The Three Biggest Problems Beginners Face When Trying To Reach Their Health and Fitness Goals, And How To Overcome Them I’ve been a Personal Trainer for over 13 years. During that time I have learned a lot about what it takes to solve some of the biggest problems...

Three Habits Successful Dieters Use To Hold Themselves Accountable and Maintain A Healthy Weight For Life “Accountability is the glue that ties commitment to results.” - Bob Proctor  While a coach, a team and even an online community can all be effective forms of...

Proper preparation prevents poor performance. That was the takeaway lesson from my weekend away in Snowdonia where I despite walking over 27,000 steps on Saturday, I Iweighed in at 88.4kg on Monday. A net loss of 0kg from my weigh in last Monday. While I put a lot of...

Last week I set myself three objectives for my diet and training. The first was to reduce my daily calorie intake by cutting out barbells from my diet, the second was to increase my calorie expenditure by walking more on the weekend, and the third was to bring more...

Five Tips Every Beginner Should Know When Starting Strength Training After Rehabilitating An Injury  Recovering from injury? Then strength training is a must. Lifting weights is a safe and effective way to restore previous levels of physical function after injury and...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...