Just this week I’ve been around Manchester quite a bit working on a few various things and in particular in Didsbury and also doing a spot of training just outside the Virgin Active gym in Parrs Wood, East Didsbury. Along the way I’ve been approached or made approaches to people and discovered an inconvenient truth…
Some [...]
Tag Archives: Mike Bach
4 Step Success Plan for Goals in 2010
Your Personal Trainer isn’t so S.M.A.R.T!
Last week I tore apart the significance of setting resolutions and why as a method they suck for achieving goals that you really, really desire.
If you need a reminder, have another look here
Probably the most popular method of setting goals are using the SMART method and I’ll be honest and say I’ve used them [...]
If a Personal Trainer from Manchester is not setting any resolutions. Are you?
Wouldn’t you like to achieve more this year? More inches, more pounds, get faster, take on a challenge of any sort and succeed?
Then get rid of your resolutions because they suck and program you to fail!
We’ve all gone through the same process at the end of one year and the start of a next [...]
Are you being taken for a ride?
A couple of nights ago I was flicking through the TV channels and stopped on one of the shopping channels because the show had health or fitness in the title so I thought I would have a look. If Eastenders had a sports day theme in the storyline I would probably record it!
On show at [...]
What I have, and you should have in common with Dirk Diggler
If you have ever seen the film Boogie Nights, Mark Wahlberg shoots the final scene on his comeback from becoming a coke addict and is looking into the mirror practicing his scenes on completion, whips out his pride and joy and says to himself…
“I am a star. I’m a star, I’m a star, I’m a [...]
The difference between eating for fat loss and pasta
I am a believer that pasta is not the best food in the world when it comes to healthier living and a successful fat loss diet. In fact it is rubbish and more likely in my experiences to help you put weight on.
Let me explain this in more detail by telling a story that could [...]
Batgirl or Batwings?
When it comes to losing weight I am a big supporter of calling it fat loss because that is what any person is trying to lose rather than just weight on the scales for the sake of it. When it comes to removing fat from the body it is normal to look at and [...]
Achieving Your Goals Faster
One question that gets asked a lot about goal achievement and success….
“When Should I Begin?”
Believe it or not, it’s a really common question!
People are of the belief that there is some special ‘buildup’ they have to go through in order to achieve what they want or that they have to ‘prepare’ or ‘get ready’ or [...]
Go Hard in less than 20 minutes…
I was writing on my Twitter profile earlier where the message was something like this ….
“Had 20 minutes to spare, performed 100 KB Military Press (50 each hand), 100 Cleans, 50 Tricep extensions and 50 hammer curls (both with towel round the handle with 24kg Kettlebell.”
At the end of it I felt great, heart rate [...]






