“You too can fight fat and win” “LEAN muscle fast” “17 day abs” These are just some of the rotating covers lines from Men’s Health magazine which is hands down the most popular fitness/health/strength trainer in the world. Forget about [...]
“I have a story for you that you will enjoy”, he said as sat down beside me sweating. I like to maintain a membership to my local commercial gym for a few reasons – 1) We take our three year [...]
Last weekend I had the pleasure of spending two days with James aka OPT (optimum performance training) Fitzgerald taking one of his modules on his coaching cert program. The cert was focused on assessment in it’s many forms so I as a trainer/coach have better tools to track and measure a client’s progress and help avoid injuries along the way.
From around March to May every year you will notice a surge in the number of runners out pounding the roads as a means of getting ‘fit’ or in perperation for the many races held throughout the Summer. As you might have noticed from reading articles on my site I am not the biggest fan of using running/jogging as your sole form of exercise and I think for many people it can do more harm than good. If you still don’t believe me then you NEED to go back and read my article – why your cardio is keeping you fat and out of shape.
Have you ever seen a picture that you really like and just had to share?
Well here are a few I love and hope they inspire you to get and stay in amazing shape.
Just a quick reminder for you all to check out my wifes blog and the many and varied recipes she has posted. Her site has gotten a great following in such a short space of time and I think her mouth watering photos and diverse range of exellent recipes are a big factor.
I was in the gym last week and got to chatting to a guy about training/diet etc and noticed that he had a very battered looking water bottle that he was reusing all the time so I decided I would dig up this old post I did on the dangers of reusing water bottles (the plastic ones and many others that do not state that they are BPA free).
I was recently in a sports shop having a browse around and couldn’t help myself from listening to a couple that were standing beside a treadmill being given a sales pitch from one of the staff members. They wanted to buy a treadmill because [...]
If you are following a paleo/primal approach but have been living under a rock for the last month then you might need some reminding that Sean Croxton (from Underground wellness) and brought together some of the best and most knowledgable people on the planet to discuss all things positive and negative on paleo/primal nutrition.
Muscle ups, they look like a simple enough movement until you actually attempt them. Plus you just might get a tiny peep through the key hole as to how hard those dam gymnasts have it and how bloody strong they actually are.