Baby Steps

One of the biggest mistakes I see being made in the gym over the years is people getting ahead of themselves. In one sense, it’s great! Everyone is eager to progress and achieve more, train at a higher intensity and train like the professionals. But, the big thing to remembers is these professional athletes (regardless of sport) do not train now, as they did when they were beginning their career.

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The lessons you need to learn about supplements

Do supplements really work? What supplements are best for getting bigger? What fat burners do you take? Every day I see supplement questions posed on line by people looking for anything to get them to their goals even a little bit quicker.

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Clean Treat Recipe Time…

This month I am going to share with you a recipe for a very easy to make, very healthy and most importantly, very tasty treat!

If my sweet tooth gets the better of me, which it does quite a lot, this is a great way of keeping cravings at bay without straying from your healthy nutrition plans.

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After a recent injury setback which prevented me from taking part in any form of training, and even left me struggling to walk, I rapidly increased in body fat.

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We’ve all seen or heard about certain diets, detoxes and training plans that guarantee every participant a certain amount of weight loss in a certain time frame. Almost every month we have a new “Guru” inventing a new nutrition plan or style of training that he/she promises will deliver unrivalled results.

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Rest days and overtraining are two topics which often cause endless hours of debate within the fitness industry. Some trainers, gurus and coaches will insist upon multiple rest days in a week and short duration sessions of under 45 minutes. While there is also advocates for twice daily training sessions last 2 hours or more.

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One of the first questions I get asked by people, whether they are a client of mine, or just someone I might discuss health and fitness with is “How much weight can I lose in [a certain amount of time]?”. There is almost an unhealthy obsession with the scales and bodyweight among some people, leading them to always comparing themselves and their results to others, and to arbitrary figures they have heard of, or read from somewhere.

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We all know there are countless physical benefits to be had from exercising regularly. However the mental benefits are sometimes overlooked, or indeed just unknown to some people.

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This January, like so many before, has seen an increase in gym attendance, personal training clients, healthy eating and various other New Year’s Resolutions.

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One of the things I hear most often from people is how “easy” it must be for me to keep fit, or stay in shape, or whatever fitness goals the person I am talking to may have for themselves, but struggle to achieve. The perception that working in a gym makes it so much easier to achieve these goals, in my opinion anyway, couldn’t be further from the truth.

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