Wake Up to the Importance of Exercise

Working Out Improves Sleep Patterns You stayed up late last night to finish a project, woke up groggy only to realize that you’d slept through the alarm clock, skipped breakfast, then almost fell asleep in the middle of an important morning meeting. It’s now mid-afternoon and, as you’re having yet another cup of coffee to stifle...

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Delicious Ways to Boost Fibre Intake

It’s Easier (and Tastier) Than You Think! Fibre is one of the easiest nutrients to incorporate into your diet, and one of the most important. However, many people don’t get the much needed 25 to 30 grams recommended daily for a healthy diet. Insufficient fibre intake can increase your risk for many health problems, including constipation,...

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Sample MMA Fight Video from June

Due to much request, we've decided to give away one sample fight video. We can only release one video here, and it may not be one that features yourself, this time. In the future, who knows - maybe if you are one of the fighters you may get showcased like this too! However, you've got to find your Hero inside of you first to take part! Take a look at the fight below! (You must be registered with a FREE Membership to view it. Not registered? Click here)

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Gymrat Heroes – Welcome to Month 2

Gymrat Heroes Issue 2 is available. Welcome to GymratHeroes.com. Another month, another series of articles have been filmed for you.  We’ll be drip-feeding these out a little, so don’t panic if you don’t see all articles straight away. This issue, we cover various topics and speak to certain special people.  Specifically, you’ll see: Part 1 of an exclusive interview with...

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Sprawl n Brawl MMA Event – June 2010

On Saturday 19th June, 'The Next Generation 2' Sprawl 'n' Brawl MMA fight night took place in Birmingham. This time with 7 fights lined up, a number of new combatants, it was an exciting Mixed-Martial-Arts-packed evening for all the folks in the crowd. httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6i2Imgck21g The lineup for the mixed martial arts fights were:

• Paul McMahon vs Jerome Clarke
• Rhys Parker vs Steve Barrat
• Julian Shuttleworth vs Jase Robinson
• Dave Palmer vs Pallab Ray
• Martin Rollins vs Jamie Shaw
• Paul Hopkins vs Adam Cousins
• Paul Taylor vs Sean Poole

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GRH Month 1 – Training with Rupinder

Rupinder has trained at Stevie B's Gym for around 20 months at this point in time. For 18 months of that, he's been having personal training with Steve. He trains hard. He feels that 'drain' afterwards, where for a short time you feel somewhat ill. The nervous system gets hit in a heavy way! This feeling only lasts 30 minutes at the most though, and soon enough you feel great about what you've achieved. Rupinder is a guy who has done well for himself. He's toying with the idea of getting into body-building, but his main objective to his training is to get himself in 'reasonable' condition for the rest of his life. In this video below, we catch up with him following a priority leg routine, designed as part of an ongoing training system which trains the body as a whole unit.

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GRH Month 1 – Ladies’ Dirty Boxing Class

Over at Stevie B's Gym & Martial Arts Academy, Steve holds a class just for the Ladies - the Ladies' Dirty Boxing class! So what goes on in these sessions? Well, the ladies are given a gruelling fitness routine, typically the sort of thing Steve gets guys in similar classes to do. But the ladies also have to learn fighting techniques, and put them to practice. They don't do this so that they can end up as fighters.... No, these ladies just like some of the mixed martial arts stuff that's going on, and they want to feel safer on the streets. As a bonus to this, they get faster, they get harder, and they get a hell of a lot fitter. And, they have a ton of fun while they do it! Trust us when we say that if you think this class looks easy, come and try it for yourself! The video below reveals all...:

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GRH Month 1 – Sprawl n Brawl MMA Class with Chris Rice

Chris Rice teaches Mixed Martial Arts in Birmingham, in a class he calls Sprawl n Brawl. MMA is a tough sport, where fighters are trained a huge range of standing techniques, ground work and submissions. Some of this can be used in street defence, but generally these guys are training so that they can get into a ring to have a few rounds against a competitor. It required high levels of fitness, and of course the ability to learn and implement new skills. In the video below, we see some of one of Chris' classes - as some of his students work up to a level ready for a fight just a few weeks weeks from the time of filming. To see the fight night the guys were preparing for, click here.

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GRH Month 1 – Chat with Matt (Tattoo artist)

Matt has been a long time user of the facilities at Stevie B's Gym & Martial Arts Academy in Birmingham. Through his years of training experience, he's tried all sorts of different routines and eating patterns to acheive what he wanted to. During the day, Matt runs one of Birmingham's finest tattooing outfits. The reputation for his and his colleague's work is World renowned. Obviously, due to the nature of his work, he sees many bodies a day, both male and female, and so is presented with physiques he subconsciously critiques, over and over. So what does Matt think of people's bodies, and what methods of training suit his hectic schedule? He explains all in this video.

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GRH Month 1 – Chest work with Carlton

Carlton is a guy who has a lot of training experience, and splits his body up into different body parts to get what he feels are maximum results from his training. However, he felt he had a deficiency with his chest size. Even though he trains with heavy weights, and trains hard, he wasn't happy with his results. So, he asked Stevie B for some advice. In this video, Steve takes Carlton through some extra work, to ensure only his chest muscles are used for the results he is after.

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Gymrat Heroes – Welcome to Month 1

Gymrat Heroes launches its Online Magazine. Welcome to GymratHeroes.com. In case you weren’t aware, we’ve been working tiringly hard the last few months to get together our video magazines for you.  Our first issue is now available here, exclusively! Our first issue covers the topic of Training the Body as a whole unit.  So, to work with this idea,...

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Sprawl n Brawl MMA Event – April 2010

On Friday 16th April, 'The Next Generation' Sprawl 'n' Brawl MMA fight night took place in Birmingham. With 6 fights lined up, many new combatants, it was an exciting evening for all the crowd who attended. httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_O9YQd2JJos The lineup for the mixed martial arts fights were:

• Saul Hall vs Bartley Burke
• Martin Rollins vs Adam Bodfish
• Jordan Heath vs Aaron Keys
• Brett Morton vs Mike Blackwood
• Danny O’Flahrety vs Rich Cosgrove
• Julian Shuttleworth vs Noman Khalid

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Chris Rice keeps winning in UK MMA

Chris Rice, based in Birmingham, certainly is doing well in the UK Mixed Martial Arts scene. He’s been wining his last few fights, one of which was a title defence, where he retained his British Middleweight title! During his last MMA fight, in Exeter, Chris fought the American fighter, John Doyle.  Although he broke his thumb in the...

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Braulio Estima tours

World-wide Hero, Braulio Estima, recently returned from a tour in the United States, where he spent the best part of 2 months giving seminars and classes to wowed audiences right across the North American continent. Braulio is a black belt in Brazilian Jiu-jitsu, and currently has four World titles under his belt.  He currently teaches primarily...

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