Like many people in January, if you are looking to lose that extra Christmas weight or just want to improve your body shape, then read on… There has never been a more accurate saying than, “You are what you eat.”Your food choices make a huge impact on how you look –...
Love handles, like most abdominal fat, can be quite challenging to get rid of. By just targeting your abs with crunches or even other oblique (muscle under love handles) exercises, will not specifically reduce fat in your problem areas.The key to doing this is a more...
Just as we should eat the foods our bodies were designed to eat, we should move our bodies the way they were meant to move. This means squatting, and squatting often. Our hips flex, knees bend and ankles dorsiflex so we can rest comfortably in a squat position. There...
Many “fad” exercise regimes often sound great at first glance, but in reality simply will not make a good fit for your lifestyle. Bodyweight exercises are the ideal solution to time constraints, cost and location. Your own body provides all the resistance needed to...
A press up not only helps you get a stronger upper body, but also a stronger midsection. It incorporates the stabilisation muscles of your core, combining an upper body pushing movement with a plank. It is simply, one of the best and most basic exercises for your...
There are many fads and myths surrounding fat loss, I don’t know where to start putting them right. However, the bottom line is this ; you will not lose fat if you cut calories dramatically, you will only lose body fat permanently, if you burn calories through regular...
If you want to shed some body fat, improve your aerobic fitness, elevate your metabolism and not injure yourself in the process – look no further than the 1 mile run. Here’s why I think the mile run is the ideal distance and form of exercise for most people : – It’s...
I’m not the biggest fan of sit-ups, crunches or most of their variations. Most of my clients come to me and want to improve their core strength, but are obsessed with crunching! Why? The core does not exist to contract or bend over and over again; it’s there to resist...
Effective, healthy weight loss isn’t only due to the simplistic calories in, calories out theory. It’s also not completely reliant on diet and exercise. It’s everything – it’s all the various signals our body receives from the environment that affect how our genes...
We all know that increases in activity or exercise triggers metabolic changes in our bodies. A recent study shows that even walking briskly for 10mins elevates metabolism for at least an hour.
However, knowing what “type” of exercise creates the greatest beneficial changes to your body is key.
Core strength, as we all know, is important, but “functional” strength is essential. This means, being able to transfer your strength into day to day activities, whatever they my be. It could be your job, housework, lifting your children or even playing a sport.