- What Losing 70kg Doing Bodybuilding Taught Me My photo memories tell me it is five years since my last and final bodybuilding show. I spent eight years doing the sport and competed in five shows between 2014 and...

We spend a lot of time teaching children how to read and write, do maths or learn some random facts from history. Yet, we spend much less time helping them learn the skills around health & fitness that they will...

Most people do not do enough exercise to ever need to worry about overtraining. The focus should be on how to move more and exercise more consistently. However, plenty of people eventually reach the opposite problem. ...

SUMMARY - Helping someone you love become healthier can be difficult because advice and encouragement can easily feel like nagging. The most effective approach is usually to meet the person where they are, understand...

One of the biggest barriers to improving your health & fitness is simply not believing you can actually do it. This is understandable. If you have tried to lose weight ten times, repeatedly started and stopped...

No newsletters for the last two weeks as I went all in on writing my next book. In 10 action packed days I managed to get the first draft done, so it is on course to be out for Christmas. Add it to your santa wish...

Summary - Walking is not just one activity. Different types of walking have different benefits depending on your goals. This article explains the difference between daily step walking, fitness walking, social walking,...

One of the biggest changes I have seen in clients over the years is not just becoming fitter, it is changing the way they think about exercise. Most people carry around a collection of beliefs that make exercise feel...

This article explains the basics of carbohydrates, including what they are, the different types of carbohydrates, Glycaemic Index (GI), Glycaemic Load (GL), general carbohydrate requirements, low carbohydrate and...

It has been a while since I covered some of the latest health and fitness research, so I thought I would round up a few studies and reports that caught my attention recently. As always, one study rarely changes...

These workouts are designed to be a simple, easy daily routine which will integrate resistance training in your lifestyle long term. The workouts may be short, but the accumulation of daily effort produces a big...

IIt is time to use motivation to your advantage, despite being the area that gets the most attention around the mindset of change it is perhaps the worst used. Motivation is energy, motivation creates possibility. If...