A couple nights ago I saw a program in the UK presented by Gok Wan called Too Fat Too Young that highlighted the plight of some teenagers that have severe problems with food addiction and obesity.
The program really had an effect on me because it wasn’t what I thought it would be and it makes you realise the pressures [...]
Monthly Archives: January 2009
Obesity epidemic in kids
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The core of your training
For as long as I can remember the major part of abdominal training was sit-ups, crunches….and lots of them. Some would profess to doing 500 a day….wonder which chiropractor they are seeing now. They would take up a good chunk of a routine, in some cases that would be the routine be it to get [...]
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Machines vs the alternative
When you visit a gym, you’ll see a lot of equipment like the above being used.
BAD CHOICE !!!!
It’s fair enough that people will go to the machines, there is a few instructions on the side of them and I suppose it is a starting point for the newbie with no assistance.
The slightly more experienced trainer [...]
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Home workouts for fitness, leaness and meaness
The other day I had the same problem that we almost all come across.
I get so busy that I get caught up in what I am doing, I’ve trained clients and I’ve come home to get my projects progressing again.
I’m as busy as they come doing some form of work from the moment I get [...]
To learn more is abundent, to do is scarce
I saw an article more recently from my mentor Dax Moy that inspired me to write this post. It shares alot of his original content with my own thoughts and beliefs.
The great Earl Nightingale once said that all that was required in order to live a great life was to live a series of great years. [...]
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No need to go hungry
It’s not uncommon to come across people who on their quest for a better body go on eating regimes where they end up feeling hungry.
And I don’t just mean fad diets that you see in magazines or endorsed by a celebrity.
No, in particular I mean good healthy eating where you are choosing the right foods [...]
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Running Up that hill
Whether you are an athlete or average person wanting to get lean and fit quick, hill running is a great addition to your tools.
What are the benefits?
Improves your endurance
Highly metabolic, we know what this means. More fat burning potential!
Improves your ability to recover and deal with discomfort when you train (that’s the lactic acid)
Increase your [...]
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Time for a quickie?
Straight to the point…
You always have time to make some time for activity in your bid to get in shape and be lean and mean.
Just like other aims in your life, you just take one step at a time.
Workouts can be the same
Here is a sample of a workout I gave my girlfriend Vicky
It last [...]
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The best fat burning exercise
Now that I have stopped laughing (after watching it for the last 5 minutes) there is a point to this post apart from a bit of fun.
People and trainers, coaches alike sometimes look for the latest and best exercise or technique to improve on what they had already.
Just be wise when you make your choices.
It [...]
Slinggym hits Manchester
A while back I struck up a new friendship with a colleague of mine Grant Thomson over a new piece of equipment he had designed called the Slinggym.
I’ve now been using this piece of equipment for the last 2 months and stay as impressed as I was when I originally started using it last year.
See the [...]
