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Happy Christmas from Team PTI!

We just wanted to take this opportunity to wish everyone we have worked with this year a very Happy Christmas from all of us here at Team PTI! This year has had its challenges for everyone and sometimes it can feel like it's not worth celebrating…
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Music in Workouts

This week, we want to take a look at a conversation that a lot of people have had in recent years and see what existing research says about it. So, are there any actual, real world benefits to the use of music while you are working out or training? Research: Hallett…
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Importance of Strength and Conditioning

This week, we want to take a look at why strength and conditioning training is such an important part of general fitness and also take a look at some of the research and books that exist around this topic. We encourage you to always be researching…
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Habit-Breaking

Intro: This last year, we have seen an incredible increase in what is known as Habit-Breaking Behaviour. This is the conscious effort to try and reduce or eliminate any behaviour seen by the person themselves as negative. Here, I will lay…
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ACE Fitness

On our most recent Podcast, Naomi had a chat with Anthony J. Wall from ACE Fitness about his nonlinear journey in the health and fitness industry and how research based qualifications are essential! The American Council on Exercise is a non-profit…
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Positives And Negatives of the Vegan Diet

The Vegan diet and lifestyle is one that has been around for decades at this point, however, over the last few years it has grown tenfold in public consciousness with most chain restaurants and businesses offering and promoting vegan alternatives.…
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Physical Activity and Disability

Physical Activity has experienced a vast increase in marketing in the last few years, with several different initiatives and campaigns aimed to get different groups involved with organised and personal activities, such as children or groups…
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Happiness In Northern Ireland

Happiness is a very difficult thing to measure in an objective way as many people define it in their own subjective way that has developed through their life. We place a lot of emphasis on wanting to be happy in our lives. Despite this, we are…
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Pandemic Exercise & Mental Health

Post-Lockdown there has been a lot of discussion online around the aspects of our life that have slipped away from our control.  A lot of people feel like they have lost their motivation to do anything. We’ve watched our screen time on our…