Andreas Arestidou

Andreas Arestidou Professional, individual design, exercise, nutrition and lifestyle coaching. I believe each aspect i

Training is so much better when you...- have a direction- are making progress- are being challenged correctly, not too e...
18/02/2026

Training is so much better when you...
- have a direction
- are making progress
- are being challenged correctly, not too easy, not to hard
- have some structure
- don’t negatively compare
- focus on it being practice
- don’t focus on the bloody calorie burn.
- you don’t sacrifice everything you enjoy doing.
You can have those things for your training too.
DM me to enquire about working with me or click link in bio

It’s not often a day goes 100% to plan. Been after a sub 40min 10km since I started running properly a couple of years a...
01/02/2026

It’s not often a day goes 100% to plan.

Been after a sub 40min 10km since I started running properly a couple of years ago.

I’ve made it in to such a big thing that I pretty much bottled the last race I had a go at.

I feel so happy that I’ve finally done it. I’ve put a massive amount of work in.

Sometimes chasing a big goal and finally getting it can feel quite empty but I feel like a massive weight has been lifted off my shoulders, the weight is only what I put on myself of course.

I feel like I might actually relax, do a few more races and have a bit more fun. Or maybe I’ll make up another arbitrary target to prove I’m good enough 😂.

Thank you to for her amazing coaching and quite brilliant programming to help get me to this point, I’ve done done it but not sure I’d have got this far without your help.

Oh and United didn’t ruin it. They nearly did. But they didn’t

24/01/2026

Really fun way to work on pacing, changing gears and working on creating a stronger threshold/hardest sustainable pace.

Nothing like a steady one paced run but if you are looking to take some seconds off your best 5km/10km times or just like a bit of variety with your paces then give this a go.

Maybe you have a weight loss goal and that’s what helps you get yourself to the gym. But if it’s your biggest reason to ...
25/04/2022

Maybe you have a weight loss goal and that’s what helps you get yourself to the gym.
But if it’s your biggest reason to train then you are giving the scale an awful lot of power over something that is extremely beneficial to your life.
Exploring what your body is capable of seems like a more meaningful and long term reason to train compared to just trying to get lighter or smaller.
What happens if you’ve been smashing it but weight loss hasn’t been forth coming? Do you stop now?
What happens when you lose the weight you wanted? Do you stop now?
What happens if you gain some weight? Do you think ‘what’s the point?’
Like I said, you are giving the scale an awful lot of power over a behaviour (training/exercise) that has so many incredible benefits.

I’m going to try and be ReLaTaBlE today.I had a holiday to Cyprus in 2018 and I got pretty lean. Swipe for a really crin...
05/04/2022

I’m going to try and be ReLaTaBlE today.
I had a holiday to Cyprus in 2018 and I got pretty lean. Swipe for a really cringe photo.
I didn’t have much muscle but I got pretty lean.
I dieted for months so I could get a half decent shirtless pic whilst I was away.
I don’t think I ever enjoyed a holiday less.
I was 10kg lighter than I am now.
I couldn’t switch off from the mentality I’d got myself into it.
I didn’t enjoy my food and I did Rebecca’s head in I’m sure.
To top it off I had a massive meal on the second to last night and my body didn’t know what was going on.
I was so bloated and clogged up but I couldn’t go to the toilet.
I ended up missing a week of work with piles 😂.
So was it worth the 60 off likes I received on my photo?
Almost certainly not.
Now there is nothing wrong with wanting to look your best on holiday. But, going to the extreme won’t make you enjoy your holiday any more.
I did it for the wrong reasons, couldn’t lift a thing in the gym and didn’t feel my best.
Even though I maybe I looked healthy.
I want to reiterate there is nothing wrong with wanting to look your best on holiday but are you going about it the right way?
Are you sacrificing health for some sort of ideal way to look?

I posted this one on my story a while ago but it’s worth a reshare.I find that calories burnt on peoples watches is the ...
03/04/2022

I posted this one on my story a while ago but it’s worth a reshare.
I find that calories burnt on peoples watches is the thing that is most shared on socials.
It’s almost used as a ‘look how hard I worked’ post.
Truth be told it’s probably the most inaccurate thing your watch does.
I bet if you wore a watch on both wrists you’d get different scores for the same workout.
I bet if you wore different brands of watch you’d get different scores.
Also, is that all you care about when you are training? Are you getting stronger? Is training becoming more comfortable the more you practice? Are your fitness levels increasing?
I’m not trying to put anyone off exercising but you calories burnt per session based off your watch is something to stop concerning yourself with.
Burning more calories doesn’t mean you are improving or moving in a meaningful direction.
You aren’t a hamster on a wheel.
Recording data is great thing to do but start measuring your progress in ways that mean something.
- weight lifted
- time accumulated
- rate of perceived exertion
- reps accumulated
- improved technique
- etc etc

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