Testing your progress
How do you test yourself and measure your progress? The only way to know (for sure) that what you’re doing is working, is to monitor your...
Do YOU do Fitness Classes?
I know some people don't like the gym. In fact, a lot of people HATE the gym (I think mainly because they've never really been shown how...
"Cardio" or Weights for Fat Loss?
I'm sure you've tried to lose some excess body fat at some point. If you're like most people, your "go-to" exercise was probably walking,...
Entertainment or Results?
You can get an insight into why you are where you are by looking at the ratio of the time you spend on entertainment, and the time you...
Most Common Mistakes Series - Lack of planning with food
Ok, so everyone takes the mickey out of us Trainers or gym-goers about eating all of our meals out of tupperware. It’s not strictly true,...
Most Common Mistakes Series - Focussing too much on workouts and not enough on NEAT
Non-Exercise Activity Thermogenesis (NEAT) is the energy we burn through daily movement outside of your workouts. This accounts for both...
Most Common Mistakes Series - Under-estimating the Power of small Daily Actions
It’s fair to say that you won’t lose any measurable weight from one workout. You also won’t gain 20lbs from one bad meal or bad day. But...
Most Common Mistakes - Unrealistic Expectations
When starting out on a fitness journey, it’s very common to look at what others have done and try to replicate it. That’s fine, but you...
Most Common Mistakes - Not considering calories when choosing “healthier” options
We should always strive to improve our nutrition; to get our calories from more nutritious, “healthier” foods. For the most part,...
Most Common Mistakes - Avoiding Carbohydrates in your diet
Fats have long been demonised in the diet (completely irrationally), but more recently, carbs have become the enemy too (we’re literally...
