From defining our mood to determining how much fat we store and where we store it, hormones control or affect almost everything we experience.
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It’s been a fair while since my last post. Between a sudden surge in clients, writing a sports conditioning course and working on some exciting new business plans, I’ll be honest, I’ve not allocated any time to updating the blog. So, to break myself back in gently, I’ve compiled a short list of the top [...]
As my good friend Carl Martin said, “days off are for wusses”. So my birthday blog post is aimed at all those who aren’t wusses, but struggle to see results. I have a client, we’ll call him Bob, who starts almost every session with the following; “What do you think about…..”? Bob is a Magpie. [...]
Most people are comfortable answering this question, but the unfortunate truth is that very few people have enough information available to answer it correctly. One of the main reasons for the above issue is that most clients or commercial gym users don’t actually know what good results are or what good health feels like. Far [...]
For the duration of February 2012 I’ve been fasting. Mainly with the objective of evaluating a trend that seems to be gaining in popularity throughout the fitness industry. This was inspired by 3 factors: The reported fat loss achieved by other proponents The convenience of not eating 6 meals a day The excellent IF review [...]
Wednesday 29th February 2012 was unique in a number of ways. As 2012 is a leap year it meant women were ‘allowed’ to propose to their partners. More importantly though it marked the first ever visit to the UK by Ian King for the purpose of educating exercise and fitness professionals. Organised by The Foundry, [...]
With the media bombarding us with images of radical transformations, stories about celebrity makeovers and countless fat loss success tales, clients are moving further and further away from a realistic perception of their work-results ratio. In an excellent post here, Kassem Hanson talks about what clients should expect when hiring a personal trainer. Whilst I [...]
I’d say I’m a fairly reflective person, but a couple of recent conversations with my peers have made me realise that for many people, regardless of how much they want it, getting fitter, healthier, stronger, more muscular or leaner is tough going. Now part of that is down to people seeing these amazing 4/6/8/12 week [...]
I have a confession. I have never been fat. At worst, I’ve gained a few pounds on holiday if I’ve not been able to eat normally or exercise very much. The reason I’m telling you this is not to boast, but rather because I used to get a lot of grief as a trainer at [...]
Over the last 5 years or so, there’s been a definite movement away from traditional cardio in the personal training community. As a result, like almost everything health and fitness related, there’s divided opinion on whether it’s any good or just elevates your cortisol levels, causes Alzheimer’s and then kills you. So what’s the truth? [...]
Most of my clients fall into one of three categories; men and women looking to get leaner, men and women looking to become pain free and healthier, and men looking to get bigger and more muscular. Helping the latter is often the hardest because of the sheer volume of misinformation out there. With so many [...]