. Maybe in the night before Suhoor. As the day goes on your energy levels may drop. Be mindful.
4. Focus on mind muscle connection – building this mind muscle connection will help with preserving muscle and is a good way to keep the workout intense without busting a gut. It will also help your workouts post Ramadan.
5. Focus on your breath – most underrated and underused asset is your breath. During this month if you do one thing in your workouts then do this. Focus on the inhale on the concentric and exhale on the eccentric portions of the movement and watch your workouts and lifts transform.

For more information and tips on training during Ramadan, visit Mohs’s blog here
https://bit.ly/3uPAwdi