Face Your Fears
Three Fears Every Beginner Has When They First Start Out Strength Training - How To Overcome And Feel Confident Working Out In The Gym From the outside, the weights room can look like an intimidating place. Which is why pretty much everyone feels a sense of fear and...
Diet & Training Log – Week 2.
Today I filled out my food diary, in advance, for the rest of this week. Based on those entires I’m averaging 2,712 cals, 240g protein, 47g of fat and 272g of carbs which is just below my maintenance calories of 2,990 cals. To lose weight, I need to be below 2,392...
Errors of Omission
Five Mistakes Every Beginner Makes When Exercising That Inhibit Progress, Prevent Weight Loss and Keep Them Trapped In a Cycle of ‘Yo-Yo Exercising’. Could your weight loss plateau be caused by what you're not doing, rather than what you are doing? If you’re a...
Don’t Over Complicate It
A Simple Six Step Framework That Will Simplify Exercising For Weight Loss, Make it less Overwhelming and Easier For Beginners To Stick To. Most people over complicate exercise. Especially beginners that think they need to train four or five times a week following...
Diet & Training Log – Week 1
I’m currently just over eight weeks out from my holiday to Portugal. I’m by no means out of shape but for the sake of vanity I would like to cut some weight to make sure I’m looking my best when I hit the beach in mid July. I weighed in at 90kg this morning on...
How To Make Your Diet Fit Your Lifestyle
Here's what you need to know…. Fad diets are challenging to adhere to long-term because they restrict your intake of certain foods, nutrients, or the times at which you eat. This makes them physically, psychologically, and socially stressful.Flexible dieting is an...
How To Eat What You Want On The Weekend and Still Lose Weight
How To Stick To Your Diet On A Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
Ending The Diet Debate
Earlier this year, I was fortunate enough to have the opportunity to deliver a talk to the good people at Sidley Austin LLP, on how to manage work-related stress with physical activity and diet. The talk was well received, plenty of people attended, and the audience...
Fitting It In
How To Find The Time To Exercise Even When You’re Busy We all know that exercise is important, vital in fact, for our health and well being. Yet despite its benefits, many Lawyers find it difficult to justify spending time away from their desk, to go to the gym and...
A Weight Off Your Mind
How Increasing Your Resilience To Stress Can Help You Lose Weight Whilst factually correct, there’s a lot more to losing weight than simply ‘eating less and exercising more’. As any healthcare professional will tell you, there are a number of psychological, behavioral...