We often think of weight training as purely physical – building muscle, burning fat, getting stronger. While that’s the ultimate goal, the journey there is paved with mental grit, focus, and resilience. Ignoring the mental game is like trying to drive a high-performance car with the parking brake on. You might move, but you’ll never hit top speed or reach your true destination efficiently.

Losing weight is a significant achievement, especially if you’ve used medication like Ozempic (semaglutide) to help with appetite control and blood sugar regulation. However, the real challenge begins after you stop taking the drug—maintaining your weight loss and fitness long-term.

As a personal trainer, I’ve seen clients struggle with weight regain after coming off weight loss medications. The key to success lies in sustainable lifestyle changes that support your metabolism, muscle retention, and overall health.

Meal planning isn’t just about eating “clean”—it’s about strategically fuelling your body for energy, recovery, and progress. In this guide by Malcolm Burberry at Burberry Fitness Bespoke Personal Training, you’ll learn:

• How to calculate your macros for your fitness goal

• The best foods for muscle growth, fat loss, and endurance

• How to meal prep efficiently (even with a busy schedule)

• Sample meal plans for different fitness goals

Exercise psychology explores the mental and emotional factors that influence physical activity, offering evidence-based strategies to maintain long-term fitness motivation. Two key components of sustained motivation are setting realistic goals and habit formation. This article explores these concepts in depth, providing actionable strategies to help individuals stay committed to their fitness journeys.

As a personal trainer I understand that starting any new fitness regime can be daunting. I try to remove that fear and provide structure, knowledge and accountability to keep teenagers on track and motivated to achieve their goals. From building strength and endurance to improving self-esteem and discipline, gym workouts can play a crucial role in a teenager’s development. This blog article explores the key advantages of gym training for teens, including physical health improvements, mental well-being, social skills development, and long-term healthy habit formation.

Outdoor exercise is a powerful tool for enhancing mental health, offering stress relief, mood improvement, and cognitive benefits. Unlike indoor gyms, nature provides a dynamic and refreshing setting that makes workouts more enjoyable and sustainable.  
If you’re ready to experience these benefits but need guidance, Burberry Fitness can provide mobile personal training tailored to this environment for all ages and ability levels. With expert-led sessions in your garden or local park, you can build a fitness routine that strengthens both body and mind.  

Ready to take your Hyrox performance to the next level? Whether you're prepping for your first or your hundredth competition, improving your Hyrox time requires a strategic approach.

Here Malcolm Burberry delves into the key factors that can help you improve your Hyrox performance.

This 12-week training plan is designed to help you build the strength, endurance, and mental toughness needed to excel in this demanding functional fitness competition. Whether you're a seasoned athlete or a beginner, this comprehensive programme from Burberry Fitness will help you towards your goal of completing Hyrox with confidence.

How does Hyrox Doubles work, and how does it differ from the solo race? Here, I break down the Hyrox double rules, team composition, and other key details you need to know if you're thinking of entering a Hyrox Doubles event.

Are you needing a fitness challenge for 2025? Why not try a Hyrox. Learn more about the latest fitness craze and see if it is for you in this blog article.

Learn more about active recovery and its benefits with Burberry Fitness. An active recovery workout involves performing low intensity exercise following a strenuous workout. Active recovery is often considered more beneficial than inactivity, resting completely, or sitting. It can keep blood flowing and help muscles recover and rebuild from intense physical activity.

Burberry Fitness provides personal training programmes designed to increase your running performance by improving your muscular strength and endurance.

Taking up running or undertaking a challenge such as a marathon can be a daunting process. I will work closely with you to develop training plans bespoke to your ability, timeline and goals. All plans include nutritional guidance, including race prep and fuelling strategies to ensure you preform at your best.

Burberry Fitness now offers golf specific strength and conditioning programs. Read more in this blog article about the importance of keeping good physical fitness and nutrition while playing golf. It will improve your game and give your swing longevity.

Burberry Fitness teaches you how to recognise delayed onset muscle soreness (DOMS) and how to deal with it while maintaining your training schedule.

Burberry Fitness provides some tips and advice on how best to avoid muscle soreness post workout.

The need for rest cannot be underestimated when increasing training levels. Burberry Fitness creates bespoke training plans including rest days and deload weeks as standard in all of it’s home personal training packages.

The Burberry Fitness guide to gym etiquette. Learn new skills with home personal training from Malcolm.

This guide will put you on the the right track to creating an amazing and effective home training environment.

Learn how Burberry Fitness can help you to eat a healthy and balanced diet designed to benefit your exercise life.

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