I stumbled across a news article this week about ‘transformation shots’, aka before and after photos; a phenomenon synonymous with the fitness and diet “industries”. Clearly the public are getting sceptical, as this has made the BBC News website. I’m sure you’ve seen similar articles or videos floating around online… A few hundred press ups, […]
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Warning: Heavy Sarcasm may be present I know I’m constantly alluding to my hatred of treadmill walking, so I feel I should probably explain why. When you walk, it’s so moderate, that the body has got all the time in the world to break down fat and use it for fuel. So fat […]
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Recently I was asked to give my opinion on a list of ‘popular’ diets: Atkins, Dolce, Vegan, 5:2. The brief was to read up on each diet, and write a review for a website. As a trainer, I’m constantly asked about nutrition, and over the years I’ve personally dabbled in several different realms of dieting… […]
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“On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero.” “The first rule of Fight Club is: You don’t talk about Fight Club.” I knew you’d get it from the last one. The year was 1999. The film was apparently a bit of a flop in the cinemas. I […]
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Finally, I have the Magic bullet for all your fitness failings… Alex, I need to get stronger- what do I take? Alex, I need to work on my cardio- what do I take? Alex, I’ve got to drop some weight- what shall I take? TAKE YOUR ARSE TO THE GYM!!! The physiological […]
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People often get a little frustrated that their workout / diet regime isn’t getting them exactly where they want to be as quickly as they’d like to. I’ve already touched on the correlation between effort and results in a previous blog. So let’s assume that you’re giving as much as you can with your current […]
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Here’s a very simple graph that hopefully explains one of my favourite quotes; “What you reap is what you sow” or what you put in directly correlates with what you get out. For me this applies to so many aspects of the fitness industry… Lets apply the same rule to nutrition: The stricter you […]
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Kenny ‘Kenshiro’ Moyston Check the above link to watch a great video made by Joshua Halvatzis featuring my good friend and ABS&C Athlete Kenny Moyston. Kenny’s next fight is on the 29th of September 2012 in the Ringmasters Tournament, so we’re seven weeks out as I’m writing this. Keep checking back for more footage of […]
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Like many aspects of “correct” nutrition, be it for weight loss or just for optimal living, to me it seems that sometimes the break with tradition is the hardest thing for people to get their heads around. Low carb living for example- it goes against everything we were taught at school about food pyramids, energy and what’s we’re told is ‘healthy’. But we’ll save that for another blog.
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