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Cycle for the weekend! I’m actually talking about cycling your calories and carbs! Many people have trouble on a fat loss phase managing their intake on the weekend. Typically we are better at sticking to a fat-loss diet when things are controlled and predictable – like when we work during the week: standard hours of […]

Exercises to improve your balance! Many people are starting their new health and fitness programs at this time of year and it’s especially important that you are more prepared than usual as we emerge from our 2-year Covid Cocoon! Before you slam yourself in the gym or on the pavement make sure you have the […]

The Holy Grail of Fitness! By far the most common goal people set for themselves, especially at this time of year when there is more daylight and we emerge from one of the coldest and wettest Winter’s we have seen in many years, is to lose fat and gain muscle – what I call the […]

We regularly think about our food in terms of our body composition only, and worry how fat we are rather than the overall impact on our health. However, food, good naturally sourced food, is a natural medicine that ensures proper bodily function and deficiency can place us at risk of a multitude of diseases such […]

Should you perform your cardio before or after your weight training? Most trainers will recommend keeping your cardio until after your weight training session, and there are good reasons for this – completing your resistance training while your nervous system is fresh and  have higher levels of glycogen to support your session; then completing cardio […]

Is Intermittent Fasting effective for fat loss? The short answer is yes. Intermittent fasting, or IF, is a form of time restrictive easting which has been shown to promote fat loss (Welton et al., 2020). How does it work? IF works by reducing the number of calories you eat in any given time period – […]

Building muscle and losing fat at the same time was once considered impossible, however, more recent observations have revealed that increasing muscle mass while reducing body fat is in fact achievable (Barakat et al., 2020). Reducing fat mass requires an energy deficit to force the body to essentially cannibalize itself (a catabolic state): we want […]

Are you Fit but VAT? Excess Fat as Measured by your DEXA Excess adiposity – fat – is well known to contribute to poor health. But did you know that there are different types of fat in your body and each has a different impact on your health? We all know about the fat we […]