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Your brain and pain: what is chronic pain, and can personal trainers help you to overcome it?

What is pain?  “An unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with, or resembling that associated with, actual or potential tissue damage.”- The International Association for the Study of Pain   Pain overall is hard to describe. Yes, it is an “unpleasant sensory and emotional experience,” but it is much easier to explain biologically. We are able …

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Plateaus, helpful or hindering? The lessons we can learn from Olympic training routines.

A common perception amongst our clients is that fitness follows a linear progression. This is the idea that the more effort we put in and the more we train; the more progress we make in our fitness goals. Whether that is getting stronger, running faster or swimming further; it can always be achieved by planning …

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How motion creates emotions: how to gain momentum and set yourself up to succeed

This week’s guest blog comes from Muto friend Dr Hanna Eklund-White, a neurodevelopmental specialist and chartered life coach who is well versed in the benefits of activity. Some days are hard. You’ve had very little sleep, just had a massive argument with your loved one, and now your PT is on their way to take …

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Could your existing exercise routine be causing you more stress?

In this week’s blog, Muto’s resident holistic health, fitness and lifestyle coach Francesca B tells us how stress and ‘overdoing it’ can have serious negative effects on your body, mind and lifestyle, and what activities are best for overcoming this. Most people I come across living and working in London today are operating on a …

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